Me too.. I'm Methodist tooOriginally Posted by Sar
I thought Methodist was different to C of E, as our little Village Churches were separate!
Me too.. I'm Methodist tooOriginally Posted by Sar
I thought Methodist was different to C of E, as our little Village Churches were separate!
I'm Methodist too Chick!Originally Posted by rosiemac
I've just asked a co worker here and now he said the two main ones are catholic and protestant, so methodist, C of E, and any other goes under being protestant?!.
I'm a Methodist, end of!!!
I think you did very well.Originally Posted by esrgirl
The Methodists are Protestant- Protestantism is basically based on the theologies of men like Luther (who started the Reformation), Wesley (who founded Methodism), Calvin, (who founded Calvinism), and a bunch of other guys who I'm too tired to think about. Church of England, Baptists, Wesleyans, Methodists, Lutherans, AME, Church of God, Pentacostals, Presbyterians, etc etc.. all Protestant. Protestantism is more a movement of Chrisitans. Protestants are are group of folks who would call themselves "Bible believing Christians" not that a Catholic isn't a Bible believing Christian, but if you grew up in the Baptist church like I did you'd know what I mean. Being Protestant does not mean you ascribe to the same theology of all other Protestants, after the Reformation there have been a lot of splits- thus a lot of different denominations.
I am going on and on, and prolly not making sense.
Ok- Three main tenents of Protestantism-
1. The surpremacy of the bible
2. Justification by faith alone
3. The universal priesthood of all believers
Justification means God forgives you because God wants to forgive you- not because of any good deed you did on earth. Bible supremacy means the Bible is the sole source of truth. Priesthood of all believers means we are all to be active in the life of the Church- we don't need any kind of authority or intercession on our behalf.
My thoughts exactly!Originally Posted by annabelle33
I was born and raised Catholic, and if someone asks my religion I usually say non practicing catholic. My parents are very big church people and forced me to be involved although I was never really sure what I believed. Religion is not something for children I think because you really need to experience it to understand it, not just be told. Children can't really comprehend the deep spiritual side and they just kind of get brainwashed. I feel it is important though to find some sort of reasoning to the universe rather than considering it just a big cosmic mistake, so I hope to find what I'm looking for in the future.
ditto but i am very interested in many other religions and my mums family are mormon.Originally Posted by Sar
Anglican/Church of England
Originally Posted by katspixiedust
I was baptised Catholic, then my parents switched and we started to go to a Presbyterian church, and now I'm not associated with any particular denomination. I appreciate the teachings of each religion and find quite a few interesting to learn about. Buddhism especially. Native American spirituality is also something close to my heart since I have quite a bit of Cherokee in me and my grandfather knew so much about it. I'm under the belief that "church" is what and where you make it, and am ok not really belonging anywhere. I've got my spirituality and that's good enough for me.
Originally Posted by RoseHawke
Now I call myself a Pagan, at least to the point of observing the Solstice and apologizing to any Oak trees I might have to cut down!