Truth Unites
Response to George Farmer and Allie Beth Stuckey on Catholicism Vs. Protestantism
May 16, 2023
George Farmer and Allie Beth Stuckey discuss Protestant and Roman Catholic differences. The podcast covers misunderstandings of Protestantism, Protestantism as a return to the early church, the changes in the Roman Catholic Church, debates on authority and salvation, and the fallibility of fourth-century councils in settling the issue of canon in the Roman Catholic Church.
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- Protestants believe that the true church and saved individuals have always existed, contrary to the misunderstanding that no one was saved for the first 1500 years of church history.
- Sola scriptura does not negate the authority of the church, but rather means that the church is fallible and must align itself with the infallible word of God, recognizing other fallible authorities in the world.
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The Protestant view of church history
The podcast addresses a common misunderstanding about Protestantism, specifically related to the Protestant view of church history. It clarifies that Protestants do not believe that no one was saved for the first 1500 years of church history, but rather that the true church and the regenerate community of saved people have always existed. The podcast emphasizes that Protestantism is a retrieval of the practices of the early church and argues that many mainstream magisterial reformers affirmed the preservation of the church.
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