Anglicans, Mennonites, Quakers & Methodists - What's the Difference?

[@soarel325]

Would be interested in seeing an Eastern Catholic vs Eastern Orthodox comparison.

[@SuperSpieth]

I think he already did.

[@tintinismybelgian]

@@SuperSpieth I think he did an EO (Eastern) vs. OO (Oriental) comparison of the Orthodoxes.

[@iagoofdraiggwyn98]

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[@enshala6401]

@Super Man Ha! Clever... I'll remember that one for my family get-togethers this Christmas. As a baptized Syrian Orthodox raised in an Anabaptist Church who learned a lot from the UMC, converted to Roman Catholicism (oopsie), and finally went to my rightful place as an Easten Catholic (it's complicated), maybe I can shed some light here. Many of the EO and EC services look very similar to each other, especially "big" services, like weddings. My husband could become a priest if he felt called to do so, we don't include the filioque in our Nicene Creed, we have a different liturgical calendar, etc. The primary difference that I've noticed is that the Eastern Mass is like Heaven on Earth, where we lose track of time. The Roman Masses are more like Protestant services - there is a lot of time spent watching what other people (like the priest and lay ministers) are doing, whereas the Eastern Mass is fully participatory. EO have different standards for the canonization of Saints than the RCC has. For example, the EO Church recognizes St Job, St Noah, etc. I wonder where the EC Church stands on this. Hopefully, we are in communion with the EO Churches on this one, but I admit I've never seen an Old Testament Saint Icon in our churches... so probably not. Anyway, I think my EO family will get a kick out of this EO/EC/RCC meme... Peace of Christ be with you!

[@Catholic01]

@Super Man former Eastern Orthodox here who is Roman Catholic Eastern Catholics are fully orthodox in tradition but still believe in the Roman dogmas like filiqoue papal supremacy and purgatory

[@Ammo08]

There are lots of Mennonites in my area of the Ozarks and by far they are hard working, honest people. I've hired them often for jobs on my farm and I've never been disappointed in their work ethic. I'm Roman Catholic and we have had more than a few light hearted discussions about churches. I have a huge respect for them.

[@RynoAM]

As a Free Methodist Pastor, I really appreciate these types of videos. Thank you!

[@ReadyToHarvest]

Glad to hear it, Pastor Massey, thanks!

[@ma-mo]

Good stuff as always. One of the fun things that makes Mennonites different in their assigning or ordination of ministers is that (some) Mennonite churches use the casting of lots to select a minister when there is an opening. It's not been unheard of for an Anabaptist man to flee one area as a way to avoid being drafted into that role.

[@FrederSnorlax]

I really like this guys presentation style

[@edwinkriel689]

Thank you for sharing 🔥

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you, Joshua🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@bigscarysteve]

I live in an area that is overwhelmingly Methodist. My family was Methodist from the 1880's to the 1950's. The Methodists in my area were so low-church that not only did they not practice infant baptism, but they'd never even HEARD of the practice! I remember when a Catholic family we knew had a baby in the late 1960's and they were talking about having her baptised. My entire family was just like WHAT?!?!

[@BramptonAnglican]

Me too my family is Methodist and started the first black Methodist church in ontario Canada

[@brandi_w]

Thanks Joshua! Always learning here. 🙏🏽😊 Would love to see you cover these: -Church of God in Christ (COGIC) -African Methodist Epis (AME) -Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Int'l (FGBF)

[@AI-hx3fx]

Really interesting mix. First here!

[@ClauGutierrezY]

There's so much variety within the CofE. My church has a service at 9.30 that is very liturgical and high church like. Immediately after there's a family service which is the most popular one that is very low church and relaxed. We denominated ourself an evangelical protestant church. I love it. 🙂

[@donalddodson7365]

Thank you, Joshua.

