Protestant errors and inventions (3)

[Rick Otto]

I'm gettin' a kick out of hearin' about it, too.

 

[Stryder06]

So who did Jesus send out two by two? They were out there learnin'? Don't think so. They were teaching. I've already shown you where Jesus protects His apostles from teaching error...

They were still disciples when they went out two by two. That's called field training. And you've shown me nothing other than the promise of the Holy Spirit to guide them in truth. I've never disagreed with you there. I'm looking for the text that says they'll be incapable of teaching error.

As already stated, Peter was caught teaching error by his actions, and Paul had to reprimand him for it.

Not an error of doctrine, but one of practice, "t"radition.

I swear you guys cover your bases so well. What greater doctrine is there than to love your neighbor? Peter's actions went against that directly.

Not his replacement, wrong. He (the Holy Spirit) is the Advocate.

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter that came after Jesus left right? That makes Him His replacement. And Christ is our Advocate, not the Spirit. Where did you even pull that one from?

Paraclete- "one who consoles or comforts, one who encourages or uplifts; hence refreshes, and/or one who intercedes on our behalf. This means that he's beside us, not replacing. Peter doesn't replace Christ, he represent's Christ.

Peter didn't represent Christ because that's what the Spirit did. If I'm a teacher, and I tell my class that I'm leaving but another teacher is coming who will guide them, they're not going to look to any of the other students.

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

Actually I think I just realized that I don't have any reason whatsoever for renewing my acquaintance with nineteenth century American history. I just wanted to. Maybe it's because I went to Montana and Oregon this summer. Oh well, summer's over. Back to theology!

 

[Rick Otto]

Actually I think I just realized that I don't have any reason whatsoever for renewing my acquaintance with nineteenth century American history. I just wanted to. Maybe it's because I went to Montana and Oregon this summer. Oh well, summer's over. Back to theology!

Manifest Destiny wasn't popular doctrine with natives..

 

[Root of Jesse]

They were still disciples when they went out two by two. That's called field training. And you've shown me nothing other than the promise of the Holy Spirit to guide them in truth. I've never disagreed with you there. I'm looking for the text that says they'll be incapable of teaching error.

As already stated, Peter was caught teaching error by his actions, and Paul had to reprimand him for it.



I swear you guys cover your bases so well. What greater doctrine is there than to love your neighbor? Peter's actions went against that directly.



The Holy Spirit is the Comforter that came after Jesus left right? That makes Him His replacement. And Christ is our Advocate, not the Spirit. Where did you even pull that one from?



Peter didn't represent Christ because that's what the Spirit did. If I'm a teacher, and I tell my class that I'm leaving but another teacher is coming who will guide them, they're not going to look to any of the other students.

So the Holy Spirit replaced Christ? I don't think so.

Peter didn't teach anyone error. Peter did a hypocritical act. He preached one thing and did another. Besides, what is a 'rebuke', exactly? To reproach, reprove, reprimand, to silence. As in Luke 9:21.
The problem with your analogy is that students can become teachers, and by the Holy Spirit, all the apostles did, but Peter was the first among them.

 

[Root of Jesse]

Gotta have the right tool for the job.
It does seem like a continuum to me.
That's why I'm not just X-Catholic, I'm Post or Neo-Protestant, too.
I've got "Calvinist" soteriology, Zwinglian sacramentology, Invisible ecclesiology,... lol. I know show biz when I'm seein' it. I rang those chimes as an altar boy & wore the cassock.

Doesn't make you an expert. Did you read and try to understand the Catechism? Either Baltimore, Roman, or the CCC?

 

[shturt678]

I'm still trying to become like that small child that Jesus talked of regarding 'faith,' ie, Luther's small catechism. Luther's large Catechism is too large for me, ie, my allstimers.

Just ol' old expert Jack saying we are all going to hell, however my advice is get another expert.

 

[MarkRohfrietsch]

They were still disciples when they went out two by two. That's called field training. And you've shown me nothing other than the promise of the Holy Spirit to guide them in truth. I've never disagreed with you there. I'm looking for the text that says they'll be incapable of teaching error.

As already stated, Peter was caught teaching error by his actions, and Paul had to reprimand him for it.



I swear you guys cover your bases so well. What greater doctrine is there than to love your neighbor? Peter's actions went against that directly.



The Holy Spirit is the Comforter that came after Jesus left right? That makes Him His replacement. And Christ is our Advocate, not the Spirit. Where did you even pull that one from?



Peter didn't represent Christ because that's what the Spirit did. If I'm a teacher, and I tell my class that I'm leaving but another teacher is coming who will guide them, they're not going to look to any of the other students.

St. Peter was just a Man like you and I. I sin, you sin too (even if you may not realize it); Peter was a sinner and a man; the Catholic Church never has said otherwise either.

Actually I think I just realized that I don't have any reason whatsoever for renewing my acquaintance with nineteenth century American history. I just wanted to. Maybe it's because I went to Montana and Oregon this summer. Oh well, summer's over. Back to theology!

Living in Ontario, my wife and I have been visiting historic sites revolving around the war of 1812 (1813 is the 200th anniversary of the US ocupation of Ft. Erie and Niagra on the Lake Ft. George and Queenston.

It is interesting to see how big a part Theology played in the who's who and what's what of that war (and most other wars for that matter).

