From:	Mark C Farrington alareth@*********.net
Subject:	Church in SR
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:11:11 -0400

> Quite. Not only is there no one Central Protestant Headquarters, but there
> are a number of seperate churches that fall under the Protestant umbrella;
> they're distinct denominations with different views on theology, emphasis
> in different areas, and widely varying styles. While an Episcopal church
> and a Charismatic Baptist church both count as Protestant (ie- Christian
> but not Roman Catholic), it would be very difficult to confuse the way
> their service goes.

I don't really want to get embroiled in a big theological debate but I just
want to point out the the Baptist church is not actually a protestant
religion. The protestant religions all split from catholisim to go out on
their own starting with Martin Luther and his objections that formed the
Lutheran church, thus the origin of the word PROTESTant.

The the church that modern Baptist religions are derived from actually
predates the formation of the Catholic church and was never part of it.

Alareth