Hey Protestants!: Do you prefer to be called Christians or Protestants?

Question

If you are a protestant aka christian, what is your sect ?

Answer 1

call me Johnny

Answer 2

I prefer to be called a Christian. The two are not the same. There are Protestants and Catholics that are Christians, as well as, both that are non-Christians.

The term Christian, means belonging to Christ, and it is a personal relationship, not a religion. Religions are man-made, and the conflict comes between different denominations because of a greater emphasis on different doctrines.

I was born into a Baptist family, accepted Christ at age 6, and from that point on had a relationship with Christ, but attended a Baptist congregation for most of my life. I currently attend a non-denominational congregation.

Answer 3

The members of the Reformed Churches are not members of a Sect. They are first and foremost Christians. The word Protestant came from the word Protesters, as they were protesting against the errors that had come into the early Christian Church.

Answer 4

sect?

I'm a member oif the body of Christ. I don't even like being called christian anymore because its become a Title-or a genre of person.

I'm not into names. If I wanted to be technical, I'm a Protestant Christian Seventh-Day-Adventist.

But in reality, I'm a part of no sect, I'm a part of no religion. I follow God.

If we strip away the names and titles we have given ourselves, such as Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, United etc, and focus on the IMPORTANT thing, there is nothing to discuss.

God is our Saviour. Does anything else matter?

Answer 5

Protestantism was as much a political stance as a religious one. It was born of the scandalously corrupt condition of the medieval 'church', whose wandering friars were frequently money-grabbing, often sexually uncontrolled, and sometimes violent. The priests were frequently little more educated than the peasants, who often could hardly write their names. Cardinals and popes were often dissolute, avaricious and oppressive, being landowners and politicians. The clergy had their own church courts, where, if they were found guilty, had very lenient sentences imposed. So there was much to protest about in the 16th century, before one even thought about theology. Due to unrestrained lusts, the 'church' was unrecognisable as a decent organisation, even if one never opened a Bible. But for the Protest, the 'church' would have remained as it was. Few Catholics realise the natural depravity of their mother organisation, and how much they owe to Protestants that their organisation is even fit to be part of the civilised modern world.

But Protestantism today is not about historic protest, though the Roman 'church' is even now not cleared of sociopathic behaviours, whether that of institutional bullying, collaboration with the Nazis, or its farming of paederastic clerics (and surely there should be far more protest against the RCC on those grounds than there has been). It is difficult to know whether Protestantism got its name from protesting, or from declaring its aim of teaching pro testamentum, for the New Testament gospel of truth. That is surely all that Protestantism means now.

The Protestant tenets are three; sola fide, sola Scriptura, and the priesthood of all believers. Sola fide is the belief that by faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross, attempts to gain acceptance by personal works is not only hopelessly futile, but fatal also. Running to priests with their Masses is deadly.

Sola Scriptura is the teaching that all teachings of men must be measured against the Scripture, 66 books according to Protestants. That discounts all teachings of councils and papal pronouncements that guide the cult of Rome, which is totally unable to prove its claim of succession from Peter, This fact, in view of the terrible violence it has caused through this claim, in itself makes it a horrendous insult to humanity.

The priesthood of all believers is the teaching that the individual believer stands directly answerable to, and guided by, God Himself through His Holy Spirit, as the Scripture teaches, and an intermediate 'priest' is neither necessary nor desirable.

Having said all that, there are few people today who call themselves Protestant who actually believe and act on those three tenets. (This is because Roman Catholicism politicised Christianity, and Protestantism has necessarily been politicised as a result.) In other words, few Protestants are Christians. The Christian believes that it is a least possible to be a Christian as a Protestant, whereas no Catholic can be a Christian, because merely going to Mass declares Christ's sacrifice inadequate and unfinished.

Christianity is almost nothing to do with the denominations of Protestantism. There is only one church, invisible, spread among denominations, though increasingly meeting independently in house groups or in local fellowships.

So whether the Christian uses the word 'Protestant' or the word 'Christian' probably depends on context. The Christian uses 'Protestant' when he does not wish to be confused with Catholics, but will otherwise refer to himself as a Christian.

By contrast, the Catholic generally refers to himself as 'Catholic' first, Christian second, in any circumstance. Catholics on the 'net will almost never fail to add into posts the false teachings of Rome, so keen are they to hinder people from true belief.
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Answer 6

i don't have a sect.
I was born a protestant[according to my parents] but have never protested about anything that I know of.

I am a Christian in that I believe in God but Idon't go to church

Answer 7

'Sect'? I was brought up as a Lutheran, which is the second biggest Chrstian church in the world, or was the last time I looked.

Answer 8

I prefer Christian. I am not really protesting anything any more.
I am a nondenominational Christian.

Answer 9

a protestant can be anything ( sect ) but a roman catholic

Answer 10

I am a nondenominational Christian.

I'm still settling on a doctrine. At the moment, I actually am studying into Catholicism. I just have a LOT of questions about it.

Answer 11

I prefer to be called a christian.