Manifest Destiny wasn't popular doctrine with natives..

No, they had their own idea of "Manifest Destiny" that worked about as well as that which is held by everyone else...

 

[MoreCoffee]

I've done another tidy up of the list. I've also removed some descriptions because folk know what the terms mean or can easily look up the meaning of the errors mentioned. Rearranged the list into doctrinal and then church-structure-related errors. I deleted the entry for "Oneness Pentecostalism" because it is too serious a heresy to be counted as Protestant.

Looks like we need a new entry in the list. Something along the lines of

Confusion of infallibility and impeccability. This error teaches that Papal infallibility means that popes are perfect and never sin".​

1. A bible with only 66 books.
2. The list of books constituting the bible is implied by the books themselves.
3. The King James Version of the bible is the only trustworthy bible in English.
4. Jesus spoke in parables most of the time so his words are mostly metaphorical.
5. Sola Scriptura
6. Prima Scriptura
7. Personal interpretation of scripture as normative
8. Arminianism.
9. Faith alone
10. Antinomianism. In Christianity, an antinomian is "one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation". ... Antinomianism in modern times is commonly seen as the theological opposite to Legalism or Works righteousness, the notion that obedience to religious law earns salvation. This makes antinomianism an exaggeration of justification by faith alone.[/I] -- Wikipedia
11. Total depravity
12. Unconditional election
13. Limited atonement
14. Irresistible grace
15. Perseverance of the saints This error is the fifth point of Calvinism (You cannot lose your salvation. Because the Father has elected, the Son has redeemed, and the Holy Spirit has applied salvation, those thus saved are eternally secure. They are eternally secure in Christ. Some of the verses for this position are John 10:27-28 where Jesus said His sheep will never perish; John 6:47 where salvation is described as everlasting life; Romans 8:1 where it is said we have passed out of judgment; 1 Corinthians 10:13 where God promises to never let us be tempted beyond what we can handle; and Phil. 1:6 where God is the one being faithful to perfect us until the day of Jesus’ return.)
16. Once saved always saved.
17. Double predestination. In the Reformed view God from all eternity decrees some to election and positively intervenes in their lives to work regeneration and faith by a monergistic work of grace. To the non-elect God withholds this monergistic work of grace, passing them by and leaving them to themselves. He does not monergistically work sin or unbelief in their lives. Even in the case of the "hardening" of the sinners' already recalcitrant hearts, God does not, as Luther stated, "work evil in us (for hardening is working evil) by creating fresh evil in us." -- R. C. Sproul
18. Lapsarianism
    1. Supralapsaranism.
    2. Infralapsarianism/Sublapsarianism.
19. Penal substitutionary atonement. This error refers to the doctrine that Christ died on the cross as a substitute for sinners. God imputed the guilt of our sins to Christ, and he, in our place, bore the punishment that we deserve. This was a full payment for sins, which satisfied both the wrath and the righteousness of God, so that He could forgive sinners without compromising His own holy standard.[/I]
20. Ordinances/Anti-sacramentalism.
21. Infant dedication (not baptism).
22. Baptismal Submersion-ism. Baptism requires the candidate for baptism to be fully submerged under water.
23. Exclusive Credo-baptism-ism. Only people who have reached an age at which they can give a credible profession of faith are legitimate candidates for baptism.
24. Faith alone Regenerates. One is "born again" when one says & believes the sinner's prayer (or a near equivalent).
25. Believer's baptism is primarily a public testimony of one's faith. This error rejects baptism as the washing away of one's sins and as the ordinary means by which God brings about the new birth.
26. Covenant baptism as a sign and symbol of inclusion into the new covenant community. This error rejects baptism as the means by which God gives sanctifying grace.
27. The Lord's supper as sign and symbol of Christ's presence. This error rejects the biblical teaching that in the Holy Eucharist the bread and wine are the Saviour's body and blood.
28. Dispensing with baptism and the Lord's supper altogether. [Some Protestant groups have dropped all sacraments.]
29. Rapture theories:
    1. A pre tribulation rapture.
    2. A mid tribulation rapture.
30. Errors about the seven churches in the Apocalypse of saint John.
    1. The seven Churches represent seven ages.
    2. The seven Churches prove that denominations existed in the first century AD.
31. A future seven year reign of anti-christ with three and a half years of Israelite temple worship.
32. Dispensationalism This error teaches that scripture must be rightly divided by applying a scheme of dispensations to it; usually seven dispensations are taken as normative but other additional dispensations are sometimes included.
33. The sermon on the mount as "old testament teaching". This error teaches that Christ's teaching in Matthew chapter five through seven is largely not applicable under the new covenant.
34. Prosperity gospel: Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, or the gospel of success) is a Christian religious doctrine that financial blessing is the will of God for Christians, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to Christian ministries will always increase one's material wealth.
35. Temperance movement. ... Alcohol is wicked, "a devil's brew".
36. Old covenant Dietary laws applied to new covenant Christians: Christians shall have no shellfish, crustaceans, pork, or any 'unclean meat' because they are forbidden in the Law of Moses.
37. The papacy is the antichrist.
38. A specific pope will be the antichrist.
39. Michael the Archangel and Jesus being the same person.
40. Heaven being in the Orion nebula.
41. Soul Sleep: Death is an unconscious, sleep-like state. When Jesus Christ comes again, He will resurrect the dead who believe in Him and will take them to heaven. The dead who are unbelievers will be resurrected 1000 years later.
42. For a period of a thousand years the earth will be utterly desolate and only Satan and his angels will be on earth. At the end of the thousand years the the Holy City in heaven will descend to earth. The unrighteous dead will be resurrected and with Satan and his angels, they will surround the Holy City to attack God and His people. God will destroy Satan and his followers, hence removing sin forever.
43. Trail of blood Also known as Baptist successionism. It is the theory (unsupported by fact) that Jesus Christ is the founder of the Baptist denomination (Which in fact started around 1605 AD in England).
44. Belief that there is conspiracy involving "The Jesuit oath". This error teaches that there is an oath that among other things is alleged to say "make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons". It is akin to the belief in "The Protocols of the Enders of Zion" as a real Jewish conspiracy to destroy non-Jews.
45. Errors about indulgences:
    1. Indulgences forgive sins. This is more of a common error held by some Protestants because they either do not know what an indulgence is or because they believe anti-catholic propaganda. An indulgence does not cause any sins to be forgiven.
    2. The Catholic Church taught that indulgences were to be sold. This too is a common error held by some but not backed up by the facts of history. The Catholic Church does not and never did teach that one could buy an indulgence. But, alas, some unscrupulous people no doubt did sell them.
46. Sermon centric worship.
    1. The sermon ought to be the focus of church-worship-services.
    2. The pulpit ought to be the focus of a church building's architecture and the table for use on communion ought to be to the side or located in a different part of the church because there is no altar in the church and no sacrifice is made in a church service.
47. The One True Church is not a visible institution.
48. The One True Church is made up of all true believers scattered throughout all denominations.
49. Denominationalism.
50. Rejection of the threefold office in the church. Deacon, Presbyter, and Bishop are the offices identified in sacred scripture and present in the church from the beginning. Some protestant bodies reduce this to Deacon and Elder some to Deacon and Pastor and some teach Deacon, Elder, and Pastor with Pastor distinguished only by being the "teaching elder" in a congregation.
51. Rejection of clergy-laity distinction in the church.
52. Seminary and Bible colleges damage one's faith and ought to be avoided.
53. Pastors and elders need not be graduates of a seminary or an accredited bible college.
54. Equivocating "worship" and "worship service" This error teaches that worship in a small group consisting of two or more is the same as the 'worship service' one would normally experience on a Sunday in a church [building].
55. Being a Christian while eschewing any church affiliation. Is the belief that one need not be associated with any church or group. While this is not a denominational belief it is sufficiently widespread to make a kind of theology of its own.
56. Emerging church movement; Emerging churches are fluid, hard to define, and varied; they contrast themselves with what has gone before by using the term "inherited church." Key themes of the emerging church are couched in the language of reform, Praxis-oriented lifestyles, Post-evangelical thought, and incorporation or acknowledgement of political and Post-modern elements. ... -- from Wikipedia
57. Representative Democracy as Church government.
58. Seeker sensitive churches.
59. Accountability partners.
60. Altar calls.
61. Church discipline effectively nullified because of the difficulty of enforcement in a multi-denominational community.

