Why is it that some protestants forget that they are off-shoots of the catholic church?

Question

I find it very interesting here that some protestants will blantantly take pot-shots at roman catholics for their beliefs; myself, having a family that is about half catholic & half protestant I never see that kind of behavior there.

The roman catholic church came into existence first and the protestant reformation began many years later in 1517; so then, why the animosity? Do some people really need to feel that superior to a fellow human being?

Answer 1

THANK YOU: i go to a presbyterian school where there's like 12% catholics...i am of the belief that God will look at peoples HEARTS not which denomination they were a part of...

AND for the record, though dont feel i should have to say this: Catholics are followers of Christ too.

ugg....everyone just love Jesus and GET ALONG

Answer 2

I assume it's the ignorance passed down many generations since the reformation or(deformation) of Martin Luther.

I was raised Protestant. I try and research any questions my father asks concerning Catholics and try and give him an answer.

Unfortunately, some Protestants don't research for answers themselves. They want to rely on what is fed to them.
I guess the same can be said of those basing their opinions on whatever television stations and other media propaganda state.
I have also noticed not everything broadcasted on the History channel to be true.

My dad once made a comment to me........."Ya, why did Catholics add those books to the Bible?". Of course I explained that they were already canonized as books in the Bible and that Luther removed them.

To look at Martin Luther at wikipedia, this is also stated about him:

Martin Luther was a German monk.
Luther's translation of the Bible into the vernacular, making it more accessible to ordinary people, had a tremendous political impact on the church and on German culture.

"Luther is also known for his writings about the Jews, the nature and consequences of which are the subject of scholarly debate. His statements that Jews' homes should be destroyed, their synagogues burned, money confiscated, and liberty curtailed were revived and given widespread publicity by the Nazis in Germany in 1933–45. As a result of this and his revolutionary theological views, his legacy remains controversial.
Luther's views on the Eucharist — the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — were put to the test in October 1529 at the Marburg Colloquy, an assembly of Protestant theologians. Luther insisted on the Real Presence of the body and blood of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine, but the other theologians believed God to be only symbolically present.
Luther ruled that polygamy was acceptable, noting that the patriarchs of the Old Testament had had more than one wife.
Luther's views on salvation in terms much closer to Eastern Orthodox notions of theosis rather than established interpretations of German Luther scholarship.

Also, recent researches and translation of his works include:

Vom Schem Hamphoras

American Edition of Luther's Works

On the Jews and Their Lies -
.........Luther writes that the Jews are a "base, whoring people, that is, no people of God, and their boast of lineage, circumcision, and law must be accounted as filth." They are full of the "devil's feces ... which they wallow in like swine," and the synagogue is an "incorrigible whore and an evil slut ..." He argues that their synagogues and schools should be set on fire, their prayer books destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, homes razed, and property and money confiscated. They should be shown no mercy or kindness, afforded no legal protection, and these "poisonous envenomed worms" should be drafted into forced labor or expelled for all time. He also seems to advocate their murder, writing "[w]e are at fault in not slaying them."

Against the Papacy at Rome Founded by the Devil -
.........Luther was known for his bitter attacks on the Pope, which grew more vitriolic in his later years. In the context of the opening of the Council of Trent — the nineteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church.
Perhaps no one in history abhorred the Church and all she stands for more than Martin Luther. His diatribes against the papacy and the structure of the Church in general are well known. Popes, bishops, and cardinals are referred to as "Roman Sodom." ... He once blessed a group of followers, saying: "May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope."

Against Hanswurst

Answer 3

Then in my opinion you should ask yourself this: Why do Catholics forget that the origin of their religion is based on Paganism and the Celtic beliefs that were found all over the world at that time for thousands of years before there ever were any so-called Christian churches or religions?

Answer 4

The protestants were the catholic churches first baby. Catholic and Protestant religion were founded on Christ so I don't know why there should be animosity between them.

Answer 5

we are not off shoots of the catholic church.....

We are followers of Christ...Christians where in existence long before the Romans put a military religious authority into Rome to deal with the "christian problem"....the pope / papacy....

The Protestants/ Martin Luther/ the 95 thesis make it very clear that the practices of the "catholic church" where not correct and were not of the Bible, etc.....The Protestants returned to the teaching of Christ and the Bible....

That is the same as saying were are still under British rule after the declaration of Independence.....

Answer 6

I don't hate the Catholic church and I will not take pot shots at it. However the reason why Protestants broke off from the Catholic church is that Martin Luther realized many of the Catholic beliefs were incorrect. They are supported by man's tradition and not by the Bible. It is not that we desire to take pot shots it is that we desire to point out where Catholics follow things not in the Bible.

Answer 7

I think it's alack of knowledge. We're all confessional churched meaning we agree on things like the Apostles creed. The differences between Catholic beliefs and others is relatively small and not on the foundational things.. We're human though and sometimes we're less than we should be :-)

Answer 8

Didn't protestants break off because of problems they were havning with the church? I guess I fail to see why you think you have made some kind of valid point here. I agree animosity is uneccesary, but I doubt your argument will be the cure for it.

Answer 9

Didn't Protestantism form because Henry The 8th wanted to get Divorced (I know that that's the Anglican Church but isn't Protestantism an offshoot of that?)

Answer 10

Good point.
They are all going to hell for breaking away from the true church of Jesus and Peter.