[@TheLeonhamm]

The 'Anglican Church' was not just the Catholic Church in England - the Catholic Church in England and Wales, like that in Ireland and Scotland, was .. erm .. the Catholic Church (in communion with God's beloved called to be saints at Rome, but - at times - in or out of favour with the Bishop of Rome; it happens, it's about personalities, politics and even principles, e.g. the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy by the French monarchs). A very specific political act of Supremacy, that of the English monarch over the Church in his lands, set up the Church of England by order of parliament - as distinct from the Roman Church; however, his break was with the Roman Pontiff, and his target the symbols of Rome's claim to jurisdictional superiority .. not the Catholic belief system itself, cf The Six Articles. The main effort to destroy Catholicism, yes - destroy it, in England came with the ascendancy of Edward VI's more Puritan Protestant advisers, The Forty-Two Articles. The Elizabethan settlement re-affirmed this degree of separation from Rome and Catholicism. Thus the Church of England's claims to direct Apostolic Succession were deemed broken (by Rome, New Rome, and Third Rome) - though use was made of some remaining pre-1530 bishops, the ordination of the new candidates, per se, was no longer considered a divine sacrament but only a parliament-approved ordinance for the Church, that is, the Anglican bishops had freely and publicly divested themselves of their priestly ordination (sacerdotal and sacrificial) as sacrament thus their rites of ordination were themselves not sacraments (commonly called sacraments, yes, but not of the Gospel). So now elevating bishops from among these non-sacramental priests would mean that they were not actual bishops in the apostolic line (for only a sacramentally ordained priest can hold episcopal office*; non-ordained candidates selected for that office, even the Bishop of Rome, would be hurried through the clerical stages to ordination); the Scandanavian episcopate, though compromised in their rite of ordination, do provide an interesting insight - they did not repudiate their sacramental sacredotal ordination, only accepting a demanded change in the order used, away from its sacrificial aspect and Romish adherence. Consecration of Anglican bishops by Old Catholic bishops, then still retaining the Apostolic Succession, though separated from Roman jurisdiction, was engaged with - but the ensuing difficulty with non-sacramental ordination remained for the Anglicans. And the Old Catholics themselves have long since set aside sacramental validity, ordaining women and consecrating them as bishops - breaking their link of Apostolic Succession (.. from Rome). Great stuff, as ever, Cheers! Keep the Faith; tell the truth shame the devil, and let the demons shriek. God bless. ;o) * This reality poses great difficulties among Sede Vacante Catholics (those who hold that the papal office has not been licitly occupied since AD 1958, i.e. that See is vacant - even if filled by a man claiming to be 'pope'; therefore, priests ordained by bishops elevated by illicitly elected popes .. non-popes or anti-popes .. are not ordained, because those bishops were not elevated validly; it's an Insider-Catholic thing .. don't ask).

[@sorenpx]

I don't think you understood his statement. He was saying that before the Anglican Church was instituted that the church of England was the Catholic Church in England.

[@TheLeonhamm]

@@sorenpx I accept that. A fair point. ;o)

[@doraashby]

I recently read an article about Mennonites written by Malcolm Gladwell. He noted an often unknown practice among Mennonites the lack of using honorific titles for people, whether in the church or in the world. The article said they call people either by their first name or brother/sister. I have a very good friend who’s mother was raised a Mennonite. She dresses very plainly so I’m assuming she was raised conservative.

[@patrickmccarthy7877]

There is no such thing under the sun as a righteous man who continually does good and never sins--Ecclesiastes 7:20. I'm not sinless, but I sin less.

[@alcarbo8613]

In light of recent events, you should do a video on Abortion and each major denomination’s position on the issue

[@BanoffeePie45]

My personal experience within the Church of England has been that most people view communion as purely symbolic, my local Anglican church is strongly Anglo Catholic and they make it very clear on their website that they believe in real presence, however in the broader local Anglican community that church is viewed as being uncomfortably Catholic.

[@pokeslob]

It's unfortunate that lay people have this view, as it's explicitly rejected in the articles and incompatible with the language of the BCP. The Low end of the spectrum would be receptionism, or "spiritual presence," but pure symbolism was ruled out from the start.