 

[Rick Otto]

It is interesting to see how big a part Theology played in the who's who and what's what of that war (and most other wars for that matter).

No, they had their own idea of "Manifest Destiny" that worked about as well as that which is held by everyone else...

Everybody does it. That'll get me through the night.

The theology of money earns interest on war.
It was England causing hyperinflation by counterfeiting Colonial Scrip & demanding taxes be paid in gold & silver that made Boston Tea a flash point. In 1781 The Bank of North America (a group of private investors) was chartered by Congress to create & loan money & then unchartered 4yrs later after more inflation. In 1791 Congress chartered the deceptively named The 1st Bank of the United States. This misleads people into thinking their government is in control of the money supply which is the control on general prosperity. That 20yr charter ended in 1811. Some claim the head of The Bank of England (again, a private corporation, not the gov. of England) warned congress of war if the charter wasn't renewed. It wasn't by one vote & the war started 5 months later.
Bill Still The Secret of Oz Part 3 - YouTube

 

[sonshine234]

1. Church discipline effectively nullified because of the difficulty of enforcement in a multi-denominational community.

I don't see a lot of this in the Catholic Church either. Many cause scandal to the faith that are suppose to be Catholic and nothing is done about it (think pelosi)

 

[MoreCoffee]

I don't see a lot of this in the Catholic Church either. Many cause scandal to the faith that are suppose to be Catholic and nothing is done about it (think pelosi)

Yes, I think it may be a wide-spread problem in some Catholic diocese but for different reasons from the one given in the list. Maybe administering discipline is too onerous a duty for many people ...

 

[tadoflamb]

Congregations electing their pastor.

 

[98cwitr]

I've done another tidy up of the list. I've also removed some descriptions because folk know what the terms mean or can easily look up the meaning of the errors mentioned. Rearranged the list into doctrinal and then church-structure-related errors. I deleted the entry for "Oneness Pentecostalism" because it is too serious a heresy to be counted as Protestant.

