"All true Protestants believe the papacy to be unbiblical, unnecessary and unhelpful. Churches governed by scripture alone rather than the traditions of men....
And there are no shortage of them. Dozens and dozens and dozens. So unhelpful.
Laughable. Where did their Bibles come from?
The story seems flawed.
The headline says “not a true Christian leader,” but it seems the question is more like “the” Christian leader.
I can hardly fault them for saying the latter (they ARE protesting, right?), but that’s not the same at all as the former.
This is the result of a drop in literacy. One may as well poll a bunch of New Age loons or Hari Krishnas. The Church of England is in tatters and other religious denominations have a vested interest in attacking the Pope lest they lose their source of income. T
he leading intellectuals and pre-eminent pastors of the protestant movement both in England and in the US from Cardinal Henry Newman to the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Editor of First Things, all converted to Catholicism.
This is the result of a drop in literacy. One may as well poll a bunch of New Age loons or Hari Krishnas. The Church of England is in tatters and other religious denominations have a vested interest in attacking the Pope lest they lose their source of income. T
he leading intellectuals and pre-eminent pastors of the protestant movement both in England and in the US from Cardinal Henry Newman to the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Editor of First Things, all converted to Catholicism.
And this is from a country whose head of the church got that position by being the 29xGreat-granddaughter of William the Conquerer. Or else the 13xGreat-grandniece of the man who formed the church so he could divorce his wife rather than behead her.
Just give me the tried and proven R.C. magisterium.
Remember, Sola Scriptura isn't found in the bible!
Britain is no longer a Christian nation and it's no wonder, really. Until it gets over its traditional anti-Catholicism it's destined to travel ever further down the road of apostasy, relativism and humanism.
America is right behind it.
**They said that even Protestants who work with Catholics at a grassroots level are still likely to find the idea of papal authority “particularly difficult”.**
The why is the Pope, representing the Catholic Church, the one who constantly speaks out against
abortion,
Same-sex marriage,
euthanasia,
contraception,
embryonic stem cell research.
And speaks for the holiness and sanctity of the priesthood.
The Title needs to be fixed thus:
**Pope is ‘a true Christian leader’
The author meant to say: Two out the three Christians in Britain . . .