[@puremercury]

Interesting. I am Episcopalian, and most people in my parish believe in Real Presence. It is taught during confirmation/reception classes, too.

[@sameash3153]

I wish we could go back to only allowing confirmed people to take eucharist

[@misfit2022]

This helped in my understanding of a 1947 film

[@jeffreygajda9118]

Can you do one comparing Anglicans to the Catholic Anglican Ordinariate?

[@banto1]

Would have been interesting if you had included the Presbyterians in the comparison, and also how each group views Supersessionism, aka replacement theology.

[@frogpaste]

These videos are super helpful! I haven't watched all of your videos, but the fact that I can't even guess what denomination you affiliate with is telling of your unbias in comparing and contrasting these different denominations. My only guess is that you might be a Protestant, but that could just be me projecting. Thanks for doing these; I'm learning a lot!

[@Dilley_G45]

My guess is independent baptist

[@sorenpx]

@Ben Winter If you mean Independent Fundamental Baptist, then you'd be right. But what would tip you off to that?

[@benhudson4014]

Quakers resonate in truth!,,,,,,,,,simple fact,,,,,,,,

[@squiddwizzard8850]

Thank you. :)

[@thetraditionalist]

hey Joshua I know it would take a while but could you do a mega comparison like this of all the main denominations such as (tho you don't have to include them all): Latin Church Eastern Catholic Churches Moravian Church Lutheranism Calvinism Anabaptism Anglicanism Baptists Quakers Methodism Evangelicalism Adventism Pentecostalism Eastern Protestant Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodox Churches

[@enshala6401]

By Latin Church, do you mean the Roman Catholic Church? The Eastern Catholic Churches are in full communion with Rome. They are not distinct denominations relative to each other. The other suggestions sound very interesting!

[@thetraditionalist]

@@enshala6401 yes

[@enshala6401]

@@thetraditionalist Roger that. Well, technically there isn't an independent Eastern Catholic Church. There are Eastern Catholic churches within the Roman Catholic Church. We are all in full communion under the authority of the Pope. If you would like to know more, let me know, and I can answer further questions or provide you with references. Thanks for your understanding in this matter. If you are interested in sub-communities within Catholicism, perhaps looking into distinct religious orders might be interesting. I should just caution you though that they still aren't denominations. There is no such thing as denominations within the Catholic Church.

[@thetraditionalist]

@@enshala6401 ok

[@jaredwarner3972]

Very informative thanks!

[@TomTheBassRocker]

A lot of larger Church of England congregations, especially those in and around cities, use a contemporary worship style. This is the case with most evangelical Church of England churches, whether conservative or charismatic, which are also often the bigger churches.

[@timamor915]

For British Quakers, silent Meetings are the norm with no programming and singing is not something that happens very often. The same is true in Ireland most of Europe and amongst more traditional North American Yearly Meetings. We don't have ordained clergy but we do have Elders and Overseers who form Committees in each Meeting. We are seeking a new term for the latter as the term has unfortunate overtones. Members of both Committees would serve for a maximum of two consecutive three-year turns. Elders have responsibility for maintaining the Spiritual life of the Meeting; Overseers the pastoral needs of Friends. The terms are taken from the Geneva Bible (the Puritan translation that James the I & VI disliked so much he commissioned the Authorised Translation). The original Greek is "presbyteros" and "Episkopos"; the equivalent of priest and bishop in the Anglican tradition. Clearly, these roles are very different from hierarchical religious groups. The spontaneous Ministry of Friends gathered in worship central rather than preplanned sermons, prayers, or readings from religious texts.

[@neoclassicism1]

It’s interesting that in global Anglican terms, the Episcopal Church is not a main player - other than financially. The big churches are those in Nigeria, Uganda, and Singapore. All of which are conservative, pretty low church (praise bands etc), and very Protestant. In fact the largest Anglican churches in the Anglo-sphere, such as Holy Trinity Brompton and All Souls in London and Sydney Cathedral are the same.