Looks like we need a new entry in the list. Something along the lines of

Confusion of infallibility and impeccability. This error teaches that Papal infallibility means that popes are perfect and never sin".​

1. A bible with only 66 books.
2. The list of books constituting the bible is implied by the books themselves.
3. The King James Version of the bible is the only trustworthy bible in English.
4. Jesus spoke in parables most of the time so his words are mostly metaphorical.
5. Sola Scriptura
6. Prima Scriptura
7. Personal interpretation of scripture as normative
8. Arminianism.
9. Faith alone
10. Antinomianism. In Christianity, an antinomian is "one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation". ... Antinomianism in modern times is commonly seen as the theological opposite to Legalism or Works righteousness, the notion that obedience to religious law earns salvation. This makes antinomianism an exaggeration of justification by faith alone.[/I] -- Wikipedia
11. Total depravity
12. Unconditional election
13. Limited atonement
14. Irresistible grace
15. Perseverance of the saints This error is the fifth point of Calvinism (You cannot lose your salvation. Because the Father has elected, the Son has redeemed, and the Holy Spirit has applied salvation, those thus saved are eternally secure. They are eternally secure in Christ. Some of the verses for this position are John 10:27-28 where Jesus said His sheep will never perish; John 6:47 where salvation is described as everlasting life; Romans 8:1 where it is said we have passed out of judgment; 1 Corinthians 10:13 where God promises to never let us be tempted beyond what we can handle; and Phil. 1:6 where God is the one being faithful to perfect us until the day of Jesus’ return.)
16. Once saved always saved.
17. Double predestination. In the Reformed view God from all eternity decrees some to election and positively intervenes in their lives to work regeneration and faith by a monergistic work of grace. To the non-elect God withholds this monergistic work of grace, passing them by and leaving them to themselves. He does not monergistically work sin or unbelief in their lives. Even in the case of the "hardening" of the sinners' already recalcitrant hearts, God does not, as Luther stated, "work evil in us (for hardening is working evil) by creating fresh evil in us." -- R. C. Sproul
18. Lapsarianism
    1. Supralapsaranism.
    2. Infralapsarianism/Sublapsarianism.
19. Penal substitutionary atonement. This error refers to the doctrine that Christ died on the cross as a substitute for sinners. God imputed the guilt of our sins to Christ, and he, in our place, bore the punishment that we deserve. This was a full payment for sins, which satisfied both the wrath and the righteousness of God, so that He could forgive sinners without compromising His own holy standard.[/I]
20. Ordinances/Anti-sacramentalism.
21. Infant dedication (not baptism).
22. Baptismal Submersion-ism. Baptism requires the candidate for baptism to be fully submerged under water.
23. Exclusive Credo-baptism-ism. Only people who have reached an age at which they can give a credible profession of faith are legitimate candidates for baptism.
24. Faith alone Regenerates. One is "born again" when one says & believes the sinner's prayer (or a near equivalent).
25. Believer's baptism is primarily a public testimony of one's faith. This error rejects baptism as the washing away of one's sins and as the ordinary means by which God brings about the new birth.
26. Covenant baptism as a sign and symbol of inclusion into the new covenant community. This error rejects baptism as the means by which God gives sanctifying grace.
27. The Lord's supper as sign and symbol of Christ's presence. This error rejects the biblical teaching that in the Holy Eucharist the bread and wine are the Saviour's body and blood.
28. Dispensing with baptism and the Lord's supper altogether. [Some Protestant groups have dropped all sacraments.]
29. Rapture theories:
    1. A pre tribulation rapture.
    2. A mid tribulation rapture.
30. Errors about the seven churches in the Apocalypse of saint John.
    1. The seven Churches represent seven ages.
    2. The seven Churches prove that denominations existed in the first century AD.
31. A future seven year reign of anti-christ with three and a half years of Israelite temple worship.
32. Dispensationalism This error teaches that scripture must be rightly divided by applying a scheme of dispensations to it; usually seven dispensations are taken as normative but other additional dispensations are sometimes included.
33. The sermon on the mount as "old testament teaching". This error teaches that Christ's teaching in Matthew chapter five through seven is largely not applicable under the new covenant.
34. Prosperity gospel: Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, or the gospel of success) is a Christian religious doctrine that financial blessing is the will of God for Christians, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to Christian ministries will always increase one's material wealth.
35. Temperance movement. ... Alcohol is wicked, "a devil's brew".
36. Old covenant Dietary laws applied to new covenant Christians: Christians shall have no shellfish, crustaceans, pork, or any 'unclean meat' because they are forbidden in the Law of Moses.
37. The papacy is the antichrist.
38. A specific pope will be the antichrist.
39. Michael the Archangel and Jesus being the same person.
40. Heaven being in the Orion nebula.
41. Soul Sleep: Death is an unconscious, sleep-like state. When Jesus Christ comes again, He will resurrect the dead who believe in Him and will take them to heaven. The dead who are unbelievers will be resurrected 1000 years later.
42. For a period of a thousand years the earth will be utterly desolate and only Satan and his angels will be on earth. At the end of the thousand years the the Holy City in heaven will descend to earth. The unrighteous dead will be resurrected and with Satan and his angels, they will surround the Holy City to attack God and His people. God will destroy Satan and his followers, hence removing sin forever.
43. Trail of blood Also known as Baptist successionism. It is the theory (unsupported by fact) that Jesus Christ is the founder of the Baptist denomination (Which in fact started around 1605 AD in England).
44. Belief that there is conspiracy involving "The Jesuit oath". This error teaches that there is an oath that among other things is alleged to say "make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons". It is akin to the belief in "The Protocols of the Enders of Zion" as a real Jewish conspiracy to destroy non-Jews.
45. Errors about indulgences:
    1. Indulgences forgive sins. This is more of a common error held by some Protestants because they either do not know what an indulgence is or because they believe anti-catholic propaganda. An indulgence does not cause any sins to be forgiven.
    2. The Catholic Church taught that indulgences were to be sold. This too is a common error held by some but not backed up by the facts of history. The Catholic Church does not and never did teach that one could buy an indulgence. But, alas, some unscrupulous people no doubt did sell them.
46. Sermon centric worship.
    1. The sermon ought to be the focus of church-worship-services.
    2. The pulpit ought to be the focus of a church building's architecture and the table for use on communion ought to be to the side or located in a different part of the church because there is no altar in the church and no sacrifice is made in a church service.
47. The One True Church is not a visible institution.
48. The One True Church is made up of all true believers scattered throughout all denominations.
49. Denominationalism.
50. Rejection of the threefold office in the church. Deacon, Presbyter, and Bishop are the offices identified in sacred scripture and present in the church from the beginning. Some protestant bodies reduce this to Deacon and Elder some to Deacon and Pastor and some teach Deacon, Elder, and Pastor with Pastor distinguished only by being the "teaching elder" in a congregation.
51. Rejection of clergy-laity distinction in the church.
52. Seminary and Bible colleges damage one's faith and ought to be avoided.
53. Pastors and elders need not be graduates of a seminary or an accredited bible college.
54. Equivocating "worship" and "worship service" This error teaches that worship in a small group consisting of two or more is the same as the 'worship service' one would normally experience on a Sunday in a church [building].
55. Being a Christian while eschewing any church affiliation. Is the belief that one need not be associated with any church or group. While this is not a denominational belief it is sufficiently widespread to make a kind of theology of its own.
56. Emerging church movement; Emerging churches are fluid, hard to define, and varied; they contrast themselves with what has gone before by using the term "inherited church." Key themes of the emerging church are couched in the language of reform, Praxis-oriented lifestyles, Post-evangelical thought, and incorporation or acknowledgement of political and Post-modern elements. ... -- from Wikipedia
57. Representative Democracy as Church government.
58. Seeker sensitive churches.
59. Accountability partners.
60. Altar calls.
61. Church discipline effectively nullified because of the difficulty of enforcement in a multi-denominational community.

