Why dont protestants accept the Catholic church.?

Question

I agree that there were times when the Catholic Church made some mistakes and maybe not the best judgement.

Luther wanted to change that and not actually start a religion.
If you read about him he was a horrible man, really bad.

So why dont catholics and protestants get along better. If you read the attached link you will see that what both groups agree has more in common than you would think.

http://www.davidmacd.com/catholic/born_again_catholics.htm

It would be better if all christians reunited and focus more on what we have in common than the slight differences.

And please I know some people just answer to get the points but dont write stuff without having some understanding of the REAL TRUTH OF WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE>

I find it better to get insults and derision from non-believers or atheists than I do to get some of the really ignorant posts of christians.

Answer 1

im christian, and i accept catholics. My grandmas catholic i love her 2 death, and my moms whole side of the family is so you shouldnt group people together like that, my best friend is catholic as well. I accept anything that is in Gods name.Most christians do too.

Answer 2

The church did not select the NT books... the Holy Spirit did. The books considered to be NT were what the majority of Christians of the early Church agreed were inspired by God, even before they were canonized. The Church of Rome translated the scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate written by St. Jerome. The NT books were copied from the Greek Septuagint, which is still used by the Eastern Orthodox today. The apocryphal books from it were considered deuterocanonical by the Catholic church, and are not in the original Hebrew Tanach. The Protestant Bible follows the Hebrew scheme and does not include them. The Catholic church does have truth, but there are also some errors in it's doctrines and traditions. The same Holy Spirit that enables believers to know God's Word, even today, also testifies to this truth and the errors. My, look at all the thumbs down... can't handle the truth? You can have your faith in the Church, defending your religion, or you can have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Where does your allegiance belong? As Christians, our unity is in Christ, not the RCC. Let's uphold the creed and all Christians believers, chosen of God and sealed by His Spirit. Nothing personal, just hoping some people will think about it.

Answer 3

Probably for reasons similar to those reasons why Catholics do not accept Protestants.
The doctrinal differences are only about 3% of the total doctrines, and they are not necessarily the most important ones. It is best if Catholics and Protestants agree not to discuss these differences.

Why was Luther so horrible if he wanted to end some of the abuses in the church?
Admittedly, he was an anti-Semite, and repeated the standard antiSemite remarks of his era, but he did not invent them.
Neither the Catholic church nor any Protestant church can claim to be free from horrible people.
But I do not want to fight with you. Feel free to email me if you wish.

Answer 4

When things seem shrouded in mystery some people get suspicious and negative.

The Catholic Church has a lot of symbolism and if you're not familiar with the meanings behind it some people put a bad judgment on it......and the cr*p that happened recently with the pedophile Priests didn't help things.

That's too bad because the Catholic Religion is basically like all the others.

Answer 5

Your suggestion may be plausible but quite improbable. After all, which Church will accede to ALTERING its doctrines and traditions to appease the other??

Isn't that what the so-called "Charismatic Movement" was all about in the 1970-1980s? Then there came [and still continues] a slew of "Born-Again, Non-Denominational" Christian groups that supposedly does not discriminate members, regardless of whatever Christian group you formerly belonged to?

How else would you propose to do an "ecumenical" coalition between the Catholic Church and the Protestant churches then? I honestly doubt it very much if most Protestants will ever want to convert into Catholicism at all... No Pope could ever convince them to do so, I dare say.

Peace be with you.

Answer 6

Many protestants do accept the Catholics as brothers and sisters in Christ. Myself included. My Church is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention and it has been said from the pulpit many times that "if you accept Christ finished work on the cross then you is family I reckon" :). "Even Catholics". If the Pope says we have no means to be saved outside of the Catholic church, Jesus has something else to say about that.

I have also heard Protestants say that Catholics are not saved and I know that is a bunch of junk. People should work out their own salvation with fear and trembling before they worry about who is and who isn't saved.

Answer 7

Protestants are "catholic"--the word just means "world wide".

Protestant and Episcopal churches still use the Apostle's Creed--"I believe in one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church." There is only one Christian church--divided as it seems by history and ignorance.

Martin Luther was not a bad man--he was a priest who objected to the corruption and immorality that was present in the RC church at that time. Not even Roman Catholics deny the problems anymore.

I guess I'm neither Protestant nor Catholic--I'm Anglican. In the USA we are called Episcopalian, and in the UK we are Church of England.

King Henry VIII, when he started the C of E, did NOT break away from the RC church so he could get a divorce. He broke away because at that time in history the Vatican was dominated by the King of Spain, and remaining RC would have meant submission to the authority of the Spanish Crown. Before Henry VIII split off, the Pope awarded him the title "Defender of the Faith", and to this day Queen Elizabeth II (as head of the C of E) bears that honourary title.

In what is commonly acknowledged today to be a blatant example of spiritual blackmail, the Pope issued an order that anyone who swore allegiance to King Henry VIII would be excommunicated. Henry responded by threatening to hang any priest he caught preaching that.

Damning patriotic Christians to Hell, and murdering priests! My My My. It doesn't sound very Christian, does it? No wonder the atheists laugh at us!

Other than the authority of the Pope, and a few minor things like transubstantiation and apostolic succession, there is very little difference between the C of E and the RC Church.

There WAS animosity between Christian denominations a few centuries ago, for political reasons. There is NO EXCUSE for intolerance between Christians anymore.

I am intrigued by your question--especially when you seem to imply that the route to Christian unity is for everyone to convert to your RC faith. Protestant faiths have sustained generations of people through appalling hardship. So has the Church of England. Why should we change, to you beliefs, in the name of unity?

Answer 8

You are right in that it would be better if Christians and Catholics could focus on what you have in common...unfortunately, there are not many of either like you, which is why there is still all this hate and intolerance in the world.....but at least be proud of the fact that you recognize the problem. Sadly, you are one of a small minority. Pass it on to your kids and those close to you, and at least you're making a small impact, which is better than none at all.

Answer 9

The issue is you gloss over our historic differences with too liberal a brush. Protestants fundamentally (pardon the pun) disagree with the view of salvation espoused by Rome. We adhere quite strongly to Paul's admonition in Galatians that any doctrine taught as truth that differs from the one taught in scripture is anathema. That is why you have documents like the Belgic & Westminster confessions, and Rome's responses in Trent.

We can agree in very loose contructs such as basic needs provision for the poor and needy or help to those who are in dire straights, but Protestants are monergists who believe salvation, sanctification and glorification are in Christ alone and applied by faith alone through grace alone. Rome teaches that man must keep in state of grace and can lose salvation through venial and mortal sins.

These are issues that simply cannot be mended, we will disagree until Christ comes.

Ath

Answer 10

I accept both churches.I had one Catholic grandma,and one Baptist.I had to go to church with both of them as a child.There was just as much "activity" going on in the Baptist church.I remember asking my Nana why Pastor Potters had to leave the church all of a sudden.She told me "Because he was "keeping company" with a couple of the parishioners wives." After 20 years I finally figured out what "keeping company" meant.