[@doubledee9675]

But by and large, the rest of Australia is much more varied, but predominantly middle to high church.

[@doubledee9675]

That of course meant Australian Anglicanism.

[@Urfavigbo]

The church in Nigeria is definitely not low church

[@ericamonite3112]

I am a part of a house church it's almost like the baptist except we meet anywhere any day and time were still protestant but we do things a bit differently we still hold to belivers baptism

[@richardyudi1030]

Quaker is Oatmeal.

[@michelleniemiec1860]

I'd love to see one on apostolic christian CHurch Nazarene, they are an anabaptist denomination that has some interesting differences

[@BLWSquared]

Does Jeannine- The Mennonite Mom- know you used her picture? I hope so.

[@patrickmccarthy7877]

Henry the 8th founded the Church of England. The pope wouldn't grant him a divorce from Ann Bolyen, so there it is.

[@enshala6401]

Or any of the other wives he took... 6 in total. Also, Henry VIII had Anne beheaded, because he was a mad man. I mean, if he was going to do that, why bother with a divorce at all?

[@patrickmccarthy7877]

@@enshala6401 He was a cruel son of a bitch, there's no church where he went to.

[@enshala6401]

@@patrickmccarthy7877 Yeah, I believe that, but he sure started a trend... Catholics in UK were severely persecuted by the government for over a century because of the English Reformation. I still haven't finished the book "Stripping of the Altars", but it is heartbreaking.

[@patrickmccarthy7877]

@@enshala6401 So much for Jesus telling us we should love each other, humans are sinful creatures, indeed. I'm an independent Christian. Jesus is just all right with me, but all these denominations, too confusing. Organized religion is like playing Simon says on a mass scale.

[@enshala6401]

@@patrickmccarthy7877 hmm... that's pretty unscriptural. Jesus organized religion for us, or a fair chunk of the New Testament is pointless.

[@enshala6401]

Dear Prof. Joshua, thank you for this interesting history on the derivatives of the Church of England. I really appreciate the high quality of your content as well as your teaching style - your students are very fortunate! I have a video request: Since this topic is at the forefront of both the news and the spiritual warfare that we are fighting in everyday life, what do you think about each denomination's stance on abortion? If there isn't enough content there (e.g., maybe everyone except the Universalists say abortion is a grave sin), then maybe expand it to other reproduction topics, like birth control, IVF, etc. What do you think? Peace of Christ be with you.

[@shyamsasi989]

So these are the off shoot or (offspring of Catholic Church in the west )

[@polemeros]

All the Protestant churches of the 16th century are protesting (hence the name) against their former church, Catholicism, yes.

[@bigscarysteve]

The original Protestant denominations from the 1500's are all offshoots of the Catholic church; other Protestant denominations are offshoots of earlier Protestant denominations.

[@YenkammaNe]

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. *Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality.* 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every directions..

[@zacharycooney6436]

love being Episcopalian proud of this Church

[@Ammo08]

Hedley Lamarr: "...and Methodists!"

[@bravehome4276]

I'm curious how the Mennonite and Quaker churches interpret Jesus' statement in Luke 22:36 -- "...he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one" vis-a-vis self-defence.

[@Afri_Pandora_Archieve]

As a quaker I interpreted in the contest of Jesus wanting to fullfil the phrophesies as two sword (said to be enough) could not possibly have been "enough" to defend Jesus but enough to be accused of been a common criminal. Furthermore hes chstices Peter for cuting the soldiers ear with one of them

[@bravehome4276]

​@@Afri_Pandora_Archieve Many commentators have interpreted verse 38 ("It is enough") to refer to Jesus' firm ending of this kind of talk, rather than referring to the number of swords. The chastisement of Peter was to show that Jesus was willing, indeed knew it was necessary, for Him to be arrested and killed. That is why He says, "Permit even this." Jesus' words "all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52) refers to those who impulsively live by violence (as Peter was being impulsive here, not reflecting on this was Jesus' spoken plan from the beginning). It in no way prohibits a person from defending themselves from assault by man or beast.