Yeah #8 and #24 are totally false! So glad we found some common ground

 

[ImaginaryDay]

Congregations electing their pastor.

Well, we certainly wouldn't want the people to just blindly trust whomever is leading them, now would we?

And, in practice, it's not as simple as that.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I've done another tidy up of the list. I've also removed some descriptions because folk know what the terms mean or can easily look up the meaning of the errors mentioned. Rearranged the list into doctrinal and then church-structure-related errors. I deleted the entry for "Oneness Pentecostalism" because it is too serious a heresy to be counted as Protestant.

Looks like we need a new entry in the list. Something along the lines of

Confusion of infallibility and impeccability. This error teaches that Papal infallibility means that popes are perfect and never sin".​

1. A bible with only 66 books.
2. The list of books constituting the bible is implied by the books themselves.
3. The King James Version of the bible is the only trustworthy bible in English.
4. Jesus spoke in parables most of the time so his words are mostly metaphorical.
5. Sola Scriptura
6. Prima Scriptura
7. Personal interpretation of scripture as normative
8. Arminianism.
9. Faith alone
10. Antinomianism. In Christianity, an antinomian is "one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation". ... Antinomianism in modern times is commonly seen as the theological opposite to Legalism or Works righteousness, the notion that obedience to religious law earns salvation. This makes antinomianism an exaggeration of justification by faith alone.[/I] -- Wikipedia
11. Total depravity
12. Unconditional election
13. Limited atonement
14. Irresistible grace
15. Perseverance of the saints This error is the fifth point of Calvinism (You cannot lose your salvation. Because the Father has elected, the Son has redeemed, and the Holy Spirit has applied salvation, those thus saved are eternally secure. They are eternally secure in Christ. Some of the verses for this position are John 10:27-28 where Jesus said His sheep will never perish; John 6:47 where salvation is described as everlasting life; Romans 8:1 where it is said we have passed out of judgment; 1 Corinthians 10:13 where God promises to never let us be tempted beyond what we can handle; and Phil. 1:6 where God is the one being faithful to perfect us until the day of Jesus’ return.)
16. Once saved always saved.
17. Double predestination. In the Reformed view God from all eternity decrees some to election and positively intervenes in their lives to work regeneration and faith by a monergistic work of grace. To the non-elect God withholds this monergistic work of grace, passing them by and leaving them to themselves. He does not monergistically work sin or unbelief in their lives. Even in the case of the "hardening" of the sinners' already recalcitrant hearts, God does not, as Luther stated, "work evil in us (for hardening is working evil) by creating fresh evil in us." -- R. C. Sproul
18. Lapsarianism
    1. Supralapsaranism.
    2. Infralapsarianism/Sublapsarianism.
19. Penal substitutionary atonement. This error refers to the doctrine that Christ died on the cross as a substitute for sinners. God imputed the guilt of our sins to Christ, and he, in our place, bore the punishment that we deserve. This was a full payment for sins, which satisfied both the wrath and the righteousness of God, so that He could forgive sinners without compromising His own holy standard.[/I]
20. Ordinances/Anti-sacramentalism.
21. Infant dedication (not baptism).
22. Baptismal Submersion-ism. Baptism requires the candidate for baptism to be fully submerged under water.
23. Exclusive Credo-baptism-ism. Only people who have reached an age at which they can give a credible profession of faith are legitimate candidates for baptism.
24. Faith alone Regenerates. One is "born again" when one says & believes the sinner's prayer (or a near equivalent).
25. Believer's baptism is primarily a public testimony of one's faith. This error rejects baptism as the washing away of one's sins and as the ordinary means by which God brings about the new birth.
26. Covenant baptism as a sign and symbol of inclusion into the new covenant community. This error rejects baptism as the means by which God gives sanctifying grace.
27. The Lord's supper as sign and symbol of Christ's presence. This error rejects the biblical teaching that in the Holy Eucharist the bread and wine are the Saviour's body and blood.
28. Dispensing with baptism and the Lord's supper altogether. [Some Protestant groups have dropped all sacraments.]
29. Rapture theories:
    1. A pre tribulation rapture.
    2. A mid tribulation rapture.
30. Errors about the seven churches in the Apocalypse of saint John.
    1. The seven Churches represent seven ages.
    2. The seven Churches prove that denominations existed in the first century AD.
31. A future seven year reign of anti-christ with three and a half years of Israelite temple worship.
