Those that follow Calvin and Luther to the letter have done so by their own election, and because they personally find agreement with Calvin and Luther ... not because Protestant doctrine sees infallibility in Calvin or Luther.
Doctrinally, I think we’re all probably wrong about something. There are just too many instances of justifiable differences in Biblical interpretation for any one man or group of men to be right about everything. I am a Baptist because I believe the Baptist interpretation is the closest to the right one.
For the big picture ... so long as we’re getting the essentials (which most Christian denominations seem to be), honest doctrinal misintepretation is simply one of many sins for which can be forgiven through Christ.
SnakeDoc
“Those that follow Calvin and Luther to the letter have done so by their own election, and because they personally find agreement with Calvin and Luther ... not because Protestant doctrine sees infallibility in Calvin or Luther.”
I never said that Protestants believed they were infalliable. I said that they found them authoritative, particularly in their intepretation and application of Scripture. Many have modelled their churches, even if they don’t understand why, after the principles of Luther, Calvin and Zwingli.
Why for example, do you have a cross instead of a crucifix? Or a bare room without adornment? All these questions have their answers in them from Calvin, Luther and Zwingli for the most part.
Even your argument here, that the conscious should stand supreme, is the same.
I was a Mennonite myself, and I am thankful for my time with them. They are good people. I have known a great number of Baptists and they are salt and light. However, my path was not with them. Peace and blessings, sir.