Do Protestants believe that Christianity was misguided for 1500 years until their sect was "reborn" ?

Answer 1

Absolutely. The Catholic church even within the last year has changed their beliefs because they found them to be untrue (limbo) and changed their beliefs in demon possession (exorcism). Some day they will leave other beliefs (Pope) and trust Jesus alone.

Answer 2

It seems to me if we collected all the straw men created by Protestants and those believing they are the restored Church we would have enough straw to burn and heat the whole world. It seems there is no limit to the outrageous claims that people make against Christ's Church.

They really have no excuse for bearing false witness against His Church because they are told time and time again that what they believe about Catholic faith and practice is false but they persist in the lies anyway. Do they not realize that this kind of continual unrepentent sin is dangerous to their eternity. I was one of these anti-Catholics until I studied what Catholics believed in order to save those from the Heretical Roman Church. Systematically, I took issue after issue and found that there is no doctrine, practice or belief that is not supported in Scripture. The deeper I got into the fathers and the history of the Church the less Protestant I remained. Finally, I woke up one day from the darkness of Protestantism and came into the light of Catholcism. What started as a journey to prove the Church wrong came to be a deeper and fuller faith in my Lord and a respect for His Church which the Bible in truth calls "the bulwark and ground of the truth".

Let me give you a challenge who hate His Church:

Go to the Catechism each time you feel the urge to build a straw man such as saying that Catholics worship Mary or that Catholics believe they are saved by works and see what the Church actually teaches and then feel free to attack and criticise the true belief instead of the false belief of your own construct. Fair enough? I warn you such a practice may be beneficial to your eternal security.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 3

This one does not. God is suitable. guy is imperfect, subsequently the conundrum. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church replaced into the well known stress interior the western worldwide. (My eastern background is somewhat obscure so i won't even bypass there). It replaced into not suitable yet like quite a few human establishments had good and undesirable stuff occurring. The Reformation got here approximately as an attempt to reform the undesirable. (ignore Henry and his many different halves for the 2d). although, not even the reformers might desire to agree on a thank you to bypass approximately it, subsequently you have Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, and the Anabaptist coming in all on the topic of the comparable time (huge definition of 'time'). meanwhile you have Cranmer attempting to define the Anglican church aside from Catholicism. the story is going from there. somebody would not like something, they initiate their own sect, faith, cult, and so on. the significant element is to confess you're able to do not something to keep your self, have faith in Jesus Christ as your guy or woman savior and stay your existence as terrific you may in accordance to the ten commandments and new testomony concepts. come across a church you like (in case you may, that is getting extra stable and extra stable) and fellowship with different believers. concentration on God first and something will fall into place.

Answer 4

Martin Luther is the first protestant. So the best way to find an answer is to research his own life.

There was a movie made starring Ralph Fiennes called "Luther" and it shows his life story. Overtaking the catholic church and printing bibles in common language so normal people could actually read it.

Im an atheist but im a historian and im always fascinated by how religious people sometimes can be skeptical but never realize that the whole thing is just an invention.

Answer 5

No because the Catholic Church had split from the Orthodox church in 1054 which was resulted from the long and continuous argument over icons which were pictures of Jesus. One side argued that icons should not be used because God was against icons since they would worshiping the pictures instead of Jesus. The other side argued it was permitted because many people couldn't read and icons helped them with comprehension and as long as you didn't worship them. Finally the side that said icons were o.k splited from the Orthodox church which became the Catholic church. The Catholic church became very corrupt. People spent the church money on themselves and to replace that money they sold church positions to the people with the most money. Also started to be sold. In the 1500's Martin luther nailed complaints to the Catholic church to a church door. Many people began to question the Catholic Church which in time formed the Protestant Church. So basically the Catholic Church only misguided Christainity for 500 years. Technically since the Catholic Church still teaches purgatory,worship mary, ask for forgiveness through priest, and other corrupt thing it is still misguiding Christainity.

Answer 6

Anyone who believes that Jesus Christ would ever abandon the church he personally founded and paid for with his own blood, or that the Holy Spirit would ever stop guiding the church that he has been assigned to nurture and comfort until the end of time, must also believe that God is a powerless liar.

And what kind of faith is that?

Answer 7

No... It was just misguided a few hundred years during the middle ages with the corruption of the Catholic church. Most of the non-biblical concepts came into the church during a few hundred years around 1200AD.

The corruption of the Catholic church only proves that man is by nature corrupt, which is what the bible and the reformers consistently stated. By claiming to be the "only" church, it formed an arrogance and pride that caused the organization to embrace falsehoods, which lead many people astray.

Reformation theology is not a "sect", but rather a simple reading and understanding of scripture without the influences of Catholic traditions.

So basically the answer to your question is No.

Answer 8

Protestants are a mixed bunch... coming from the word "protest" meaning to protest the catholic church. As such, anyone who is not a Roman Catholic, and is part of some religious movement having jeeeessuuuus as the main prophet, is regarded as a protestant.

To answer your question, no, they do not usually feel that way.

Answer 9

It is what it is and what the followers make it to be.
It is that simple.
You don't have to try to figure out what happened 1500 years ago, it is the present and what you believ in that is most important.

Answer 10

Many Protestants unhistorically believe that the Apostolic Church became so corrupted so quickly that the whole Gospel was hidden until Luther or maybe Wycliffe

Answer 11

Christianity began on the day of Pentecost.
The true believers in Christ are those that stayed away from extra-Biblical beliefs such as:Praying to Mary,or venerating her as a godess or queen of heaven.
Belief in purgatory,praying to saints.
The blasphemy of transubstantiation;resacrificing Christ during the mass.
Stay focused on Christs perfect sacrifice for your redemption and come out of that idolatrous system.
Revelation ch:17:3-6
Revelationch:18:1-8.