32. Dispensationalism This error teaches that scripture must be rightly divided by applying a scheme of dispensations to it; usually seven dispensations are taken as normative but other additional dispensations are sometimes included.
33. The sermon on the mount as "old testament teaching". This error teaches that Christ's teaching in Matthew chapter five through seven is largely not applicable under the new covenant.
34. Prosperity gospel: Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, or the gospel of success) is a Christian religious doctrine that financial blessing is the will of God for Christians, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to Christian ministries will always increase one's material wealth.
35. Temperance movement. ... Alcohol is wicked, "a devil's brew".
36. Old covenant Dietary laws applied to new covenant Christians: Christians shall have no shellfish, crustaceans, pork, or any 'unclean meat' because they are forbidden in the Law of Moses.
37. The papacy is the antichrist.
38. A specific pope will be the antichrist.
39. Michael the Archangel and Jesus being the same person.
40. Heaven being in the Orion nebula.
41. Soul Sleep: Death is an unconscious, sleep-like state. When Jesus Christ comes again, He will resurrect the dead who believe in Him and will take them to heaven. The dead who are unbelievers will be resurrected 1000 years later.
42. For a period of a thousand years the earth will be utterly desolate and only Satan and his angels will be on earth. At the end of the thousand years the the Holy City in heaven will descend to earth. The unrighteous dead will be resurrected and with Satan and his angels, they will surround the Holy City to attack God and His people. God will destroy Satan and his followers, hence removing sin forever.
43. Trail of blood Also known as Baptist successionism. It is the theory (unsupported by fact) that Jesus Christ is the founder of the Baptist denomination (Which in fact started around 1605 AD in England).
44. Belief that there is conspiracy involving "The Jesuit oath". This error teaches that there is an oath that among other things is alleged to say "make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons". It is akin to the belief in "The Protocols of the Enders of Zion" as a real Jewish conspiracy to destroy non-Jews.
45. Errors about indulgences:
    1. Indulgences forgive sins. This is more of a common error held by some Protestants because they either do not know what an indulgence is or because they believe anti-catholic propaganda. An indulgence does not cause any sins to be forgiven.
    2. The Catholic Church taught that indulgences were to be sold. This too is a common error held by some but not backed up by the facts of history. The Catholic Church does not and never did teach that one could buy an indulgence. But, alas, some unscrupulous people no doubt did sell them.
46. Sermon centric worship.
    1. The sermon ought to be the focus of church-worship-services.
    2. The pulpit ought to be the focus of a church building's architecture and the table for use on communion ought to be to the side or located in a different part of the church because there is no altar in the church and no sacrifice is made in a church service.
47. The One True Church is not a visible institution.
48. The One True Church is made up of all true believers scattered throughout all denominations.
49. Denominationalism.
50. Rejection of the threefold office in the church. Deacon, Presbyter, and Bishop are the offices identified in sacred scripture and present in the church from the beginning. Some protestant bodies reduce this to Deacon and Elder some to Deacon and Pastor and some teach Deacon, Elder, and Pastor with Pastor distinguished only by being the "teaching elder" in a congregation.
51. Rejection of clergy-laity distinction in the church.
52. Seminary and Bible colleges damage one's faith and ought to be avoided.
53. Pastors and elders need not be graduates of a seminary or an accredited bible college.
54. Equivocating "worship" and "worship service" This error teaches that worship in a small group consisting of two or more is the same as the 'worship service' one would normally experience on a Sunday in a church [building].
55. Being a Christian while eschewing any church affiliation. Is the belief that one need not be associated with any church or group. While this is not a denominational belief it is sufficiently widespread to make a kind of theology of its own.
56. Emerging church movement; Emerging churches are fluid, hard to define, and varied; they contrast themselves with what has gone before by using the term "inherited church." Key themes of the emerging church are couched in the language of reform, Praxis-oriented lifestyles, Post-evangelical thought, and incorporation or acknowledgement of political and Post-modern elements. ... -- from Wikipedia
57. Representative Democracy as Church government.
58. Seeker sensitive churches.
59. Accountability partners.
60. Altar calls.
61. Church discipline effectively nullified because of the difficulty of enforcement in a multi-denominational community.

