why do 'born-again' people refuse to admit they are part of protestantism??

Question

history says that they are just a part of protestantism.

Answer 1

That would admit that their movement is less than 500 years old and descended from Catholicism!

Of course, they are not the only "born agains' because all who are in grace are born again

Answer 2

Defining who all is Protestant may not be as easy as you think. Catholics see all other Christians as Protestants. Thats kinda like -there are Jews and everyone else is a Gentile. Usually we think of Lutheran and Anglican as the Protestants, maybe a few others.
But lets think about it. What about the Mormons? Are they Protestant? And, the Pentecostals and Charismatics?? None of them are Protestants-neither are they Catholic. The Protestant Reformation took place long time ago- nearly 500 years. The Presbyterian and Anabaptist came along some time after Luther, and technically you can say they were part of the reformation. But we have so many denominations they can no way trace their roots to catholicism. If that is the case-then they are not Protestants.

Answer 3

Protestantism comes down to "justification by faith, individual responsibility, and the right to believe and worship according to one's conscience" (provided it's in accordance with the teachings of the Bible). Basically, you don't have to answer to the Pope, he doesn't 'have God's ear' as it were.
I used to be agnostic and now I'm a Christian, so I guess that makes me 'born again.' I have no problem with Protestantism in the sense described above.

Answer 4

Mainly because 'protestantism' is a violation of the teaching of 'Jesus'. Sure protestants saw that Catholism was 'bad', but they defied 'Jesus' in creating protestantism.

Mat 7:16-20 a good tree cannot bear evil fruit, a tree that bears evil fruit is to be cut down and burnt

Depending upon the denomination of Protestantism, they still cling to many of the same precepts of Catholism.

325CE Council of Nice: Promotion of the Goodman, Christ is Divine

363CE Council of Laodicea names 26 New Testament books as "inspired word of God"; Book of Revelation is excluded. Actually, the Council of Laodicea only essentially ‘approved’ Bishop Eusebius ‘recommended reading list’; Eusebius, that great Church propagandist and self-confessed “liar-for-god”.

364CE Council of Laodicea ordered that religious observances were to be conducted on Sunday, not Saturday.

381CE First Council of Constantinople drew up a dogmatic statement on the Trinity and defined Holy Spirit as having the same divinity expressed for the Son by the Council of Nice 56 years earlier.

If a person were a TRUE follower of 'Jesus', then they would use his real name rather than the Latin translational term/representation/idol for of 'jesus christ', especially if they are working in HIS name.

if a person were a TRUE follower of 'Jesus', then they wouldn't cling to the teachings of the 'False Prophet Paul'. 'Paul' is named a 'false prophet according to the Laws of God, Deuteronomy 13.

One should remember that Saul DID vow b4 god to destroy the 'jesus' following, and he DID by reinstating the old pagani hebrew traditions of human sacrifice, cannibalism, and BAAL veneration.


In Hosea and Habakkuk, we learn of the 'sons of Ephraim'--the pagan Hebrews of Israel, they venerated a stick of wood, offered up human sacrifice upon high places--like MT Calvary, used human sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, even going so far as eating the flesh and blood of their sacrifice similar to the ritual cannibalism of communion, and relished in their sin, just as Christians do.

Hos: 2:16-17 says the LORD, “ That you will call ME ‘ISHI’ (or ‘YHWH’) and no longer call ME ‘BAAL’. For I will take from her mouth the names of the Ba’als, and they shall be remembered by their name no more.

Answer 5

What does "protestantism" have to do with being born again?

Answer 6

My church of Christ isn't part of the Protestant reformation. We seek to restore the New Testament's church in present-day. We are part of the Restoration of the original church outlined in the New Testament.

(Maybe those born-agains cannot trace their man-made creeds back to their founders. But if their founders aren't the Bible, it's man-made)

Answer 7

Wha???

I think you're confused.

Answer 8

they do? I wasn't aware of that....