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To: Cronos
I've seen many (not all of course) Protestants focus more on St Paul's epistles than on the Gospels (I know it's a generalization, but it seems that way to me).

As a Protestant and Presbyterian, I would generally agree with that statement. In my experience, it is more true of Presbyterians than any other Protestant group. Jesus had this troubling habit of saying things that don't fit well into our systematic theologies.

I think that we all sometimes need to step back and examine ourselves. While Reformed Christians rightfully IMO criticize the Roman Catholic tendency to over-rely on tradition, they need to recognize that their own confessions in many ways have become basically the same thing, man-made traditions.

In reformed, confessional circles, a new insult has arisen. "Biblicist" is applied to someone who relies solely on a Bible text without support from a confession. I wear the insult as a badge of honor, BTW. I don't know how the people who consider this an insult and elevate confessions to such a level can also claim Solo Scriptura but they do.

123 posted on 02/23/2010 8:20:53 AM PST by CommerceComet
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To: CommerceComet

Thank you for your honest and frank statement — we of course have a lot of faulty people in The Catholic Church too (I’ll be at the top 25% I’d guess!). It’s good that we focus on God and on our common enemies — Islam and secularism.


131 posted on 02/23/2010 9:32:37 AM PST by Cronos (Philipp2:12, 2Cor5:10, Rom2:6, Matt7:21, Matt22:14, Lu12:42-46,John15:1-10,Rev2:4-5,Rev22:19)
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