Congregations electing their pastor.

That's covered, brother tadoflamb, by "Representative Democracy as Church government." which reflects both the electing of pastors and all the other Congregational votes taken to decide what to do and when to do it.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Originally Posted by MoreCoffee

I've done another tidy up of the list. I've also removed some descriptions because folk know what the terms mean or can easily look up the meaning of the errors mentioned. Rearranged the list into doctrinal and then church-structure-related errors. I deleted the entry for "Oneness Pentecostalism" because it is too serious a heresy to be counted as Protestant.

Looks like we need a new entry in the list. Something along the lines of

Confusion of infallibility and impeccability. This error teaches that Papal infallibility means that popes are perfect and never sin".​

1. A bible with only 66 books.
2. The list of books constituting the bible is implied by the books themselves.
3. The King James Version of the bible is the only trustworthy bible in English.
4. Jesus spoke in parables most of the time so his words are mostly metaphorical.
5. Sola Scriptura
6. Prima Scriptura
7. Personal interpretation of scripture as normative
8. Arminianism.
9. Faith alone
10. Antinomianism. In Christianity, an antinomian is "one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation". ... Antinomianism in modern times is commonly seen as the theological opposite to Legalism or Works righteousness, the notion that obedience to religious law earns salvation. This makes antinomianism an exaggeration of justification by faith alone.[/i] -- Wikipedia
11. Total depravity
12. Unconditional election
13. Limited atonement
14. Irresistible grace
15. Perseverance of the saints This error is the fifth point of Calvinism (You cannot lose your salvation. Because the Father has elected, the Son has redeemed, and the Holy Spirit has applied salvation, those thus saved are eternally secure. They are eternally secure in Christ. Some of the verses for this position are John 10:27-28 where Jesus said His sheep will never perish; John 6:47 where salvation is described as everlasting life; Romans 8:1 where it is said we have passed out of judgment; 1 Corinthians 10:13 where God promises to never let us be tempted beyond what we can handle; and Phil. 1:6 where God is the one being faithful to perfect us until the day of Jesus’ return.)
16. Once saved always saved.
17. Double predestination. In the Reformed view God from all eternity decrees some to election and positively intervenes in their lives to work regeneration and faith by a monergistic work of grace. To the non-elect God withholds this monergistic work of grace, passing them by and leaving them to themselves. He does not monergistically work sin or unbelief in their lives. Even in the case of the "hardening" of the sinners' already recalcitrant hearts, God does not, as Luther stated, "work evil in us (for hardening is working evil) by creating fresh evil in us." -- R. C. Sproul
18. Lapsarianism
    1. Supralapsaranism.
    2. Infralapsarianism/Sublapsarianism.
19. Penal substitutionary atonement. This error refers to the doctrine that Christ died on the cross as a substitute for sinners. God imputed the guilt of our sins to Christ, and he, in our place, bore the punishment that we deserve. This was a full payment for sins, which satisfied both the wrath and the righteousness of God, so that He could forgive sinners without compromising His own holy standard.[/i]
20. Ordinances/Anti-sacramentalism.
21. Infant dedication (not baptism).
22. Baptismal Submersion-ism. Baptism requires the candidate for baptism to be fully submerged under water.
23. Exclusive Credo-baptism-ism. Only people who have reached an age at which they can give a credible profession of faith are legitimate candidates for baptism.
24. Faith alone Regenerates. One is "born again" when one says & believes the sinner's prayer (or a near equivalent).
25. Believer's baptism is primarily a public testimony of one's faith. This error rejects baptism as the washing away of one's sins and as the ordinary means by which God brings about the new birth.
26. Covenant baptism as a sign and symbol of inclusion into the new covenant community. This error rejects baptism as the means by which God gives sanctifying grace.
27. The Lord's supper as sign and symbol of Christ's presence. This error rejects the biblical teaching that in the Holy Eucharist the bread and wine are the Saviour's body and blood.
28. Dispensing with baptism and the Lord's supper altogether. [Some Protestant groups have dropped all sacraments.]
29. Rapture theories:
    1. A pre tribulation rapture.
    2. A mid tribulation rapture.
30. Errors about the seven churches in the Apocalypse of saint John.
    1. The seven Churches represent seven ages.
    2. The seven Churches prove that denominations existed in the first century AD.
31. A future seven year reign of anti-christ with three and a half years of Israelite temple worship.
32. Dispensationalism This error teaches that scripture must be rightly divided by applying a scheme of dispensations to it; usually seven dispensations are taken as normative but other additional dispensations are sometimes included.
33. The sermon on the mount as "old testament teaching". This error teaches that Christ's teaching in Matthew chapter five through seven is largely not applicable under the new covenant.
34. Prosperity gospel: Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, or the gospel of success) is a Christian religious doctrine that financial blessing is the will of God for Christians, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to Christian ministries will always increase one's material wealth.
35. Temperance movement. ... Alcohol is wicked, "a devil's brew".
36. Old covenant Dietary laws applied to new covenant Christians: Christians shall have no shellfish, crustaceans, pork, or any 'unclean meat' because they are forbidden in the Law of Moses.
37. The papacy is the antichrist.
38. A specific pope will be the antichrist.
39. Michael the Archangel and Jesus being the same person.
40. Heaven being in the Orion nebula.
41. Soul Sleep: Death is an unconscious, sleep-like state. When Jesus Christ comes again, He will resurrect the dead who believe in Him and will take them to heaven. The dead who are unbelievers will be resurrected 1000 years later.
42. For a period of a thousand years the earth will be utterly desolate and only Satan and his angels will be on earth. At the end of the thousand years the the Holy City in heaven will descend to earth. The unrighteous dead will be resurrected and with Satan and his angels, they will surround the Holy City to attack God and His people. God will destroy Satan and his followers, hence removing sin forever.
43. Trail of blood Also known as Baptist successionism. It is the theory (unsupported by fact) that Jesus Christ is the founder of the Baptist denomination (Which in fact started around 1605 AD in England).
44. Belief that there is conspiracy involving "The Jesuit oath". This error teaches that there is an oath that among other things is alleged to say "make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons". It is akin to the belief in "The Protocols of the Enders of Zion" as a real Jewish conspiracy to destroy non-Jews.
45. Errors about indulgences:
    1. Indulgences forgive sins. This is more of a common error held by some Protestants because they either do not know what an indulgence is or because they believe anti-catholic propaganda. An indulgence does not cause any sins to be forgiven.
    2. The Catholic Church taught that indulgences were to be sold. This too is a common error held by some but not backed up by the facts of history. The Catholic Church does not and never did teach that one could buy an indulgence. But, alas, some unscrupulous people no doubt did sell them.
46. Sermon centric worship.
    1. The sermon ought to be the focus of church-worship-services.
    2. The pulpit ought to be the focus of a church building's architecture and the table for use on communion ought to be to the side or located in a different part of the church because there is no altar in the church and no sacrifice is made in a church service.
47. The One True Church is not a visible institution.
48. The One True Church is made up of all true believers scattered throughout all denominations.
49. Denominationalism.
50. Rejection of the threefold office in the church. Deacon, Presbyter, and Bishop are the offices identified in sacred scripture and present in the church from the beginning. Some protestant bodies reduce this to Deacon and Elder some to Deacon and Pastor and some teach Deacon, Elder, and Pastor with Pastor distinguished only by being the "teaching elder" in a congregation.
51. Rejection of clergy-laity distinction in the church.
52. Seminary and Bible colleges damage one's faith and ought to be avoided.
53. Pastors and elders need not be graduates of a seminary or an accredited bible college.
54. Equivocating "worship" and "worship service" This error teaches that worship in a small group consisting of two or more is the same as the 'worship service' one would normally experience on a Sunday in a church [building].
55. Being a Christian while eschewing any church affiliation. Is the belief that one need not be associated with any church or group. While this is not a denominational belief it is sufficiently widespread to make a kind of theology of its own.
56. Emerging church movement; Emerging churches are fluid, hard to define, and varied; they contrast themselves with what has gone before by using the term "inherited church." Key themes of the emerging church are couched in the language of reform, Praxis-oriented lifestyles, Post-evangelical thought, and incorporation or acknowledgement of political and Post-modern elements. ... -- from Wikipedia
57. Representative Democracy as Church government.
58. Seeker sensitive churches.
59. Accountability partners.
60. Altar calls.
61. Church discipline effectively nullified because of the difficulty of enforcement in a multi-denominational community.

