
Originally Posted by
machinecult
I don't speak for all Protestants and our attitude towards Catholics do vary. In my experience as a former Catholic I have not been in Protestant churches that hold a militant view on Catholic dogma and accuse the Roman Catholic church all sorts of things. I have not been in churches that are like those, I have not encountered pastors or preachers that revolve around exposing Catholicism with a vengeance. These are age-old attitudes that were predominant during the 16th and 17th century and is not the same environment we have today. Despite the disagreements I have not been in a church that is verbally and physically 'protesting'.
Second, I have not yet encountered anyone or read something that deemed the Five Solas as an incitement to protest or to revolt even though later on they were used by countries or individuals as a justification to separate from the Holy Roman Empire. Luther himself was not keen on leaving the church he just meant to reform it, hence the movement was called "Reformation". Just as Aquinas was writing about Christian ethics in war in his "Just War theory" as an example, Luther was writing about returning to the Bible as the the primary source of authority for all Christians in the "Solas" likely based on
Galatians 1. The rest of course is history.
If yu dont still see it clearly as a form of protest then I dont know why . Like I said , the SOLAS alone gives way to that being a HERESY. Martin had something different in his mind when he reformed otherwise we would again go back to the RCC history citing events during the Vatican I . Tanan reasons why nasuko si Martin gi ayo na sa Vatican I , therefore it is only rightful na gi "REFORMED" na ang RCC but why did he remained and the other leaders during that time as " PROTESTANTS " ?
Yes they are physical evidences of early church history. But these ancient shrines only tell us how early Christians worshiped in the Middle ages, Christians that were already following the traditional view of Peter to begin with thanks to the writings of Marcion, Irenaeus, and Dionysius.
If you discover bones,shackles,documents in Rome , do you really think some lunatic would have that effort of transporting it from somewhere to Rome just to satisfy us today that indeed St. Peter was in Rome ? Again.... I am not an authority of archaeology but if you have the doubts on what I said , staging my information from them as a reliable source , then it is only right that you question their conclusion . Not what I think of the matter .
For example. There would be hardly any difference to build an altar of Peter in Rome today and men from the future discovering and claim it as proof. Although it enriches the traditional view it still misses the answer to the question of its origin because its makers did not really know what happened to Peter because they themselves are subjects to tradition.
Well who are building altars for St. Peter today ?
For the record , it doesnt work that way . You made it look like , it is as simple as A-B-C . Bai , it undergoes critical studies and research . Dili na siya sama sa imohang pag tuo cguro na naay nakawtan na antiquity and right there and then announces its certainty. Heck it would probably even go for decades of study before concluding on it.
That is the same thing in modern times gi unsa nila pag arrive sa conclusion that Pedro Calungsod should be canonized as an example . It goes through the eye of the needle .
Historical texts outside the influence of tradition. And since finding sources void of any religious sympathies are tricky its preferable to cross-examine them instead. I am also asking secular sources on this topic somewhere else.
Which yielded you to what ? Dont you think it would be absurd of you to say that when you already professed the reliability and accuracy of the bible ?