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gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:

> In stead of stealing a perfectly good word, Protestant,
> why don't you just use Lutheran?

It's the other way around. The "other" denominations stole
our word. As your own definition shows, the original
meaning was attached to the Protestant Princes. The
churches in their provinces were called Protestant
by association. The prince got to pick whether his
churches were Lutheran or RC.


> After all, almost immediately after Luther died, some
> of his teachings were changed by his followers.

There was some in-fighting, but Luther's doctrine didn't
substatively change. Chemnitz unified the doctrine
and ended the major squabbles.


> But, I don't really care. I was using the word "protestant"
> meaning that I also protest against the false doctrines taught
> in the name of the church.

But your own dictionary doesn't give "a protester against
Rome" as a definition. Instead, it gives my definition.



> 1 usually capitalized a : one of the German princes favoring the
> Lutheran movement who presented at the Diet of Spires in 1529 a
> protest opposing the annulment of an earlier decree allowing each
> prince to manage the religious affairs of his territory and defending
> freedom of conscience and the right of minorities b archaic : a
> member of the Anglican Church c : a member of a Protestant religious
> body d : a Christian not of a Roman Catholic or an Eastern church
>
> So I don't think that your partial definition is accepted by many.

That's a strange conclusion, since my definition is 1a and 1c,
whereas your definition doesn't appear at all.



> But I am both protestant and reformed in the sense that
> I protest the errors in the RC and OCC and also reformed
> for that reason.

You can't be Protestant and reformed at the same time. The
reformed deny the real presence in the sacrament. And this
is the defining difference between the two isms.

Bart

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In article <104.19.14.05.149696000@srcbs.org>, gpatton@bayou.com says...
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>Matthew Johnson wrote:
>> In article <104.55.05.05.236323000@srcbs.org>, gpatton@bayou.com
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>> >basicallyblues wrote:
>> >> Bart Goddard wrote:
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>> >> >JW doctrine would better match this verse if it said
>> >> >"God sent one of His angels to _become_ His only-begotten
>> >> >son".