Originally Posted by tadoflamb

Congregations electing their pastor.
​

That's covered, brother tadoflamb, by "Representative Democracy as Church government." which reflects both the electing of pastors and all the other Congregational votes taken to decide what to do and when to do it.

Sounds pretty similar to Roman Catholicism, except the RCC elects their Pope by vote and smoke.

(Not sure how the RCC's Cardinals are elected)

http://www.christianforums.com/t7430430/
Non-RC views of election of Pope and smoke

I always thought it was kinda neat the way the pope was selected.

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[MoreCoffee]

Sounds pretty similar to Roman Catholicism, except the RCC elects their Pope by vote and smoke.

(Not sure how the RCC's Cardinals are elected)

Popes are not elected by the parish members in Rome or anywhere else. But you make a valid point that elections do occur within the Catholic Church. The list, however, mentioned "representative democracy as church government" and that is not how the Catholic Church works nor it is how the Apostles' church worked.

 

[Standing Up]

Congregations electing their pastor.

Here's another two for the list of errors:

CHILDREN TEACHING THEOLOGY and ADULTS SWALLOWING IT HOOK LINE AND SINKER

TO SAVE SOULS, DEVOTE YOURSELF TO AN ENTITY CALLED IMMACULATE HEART

"I have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.
Our Lady of Fátima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Tzaousios]

Here's another two for the list of errors:

CHILDREN TEACHING THEOLOGY and ADULTS SWALLOWING IT HOOK LINE AND SINKER

TO SAVE SOULS, DEVOTE YOURSELF TO AN ENTITY CALLED IMMACULATE HEART

In screaming caps too?