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Message no. 1
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: [OT] Re: Church in SR
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:10:17 +0200
According to Old Man Bethyaga, at 8:13 on 12 Oct 00, the word on the
street was...

> This isn't in response to anyone in particular, but I'm bothered by the use
> of the word Protestant in this thread. As several people have pointed out,
> Protestant simply means "a Christian who is not a Catholic"

Actually, that's not true either. The various Orthodox churches (Russian-
Orthodox, Greek-Orthodox, etc.) are not Protestant but they're most
certainly also not (Roman-)Catholic. The best definition of Protestant, I
guess, is that of the various Christian religions that have, at some point
in the past, broken away from Catholicism. My (Dutch) dictionary defines
it as originally meaning the followers of Martin Luther, but today it
refers to the forms of Christianity created after, and/or because of, the
Reformation.

Back to SR...

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Message no. 2
From: Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject: [OT] Re: Church in SR
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:23:01 -0400
> > This isn't in response to anyone in particular, but I'm
> bothered by the use
> > of the word Protestant in this thread. As several people have
> pointed out,
> > Protestant simply means "a Christian who is not a Catholic"
>
> Actually, that's not true either. The various Orthodox churches (Russian-
> Orthodox, Greek-Orthodox, etc.) are not Protestant but they're most
> certainly also not (Roman-)Catholic. The best definition of Protestant, I
> guess, is that of the various Christian religions that have, at
> some point
> in the past, broken away from Catholicism.

Hence the name Protest-ant (i.e. those who protest the Churches excesses).
Message no. 3
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: [OT] Re: Church in SR
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:25:54 +0200
According to Wordman, at 19:23 on 12 Oct 00, the word on the street was...

> Hence the name Protest-ant (i.e. those who protest the Churches excesses).

Well, yes, obviously...

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It was a warning shot that missed.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.1: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L+ E? W(++) N o? K- w+ O V? PS+
PE Y PGP- t(+) 5++ X+ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998

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