1. Protestants are indeed allowed to personally interpret the Bible. THAT is PROBABLY why there are 30,000-40,000 DIFFERENT Protestant denominations. PROTESTANTS say that they have 40,000+ denominations. (Google)
2. To me it is SAD that their Christianity is so fractured, both by denomination AND interpretation of Scripture. VERY SAD.
I always thought that Jesus would want us to be united in His love.
3. The defrocked and excommunicated FATHER Martin Luther is no role model. Having a denomination named after him is no honor, IMHO.
There already IS a group of people who interpret the Bible for us. They have been doing so for almost 2000 years. They emanate from the Vatican.
Vatican Hill has always been there. It just happened to be where St. Peter was killed--CRUCIFIED upside down, his choice.
Church tradition has it that St. Paul asked Peter to come to Rome to help with conversions. The Romans didn't believe all that much in what St. Paul was saying about Jesus because Paul hadn't known Jesus as an Apostle, so he sent for Peter. THAT did the job.
ROME became the "home" of the VICAR of Christ and the horrible death of St. Peter happened on Vatican Hill.
4. Another the thing Protestants DON'T believe in is APOSTOLIC TRADITION.
Apostolic Tradition: Thus Paul tells the Corinthians, "I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you" (1 Cor. 11:2), and he commands the Thessalonians, "So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter." (2 Thess. 2:15).
5. Protestants AREN'T "protesting" anymore, are they? Yet their NAME continues on as to the ROOT of their "tradition" a la defrocked and excommunicated FATHER Martin Luther.
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I sure as heck won't mock, pity or excoriate the Protestants. I ESPECIALLY won't JUDGE them. That is our good Lord's purview.
Jesus loves us no matter what we do. That is HIS blessing to us. All we have to do is say: YES, LORD.
Any questions?
More gibberish, there is no 'protesting' going on because the secular sword is no longer in Roman hands. Christians no longer need to appeal to an emperor to show their compliance with Scripture to avoid facing death for their faith. Interestingly, Rome has that in common with Islam but Islam judges by the Koran, where Rome judged by their traditions since the practices 'protested', had no Scriptural warrant.
While Luther at one time was called 'Father', once he got his doctorate you can call him Doctor Martin Luther, late of the Catholic church and this world. The way some carry on around here about him, they should be charging him rent for living in their heads.
Please show an infallible source that proves that what the Catholic Church calls tradition is what the apostles were referring to.
Sola Fidei and Sola Scriptura are not to be mocked?
It is ironic to claim Protestants have their own private interpretation of Scripture only to see FRoman Catholics interpreting the Pipes words, the Catechism and all sorts of Catholic teaching.
They emanate from the Vatican.
Vatican Hill has always been there. It just happened to be where St. Peter was killed—CRUCIFIED upside down, his choice.
Any questions?
Does the Bible say that the gospel will come out of Rome or Jerusalem?
Zechariah 14:8 declares, “in that day living waters will go forth from Jerusalem.
John 7
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
How magnanimous of you after that lovely tirade.
So, let's see...
The Romans didn't believe Paul who was a very well educated and respected Roman citizen. So Paul sent for Peter who was under-educated (by Roman's standard), a unknown Jew, and a fisherman. This "did the job".
Well, at least that's tradition. And they say Protestants like to interpret things.