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Hello all, this is my first time posting in this forum, I believe.
Haveing been exposed, via CF, to viewpoints, arguments, and history of which I had previously been ignorant, I am coming more and more to see the truth of Cardinal Newman's comment, "to be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant."
My current area of inquiry, however, is as follows:
Having been convinced that Protestantism has abandoned so much of early Church teachings and practice, aren't there really two contenders left on the field - Catholicism and Orthodoxy?
I was listening to a very good tape of Catholic apologetics in the car with my wife the other day, and I was agreeing mightily with the speaker's contentions that Protestantism has wandered quite far away from what the writings of the Early Church Fathers indicate was believed and practiced by the students of the Apostles in the 1st century Church. But then, I mentioned to my wife that I wondered why that same argument in defense of Roman Catholicism wouldn't also amount to a defense of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I have learned and bemnefited so much by addressing my questions about Catholicism to Catholics, and so I bring this question to my Orthodox brethren. I appreciate your consideration and input.
Haveing been exposed, via CF, to viewpoints, arguments, and history of which I had previously been ignorant, I am coming more and more to see the truth of Cardinal Newman's comment, "to be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant."
My current area of inquiry, however, is as follows:
Having been convinced that Protestantism has abandoned so much of early Church teachings and practice, aren't there really two contenders left on the field - Catholicism and Orthodoxy?
I was listening to a very good tape of Catholic apologetics in the car with my wife the other day, and I was agreeing mightily with the speaker's contentions that Protestantism has wandered quite far away from what the writings of the Early Church Fathers indicate was believed and practiced by the students of the Apostles in the 1st century Church. But then, I mentioned to my wife that I wondered why that same argument in defense of Roman Catholicism wouldn't also amount to a defense of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I have learned and bemnefited so much by addressing my questions about Catholicism to Catholics, and so I bring this question to my Orthodox brethren. I appreciate your consideration and input.