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How grateful are you for the Reformation?

Are you grateful for the Protestant Reformation?

very much so
12
67%
somewhat
2
11%
don't know or no opinion
1
6%
not really
2
11%
emphatically not
1
6%
 
Total votes : 18

How grateful are you for the Reformation?

Postby Adam Linton » July 16th, 2007, 4:10 am

I intend this mostly for Protestant Christians, from Anglicans to Zwinglians, without, however, excluding others.

Without getting into polemics or disparagement of other Christian communities per se, I thought that I'd primarily invite those of us in the various Protestant Churches to express why it is we value being a part of the Reformation traditions. Others, in the same spirit, are more than welcome to express why they can't sign on to such "Reformational gratitude."

I plan on weighing in a bit later.
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Re: How grateful are you for the Reformation?

Postby mitchellmckain » July 16th, 2007, 4:46 am

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Postby mitchellmckain » July 16th, 2007, 5:01 pm

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Postby Leslie » July 16th, 2007, 5:24 pm

"What are you laughing at?"
"At myself. My little puny self," said Phillipa.
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Postby A#minor » July 16th, 2007, 5:33 pm

Well, most people here already know some of my background with the Catholic church. But I'll rehash it quickly for the newbies:
I grew up as a missionary kid in Mexico, and my parents (by God's grace) began two new Baptist churches there. The Catholic religion is very different in different countries and adapts itself to the culture sometimes including pagan beliefs.

Since I've spent most of my life at complete odds with Catholicism, I would say that I'm extremely grateful for the Protestant Reformation.
And unlike Leslie, I do think of myself as a Protestant simply because I grew up in a predominantly Catholic culture, so the contrast was always there.
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Postby Stanley Anderson » July 16th, 2007, 5:43 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Postby Leslie » July 16th, 2007, 5:46 pm

"What are you laughing at?"
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Postby Lord Isaac » July 16th, 2007, 6:02 pm

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Postby mitchellmckain » July 16th, 2007, 6:15 pm

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Postby AllanS » July 16th, 2007, 11:21 pm

“And turn their grief into song?" he replied. "That would be a gracious act and a good beginning."

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Postby Adam Linton » July 16th, 2007, 11:27 pm

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Postby A#minor » July 16th, 2007, 11:35 pm

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Postby AllanS » July 17th, 2007, 2:04 am

“And turn their grief into song?" he replied. "That would be a gracious act and a good beginning."

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Postby AllanS » July 17th, 2007, 2:10 am

“And turn their grief into song?" he replied. "That would be a gracious act and a good beginning."

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