[@BLWSquared]

Mennonites hold the view of non- resistance (which is different from pacifism) very highly. It’s one of the main doctrines of their church.

[@rachelburgin1160]

As a cradle CofE and now Methodist, I’m not sure this accurately reflects Anglicanism. There is probably more diversity in worship in the Anglican Communion than in the Methodist Church. You have huge “low church” and highly influential churches like HTB, All Souls, St Helens Bishopsgate that are not remotely liturgical and where the clergy don’t even wear dog collars. Most “low church” Anglicans recognize and understand a conversion experience and have whole mission agencies based on this understanding.

[@princesskenny7222]

I have started to view Christianity as Linux, and all of its branches as distro. Why cant we have a single distro that solves all of our problems? Lets make a new distro, and hence a new church is born.

[@SymphoniasStories]

When Jesus returns there will be one Bride waiting for Him.

[@bigscarysteve]

Yes, but then you'd have the "distro" church alongside all the other existing churches. Instead of solving the problem, you'd just contribute to it a little more by adding one more denomination.

[@Hannodb1961]

From a theological point of view, differences occur mostly because people dont take scripture seriously enough. Once you start editing, you wont stop until there is nothing left. From a programming point of view, spot on. I dont know Linux, but as web development pushes out desktop applications, we are cursed to work with the abomination that is javascript, a 30 year old hack that is well past its experation date. And each new developer that want to "solve" the problem by writting a new framework on top of it, only makes the problem worse, because no matter what you do, the foundation of your castle remain sand.

[@vorynrosethorn903]

A lot of the protestant denominations ironically take an 'interpretive' view of scripture.

[@moniquelemaire5333]

Have you ever considered doing a study in on the house Church movement?? In the past I have been an a part of of many denominations, but for almost 10 years now my brother and I gather together with a few others in a house church setting. Thank you for all the work you do to encourage and teach the Saints. Miss Monique 🙂🌷🙏

[@jameswhitley4101]

He does have actually a video already, though they're called Microchurches

[@yourstrulycharlotte8015]

Jesus loves you

[@peterlai6292]

Once voted to rep yr church, you are screened. Then you bow down to the Anglican bishop and swear that you will be loyal to the A Church and him. Thank you.

[@thetraditionalist]

FIRST again!

[@lukesalazar9283]

Good job!

[@jonathanhammond_3v16]

Very helpful overview.... John 3:3.... Jesus is Coming Soon..!! Let's Get Ready...!! Jonathan_Hammond Norwich-UK__260622

[@SuperSpieth]

Amen 🙏

[@SuperSpieth]

““No one knows when that day or time will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son. Only the Father knows. When the Son of Man comes, it will be like what happened during Noah’s time. In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married, until the day Noah entered the boat. They knew nothing about what was happening until the flood came and destroyed them. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes. Two men will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left. Two women will be grinding grain with a mill. One will be taken, and the other will be left. “So always be ready, because you don’t know the day your Lord will come.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:36-42‬ ‭NCV‬‬

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

Spared no expense!

[@bigscarysteve]

@@SuperSpieth "And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?" Luke 12:54-56 KJV

[@borrowedtruths6955]

Salvation: The Roman Catholic Church teaches that salvation is by baptismal regeneration and is maintained through the Catholic sacraments unless a willful act of sin is committed that breaks the state of sanctifying grace. The Bible teaches that we are saved by grace which is received through simple faith (Ephesians 2:8-9), and that good works are the result of a change of the heart wrought in salvation (Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17) and the fruit of that new life in Christ (John 15). Assurance of salvation: The Roman Catholic Church teaches that salvation cannot be guaranteed or assured. 1 John 5:13 states that the letter of 1 John was written for the purpose of assuring believers of the CERTAINTY of their salvation. Good Works: The Roman Catholic Church states that Christians are saved by meritorious works (beginning with baptism) and that salvation is maintained by good works (receiving the sacraments, confession of sin to a priest, etc.) The Bible states that Christians are saved by grace through faith, totally apart from works (Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 3:10-11; Romans 3:19-24).

