Comments on: Christian Without The Adjectives

By: Anna A

Anna A — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:30:49 +0000

Thank you for the book recommendation. I read it this weekend, and found it quite thought provoking. I plan to suggest it for one of the books that my library book club reads.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:49:49 +0000

“…he is a Christian.”
Perhaps the life of this Italian immigrant helps define what Jesus Shaped Spirituality is.

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:45:14 +0000

I would say that was not very ecumenical.

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:41:10 +0000

It is a bit worst in China where Christianity is the same word as Catholic which literaly means â€œfaith from the God in heavenâ€ while protestatism is translated as â€œthe new religion.â€ — Giovanni

Well, given the relative ages of the two…

â€œI remember this one talk show where a lot of the callers started out with a nonchalant â€œI used to be Catholic, but now Iâ€™m CHRISTIAN (TM)â€.

Zillions of such folk. Read Ralph Martinâ€™s â€˜The Catholic Church at the End of An Ageâ€™. — Joe

Does this mean you agree with the callers or what?

And it’s an oxymoron. Chesterton wrote once of a spectator objecting to a bells-and-smells religious procession — would it not make more sense to say “This is all bunk!” than to rush in, take the holy book from the processional priest’s hands, and claim “This IS The Word of God! And God Saith in His Word that YOU Are All False!”?

Along the same lines, I once told a Full Gospel type that the only reason his church had a “Full Gospel” to preach was that the bishops of my church (Romish Popery) fought hard to keep the 2nd- and 3rd-Century Shirley Mac Laines from rewriting it in THEIR image.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:24:05 +0000

“I remember this one talk show where a lot of the callers started out with a nonchalant â€œI used to be Catholic, but now Iâ€™m CHRISTIAN (TM)â€.

Zillions of such folk. Read Ralph Martin’s ‘The Catholic Church at the End of An Age’.

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:20:27 +0000

Well Timothy most Orthodox have never heard of Protestants. I personaly had never been aware of protestantism until I was well in to my 20′s and began to put research Christianity to see if it was true or not.

It is a bit worst in China where Christianity is the same word as Catholic which literaly means “faith from the God in heaven” while protestatism is translated as “the new religion.”

By: Kristine D'Ambrosio

Kristine D'Ambrosio — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:04:40 +0000

I was baptized as an infant in the ORTHODOX CHURCh and recently as an adult I was baptized again in a nondenominational church- I believe that if you follow Jesus – read the word- do what it says you are a Christ follower no matter what denomination you are . We are all sinners and fall short- Jesus had one command and that was to love one another- Jesus said he is the way the truth and the life – no man comes to the father but by me- the Church is the body of believers- if you don’t believe me get a bible ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and read the gospels for yourself. People educate themselves when it comes to buying a car , taking a vacation or even what to eat- take the time to read the word- until we are all humbled to see that God’s will is the only thing that is important – nothing else will work–inChrist -Kristine

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:09:03 +0000

As a side note, in Russia, non-Orthodox Christians are almost always referred to as Catholics. Drives a lot of evangelical Protestant missionaries nuts.

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:09:08 +0000

Yes Sam that is def true but let us not forget also that Catholics are considered Christians in many Protestant circles, less so now a days than in the past but the thought persists.

On the Catholic side of things, I can’t seem to remember the Pope that declare it, but he condemned many Catholic both clerics and laymen for not considering Protestants Christians.

As we believe that all who are baptized in the name of the “Father, Son and Holy Spirit” are to be considered Christians and part of the Church.

This is the problem with Mormons they might may be Christian in a philosophical sense, but not a true sense.

From the Protestant side well, let just say they have been a bit less charitable. Though things are getting better.

By: Sam Urfer

Sam Urfer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:20:40 +0000

Iâ€™ve always wondered when in Christian History â€œChristianâ€ became the synonym for Protestant. Even the magazine Christian History seems to understand â€œChristianâ€ as referring to the period after Halloween, 1517.

It’s kind of an Anglo thing, really. In Catholic countries like Italy or Spain, “Christian” is synonymous with Catholic.