my social studies teacher says they branch of off protestant but there more like catholics so i think catholic
2007-10-24 08:44:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Prior to the reformation, there was no protestant side of Christianity. When Luther rebelled against the Catholic church, that was the beginning of Protestantism. Lutherans were basically the first protestant denomination. Others developed as a result of the reformation and other leaders such as Calvin and Wesley. However, the Lutheran church does still stand closest to the Catholic church and often we are much more comfortable with our Catholic counterparts than we are with some of the other protestant denominations.
So, to answer your questions, we came from the Catholic church, but we are Protestant, not Catholic.
AL is correct.... as a military spouse going to the chapel, I don't like being lumped into the "Protestant service". It is so very far from what the Lutheran church teaches that it is uncomforable for me. I also tend to get along better, bible study-wise, with the Catholic Women of the Chapel than the Protestant WoC. I've had too many "protestants" tell me I'm not "saved" because of my infant baptism.
2007-10-26 00:41:17 · answer #1 · answered by usafbrat64 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you know that actually protestants and catholics have much in common. It was Martin Luther (then Catholic), who in 1510 visited Rome and the Pope, but he was appalled by the inappropriate behaviour of some high ranking church officials. He was confused by it all and sought an answer in the Bible. In the year 1517 (Oct. 31st, 490 years ago) he nailed his famous 95 theses on the door of the church of Wittenberg, claiming his view of religion. Thereby he marked a turning point in the religious and the political history of Europe and also the whole world. Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Baptists or others are alike before Him, as long as we are trying to live a good life, but that is just what I think. You have the right to your own opinion or belief. I just want to tell you the history behind it all, don´t want to tell anyone which "branch" of religion is the best one, that´s up to each individual. Live and let live, that´s a good saying in my point of view!
2007-10-24 09:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rise of denominations within the Christian faith can be traced back to the Protestant Reformation, the movement to “reform” the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century, out of which four major divisions or traditions of Protestantism would emerge: Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, and Anglican. From these four, other denominations grew over the centuries. The Lutheran denomination was named after Martin Luther and was based on his teachings.
2007-10-24 09:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, Roman Catholic and Catholic are the same. There are the Old Catholics which is different. Catholic was used to describe Christianity from the 1st Century onward, in the Forth Century, there were major heresies in vogue e.g., Arinism., which were claiming to be Christian and thus Catholic became the Title of Christianity and the True Church to distinguish the True Church from the Heretical churches. "Roman" was not added until the 16th Century and was done by the Anglicans who started calling the Catholic Church "Roman" as they were trying to claim the "catholic" Title for their Church. Hence you had the Anglican Church Claiming to be the Catholic Church also, and thus Roman was then needed to distinguish truth from error yet again. Lutheranism is what is known as a Denomination because it broke from the Roman Catholic Church Directly, same goes for Anglicanism, and several others. Anabaptists would be known as a sub-denomination as they pretty much broke away from Lutheranism, Episcopalians would also be considered a sub-denomination as the broke away from Anglicanism, &c., &c. Non-Denomination is relatively new, they are from any number of denominations and/or sub-denomination and claim to have no association with any protestant group. They also may follow multiple doctrines, e.g., some from Lutheranism, some from Anglicanism, some from Methodist, &c., yet claim they are none of them.
2016-05-25 13:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usafbrat64 has it right, but I'd add a qualifier to that. We are technically Protestant, but you have to be careful about applying that label to us because of certain connotations it carries.
Many people specifically associate Protestantism with the idea of "asking Jesus into your heart," as opposed to the Catholic concept of our Christian faith being given to us through the communion of saints. If you look at it that way, Lutherans would seem more "catholic" than Protestant.
2007-10-26 07:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous Lutheran 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably the best we to describe us Confessional Lutherans would be "Evangelical Reformed Catholics".
The RC Church did call us "Protestants" before there were any other denominations to call protestant.
Mark
2007-10-26 15:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're the original protestants. Remember Martin Luthor?
2007-10-24 08:58:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anne L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther was a Catholic priest and he broke away from the Catholic Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
With love in Christ.
2007-10-24 18:00:28 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you're interested, this is a forum for Lutheran Christians...
http://foru.ms/f367-theologia-crucis-lutherans.html
2007-10-24 10:11:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are a branch-off of Catholicism.
2007-10-24 18:12:32 · answer #10 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