[@ezekielizuagie7496]

What brought the Catholic Church into this conversation.. I thought it was about Anglicans, Methodists, Quakers and Mennonites ... By the way... You're off in your analysis...

[@JohnRobenault]

Bro's really just pulling denominations out of a hat

[@patrickmccarthy7877]

I don't kiss most people, maybe a fist bump. 👊

[@AccordionJoe1]

Each and every Christian denomination believes its doctrines and dogmas are the right ones and everyone else's is wrong. Most Christian denominations believe they are bound for Heaven and all the others, as well as all non-Christians, are doomed to hell. Funny thing, but I don't believe that's what Jesus had in mind.

[@convertedsinner9536]

That's actually incorrect. There are actually a bunch of denominations that agree but are only different due to geographical differences. Also, you are totally wrong about most denominations believing the others are going to hell. It's a minority that would hold that position. Most denominations do not teach that other denominations are going to hell simply for being a different denomination or believing differently. So your whole comment proves to be quite uneducated.

[@polemeros]

"what Jesus had in mind." And you would know that how?

[@obscuredictionary3263]

No this is wrong. No religious studies scholar with even a small knowledge of Denominations would make such a statement (as you made about hell). Very few Catholic and Orthodox have a literal stance on "No salvation outside the catholic church" dogma. They believe the church has a divine and a human part (Just like Christ) and that people can not be part of the physical church and still receive salvation. There are very few protestant sects that believe all others are going to hell, these are typically characterized as cults and make up a small percentage of christian demographics worldwide (maybe 1 or two percent). No one in this video would ever say they are the one true church (These are all protestant churches no mainline protestant or generally otherwise believes this.). Though I know of a small cult that has holiness roots that believes this.

[@Dilley_G45]

People make new denominations because they - want gay marriage - want women pastors - don't want infant baptism - don't like organs in service - want to be woke - want to be divorced from their wife for no good reason (Anglican church) - don't like vestments - don't like bishops None of these reasons are valid. However if your church wants to do that, and you want to keep going to a church that does not leave biblical ground, starting an uncorrected version of your church is the biblical view. Or you just go back to the reformation and become confessional Lutheran

[@vorynrosethorn903]

Why stop at Luther, medieval Catholics had a good thing going and were perhaps the best at integrating Christian teachings to everyday life, they also managed one of the longest periods of the church not imploding into a thousand flavours of heresies.

[@martygould5114]

What are you doing? Is your purpose to cause dissention? The only thing Christians are supposed to be doing for non-believers is to tell them the good news that Jesus died on the cross for their sins.

[@dansaber4427]

You can be LGBT and Christian 👬

[@janeEyreAddict]

Christians are filled with the holy spirit and don't live in sin

[@vorynrosethorn903]

If you are referring to the political movement then no, through obviously that can't stop them from referring to themselves as such, but then the polygamy practising cultlike Mormon offshoots also refer to themselves as such. If you are a person struggling with the burden of a particular form of the sin of Lust then you could certainly be a Christian, and we should pray for those who do because it's an unenviable road to travel. However it is practice that makes a Christian not self-identification.

[@dansaber4427]

@@vorynrosethorn903 what?

[@dansaber4427]

@@janeEyreAddict do you sin?

[@janeEyreAddict]

@@vorynrosethorn903 yes of course... living in sin vs struggling with sin

[@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813]

Anglicans, Mennonites, Quakers & Methodists - What's the Difference? Anglicanism is only Legitimate Church body this video I have no usage for John Wesley, George Whitefield, or Charles Wesley

[@kylejacobson9587]

Charles Wesley remained an Anglican