Now you are the one categorising. And no, the term "Protestant" has been flexed too much over the years. Even some born-agains and non-trinitarians would claim to be Protestant and many Protestants would reject those claims.
So the very "p" term is redundant.
again, you look at the news article, whereas I gave you the link to the actual text which states that Therefore, the Church of Christ is present and operative also in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the Catholic Church and "Therefore, these separated Churches and communities as such have by no means been deprived of significance and importance in the mystery of salvation. For the spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as means of salvation" -- ergo, your earlier post based on a headline is wrong.
They would be seen as protesting towards the Catholic church, then huh? So they are Protestant.No, I was being literalNow you are the one categorising.
...your earlier post based on a headline is wrong.
No it wasn't.
Perhaps would like to debate it on this thread:
Skip to comments.Pope: Other Christian Denominations Not True Churches
Fox News ^ | July 10, 2007 | associated press
Posted on Monday, January 02, 2012 3:13:39 PM by RnMomof7
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy — For the second time in a week, Pope Benedict XVI has corrected what he says are erroneous interpretations of the Second Vatican Council, reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church and saying other Christian communities were either defective or not true churches.
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