2007-07-05 07:08:42 · 15 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nope. i am just a plain old Christian.
used to be Catholic...
2007-07-05 07:12:08 · answer #1 · answered by ☆Rockstar Mentality☆ 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Nope. That's why the term "protestant" has sort of fallen out of use. Many no longer "protest." You'll find non-Catholic as a more common term now.
Many new branches of Christianity sprung up due to urgings of the Holy Spirit. Such as the Vineyard Church. Since they didn't have anything to do with protesting the Catholic church then they are simply non-Catholic. Not Protestant.
Many call themselves non-denominational Christians. They think they can be Christian without any sort of formation. That is to say education on who Jesus is and what it means to be a Christian.
For "Adoptive Father" - the Orthodox ARE Catholic. They just aren't Catholic under the Holy See. There are many branches of Catholicism outside the Holy See.
2007-07-05 14:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No...
There are a few Gnostic types, like Cathars but they keep a VERY low profile due to what happened to them during the Spanish Inquisition.
Not to mention all the cults like the Mormons, the Jehovah Witnesses, the Way International... etc etc.
From the Catholic perspective there are only them or "Other" Christians they call Protestants.
The Protestant concept was a evolutionary miracle in the Catholic faith because until Martin Luther they were called Heretics and burned alive for not being Catholic.
2007-07-05 14:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Gnostic♥ 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nope. There are four major Christian sects: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Evangelical. Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutherans, et al. are all various sub-sections of Protestant. Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses are considered Christian cults by most Christians, and are not often included as a part of the main sects.
2007-07-05 14:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by nbrs6121 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not think it is appropriate to call those people who belong to a non-Catholic Christian church who were never Catholic, "Protestant".
Protestant means one who protests. Only those people who were once Catholic but are now members of another church should be called "Protestant"
2007-07-05 14:25:27 · answer #5 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO...
Many are neither. There has been a movement in Christianity for quite a while which is attempting to restore the practice of Christianity to the pattern established in the New Testament without human traditions which have crept in over the centuries.
2007-07-05 14:15:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
One of The True Christian Faith is neither.... Roman catholics are not of The True Christian Faith... and most "protestant" denominations are just corrupted spin offs of the Roman cult... True Christians are not, and never have been, under the control of any man invented "religion" such as the Roman Catholic cult.
2007-07-05 14:15:16 · answer #7 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Protestant by definition is a non-catholic beliver in Jesus. But I like omgitslili's answer, I'm just a Christian.
2007-07-05 14:15:17 · answer #8 · answered by starfishltd 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Essentially, yes. If you're a Christian, you fall into one of two very broad categories: Catholic and Protestant. Protestant encompasses all the denominations we hear of so often: Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Lutheran, etc.
2007-07-05 14:14:29 · answer #9 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes. If you aren't Catholic and consider yourself a Christian, then you are a Protestant. It doesn't matter if you're Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Non-denominational, etc. Those are all Protestant groups.
2007-07-05 14:16:16 · answer #10 · answered by kenrayf 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
thats the way its been since the first protestant churches friend with the exclusion of "nondenominational, which is uaually considered protestant.
2007-07-05 14:13:35 · answer #11 · answered by Adam of the wired 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