This article is unintentionally very damning towards Protestantism as a concept:
“And, I’m afraid the Reformers would hardly recognize the Protestant church they struggled to birth.”
Hey, thanks for admitting that your sects were founded by men and not God.
“Five hundred years [later]... we’ve surrendered the gains gotten.”
No, you’re still holding on to our property. You didn’t gain much else.
“Our pastors act like priests.”
Your pastors were always just actors anyway. It’s not like they were sent by God or something!
“If we have a biblical question, we don’t struggle to find the answer. We twitter the pastor. He’s the spiritual expert.”
What? You mean you’ve discovered that hierarchy and specialization were part of God’s plan and happen naturally anyway?
“Last, and certainly the worst, the public exposure of the raucous sexual sins of so many pastors would surely remind Luther of what he saw in Rome during his infamous visit to the so-called Holy City.”
Would they remind Luther of his own sins?
“Our people have given up the Bible.”
Your people never had it. Even Martin Luther knew that:
“We are compelled to concede to the papists that they have the Word of God, that we received it from them, and that without them we should have no knowledge of it at all.”
Martin Luther, Commentary on St. John...
“And to think, Wycliffe and others were willing to die so we could ignore the Bible in our own language.”
Wycliffe was willing to die for a vernacular Bible? Says who? He died of a stroke at his country parish essentially in internal exile. He didn’t die nor did he ever really risk death for anything. This is damning to Protestants just because it shows they have no idea what they’re talking about.
“Our churches are full of people who are not Christians.”
When was that ever different for sects?
“Compare your church rolls with active attendance and see how many “members” never come to church. Now go share the Gospel with them and see how many say, “I’m okay. I’m a member of such and such church.””
Strange, my experience with Protestants is very different. I always get, “I believe in Jesus. That’s all that matters. I can do what I want. I don’t have to go to church. I’m saved.”
“If you look closely, you’ll find that many Protestants are far more Catholic than they’re willing to admit.”
No, if you look closely, you’ll discover that those Protestants are just being MORE Protestant. They’re doing what they want to do. That’s what Protestantism has always been about: a false belief in total freedom, a self-directed and subjective view of salvation based on feelings, etc.
Preach it brother!
Excellent post,dear brother. Right on target!
You make clear what most Roman Catholics arrogantly quietly believe, that Christ is insufficient for salvation. If you believed that Christ was sufficient, you wouldn’t dismiss non-Roman Christians as belonging to a heretical sect saturated with false doctrine.
Man, I hate what Rome became. And I love what Christ has done with His Church, the body of Christ on earth which includes all who’ve placed their faith in Him.
You go worship the Co-Mediatrix; I’ll worship Mary’s Son instead. He, not she, is the Savior of my soul.