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Both groups have the same key beliefs as ancient Waldensians, Albigenses, Cathars, Paulicians...to name a few, and have direct links with the Albigenses in Holland in the 16th & 17th centuries.

2007-07-05 15:13:29 · 11 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Mamabear -- Baptist claim an unbroken line of succession from the Apostles. They can prove it too.

2007-07-05 15:50:47 · update #1

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The name Protestant developed from Martin Luther's protest of Catholic indulgences and other issues. It indicates that these are the people who protested against the Catholic Church and eventually formed their own church. Early names were often derogatory. As an example, us Methodists were originally named such by persons who disliked Wesley's methodical way of doing things. :)

Pastor John

Addendum: The tradition that mamabear refers to is actually recognized by most Protestant Churches. It is the teaching of the early fathers of the church. Most were disciples of the Apostles and thereby are believed to have an important understanding of scripture. The concept of Sola Scriptura as defined by Wikipedia (keep in mind that I don't place great faith in something that any uninformed person can change or add to): Sola scriptura (Latin ablative, "by scripture alone") is the assertion that the Bible as God's written word is self-authenticating, clear (perspicuous) to the rational reader, its own interpreter ("Scripture interprets Scripture"), and sufficient of itself to be the final authority of Christian doctrine.

It is the Protestant concept that all doctrine must have its authority in scripture. It is the belief that God has clearly given his word in scripture and that all teaching must come from that word. It doesn't just mean that anyone can interpret the scripture. It means that scripture is the final authority on all issues. Take the concept of Pope. It is based on the passage of scripture where Jesus gives the keys to Peter. There is nothing in the passage that makes Peter a Pope or creates a Papacy to govern the church. That interpretation comes from a church father who defined the Papacy on the basis of that scripture. The Protestant churches have rejected that teaching because it is not supported by scripture alone.

2007-07-05 15:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

From talking with my Catholic friends, here is my understanding on the differences between Catholics and Protestants.

Catholic Christians practice apostolic succession; that is, they have one individual who acts as the human head of the church on earth, a "head apostle" if you will. For Roman Catholics, this is the Bishop of Rome: Pope Benedictus 16th. For Eastern Orthodox Christians, the head of the church is the Archbishop of Constantinople, Bartholomew 1st.

Catholics also hold to "Sacred Tradition" or "Holy Tradition", indicating the spiritual authority to interpret and translate the revealed word of God (Sacred Scripture) that rests only with the clergy.

PROTESTANTS, including Baptists, generally do NOT have apostolic succession. While they do have church leadership and heirarchies, they do not claim to have an unbroken line of succession (within that leadership) going all the way back to one of the apostles. Protestants also do NOT recognize Sacred or Holy Tradition. Instead, they believe that the Bible can be interpreted through faith by all believers (Sola Scriptura).

Because of these 'breakings' with the Catholic institution, the Baptists ARE considered Protestants.

2007-07-05 15:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0 0

Jesus Christ established the Catholic Church, and on the Last Supper Jesus in my view centered the Catholic ministerial priesthood, and gave the Church the definitive sacrifice of the New Covenant, together with the main liturgy of the holy Mass, in his very possess frame and blood. All the others who popped up so much, so much later, adding the baptists and all of the erroneous heretics that Chris mentions, invented a complete new variety of faith, entire with novel new teachings, established on not anything, and without a authority from God in any respect. It's now not only a topic of yet another style worship ... it is a topic of real realizing the God you declare to worship ... or now not. Jesus in no way established any Church rather than the Catholic Church, and he in no way legal every other individual or institution do achieve this, both.

2016-09-05 16:02:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

They don't really have the same key beliefs though and that is why they are not the spiritual heirs of these groups. A serious look at these groups writings would horrify baptists generally.

On the other hand, they reject Protestantism too. Luther burned 20,000 Baptists at the stake. None of the Protestant groups got along until quite recently.

Only in the loosest sense did these old groups share anything with baptists and congregationalists.

2007-07-05 15:31:45 · answer #4 · answered by OPM 7 · 0 2

No, they do not have the same beliefs as the any of the groups that you just mentioned. There is a reason that most Baptist scholars deny any connection with these medieval heresies. Baptists are descended from Calvinist "Particular Baptists" who broke away from the Anglican Church in the early 17th century. Their original confession of faith is taken almost word-for-word from their Calvinist cousins on the continent.

2007-07-05 15:19:29 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0 1

The term protestant began when Martin Luther who was a Catholic priest was disgusted by some of the activities going on in the Church. He posted a list of grievances on the door of the Church. He was summarily excommunicated and a new religion began using his name. He did not have anything to do with that new religion but it bore his name just the same. That was the Lutheran Religion.

The Lutheran religion was born out of protest against issues in the Catholic church and was then known as a "protestant" religion.

That name has been applied to any Christian religion that is not Roman Catholic.

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2007-07-05 15:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0 2

Short & incomplete but one basic answer............
Martin Luther & others broke away from the Catholic church in part to "protest" some of the churche's abuses & manufactured "dogma" hence the name "protestant"
Research "The Diet of Worms".

2007-07-05 16:35:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Baptists can or cannot be considered or conserd themselves Chrsitians per se. A lot depends on the individual view point.

2007-07-05 15:20:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

They are called Protestants because the protested against the Catholic church and branched off into their own religions.

I am not familiar with the other 'religions' you named.

2007-07-05 15:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

no--- big differences in the most important areas.

2007-07-05 15:25:36 · answer #10 · answered by Midge 7 · 0 2

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