The Real Reason I Won't Convert to Orthodox or Catholic Christianity

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[Symbol_Minded]

Eastern Orthodox beleives salvation is a process so it doesnr make sense for us to say others are damned or saved. You are either in or out of the church but God can save whom He wills.

[Thedude...]

I just trust the teachings of the apostles and the early church fathers. ☦️

[CJP.-pqkr]

As a Catholic “revert”, I did the non-denominational thing for many years. Reading about the early Church and Church history changed everything. Not sure how anyone can do the same and not become either Catholic or Orthodox. Praying for reunification. Hopefully it doesn’t take another 1, 000 years.

[shekinahrodz]

All my life I was Protestant and I just realized I was just scratching the surface of all the theology and history to understand God. In Orthodoxy I found the deepest truth, the divine connection with the holy trinity and how to understand God for real. It not so emotional like Protestantism, but Orthodoxy got my brain, my intellect and showed me the way to Christos the redeemer.

[ragnarlothbrok]

I have been born again, when Jesus entered my heart in 1997. There was no clergy, no ritual, no veneration, no icons, no Bible, no Mary, no theological framework. Jesus Christ alone saves, not the church, not the priests, not the doctrine. The Gospel is Jesus Christ, and nothing can be added.

[VoiceOfReason_]

With all due respect, Ruslan does not know Church history as well as he thinks he does.

[ItsThatGuy]

Ruslan, with all due respect I truly think you need to read the early church more. This idea of separate denominations, ways of operating, etc. did not exist. The church had one cohesive structure. You had arguments, disagreements, etc. on doctrine of course. But the church hierarchy and idea of ONE church was there from the beginning. This "organic" renewal Gavin speaks of is just reading his modern take back into the texts of the early church.

Also Gavin is even cherry picking Luther. Luther mocked most of the saints of the church and thought most were beneath him. He had a ton of issues.

[johnxland]

If I had a cent for all the times i've heard this phrase i'd be a billionaire.

[joelrobertsonmusic]

Idk what to convert to yet but it’s pretty hard to read church history and stay Protestant. It’s completely contrary to what the earliest Christians believed and practiced

[loretta]

One of the arguments Catholics hold against Sola Scriptura, which I seldom see answered by Protestant apologists, is the fact that Scriptures did not fall out of the sky right after Christ's crucifixion. It was written down between a decade and a century after. The texts were selected and compiled by authoritative figures of the Church, which largely pre-existed the definitive written form of the New Testament.

Believing that Tradition is a fallible source of authority is thus believing that Scripture is fallible.
In other words, if you don't belive that Tradition and the Church's teachings bear the same doctrinal weight as Scriptutes, how do you even know that Scriptures is the inspired Word of God to begin with ? Logically, a lesser form of authority does not have the power to legitimize a higher form of authority.

I feel like this is a strong argument against Sola Scriptura, but as I am trying to learn more about Protestantism to try not to strawman anyone's belief, does anyone have a rebuttal of this statement ?

[thetruthinhim]

Protestantism got it right. I mean think about it, there are over 30, 000 protestant denominations. Protestants saved the church of Jesus Christ from the Holy Spirit from dropping the ball. You can tell that Jesus failed to build his church for the 1st 1500 years in history, but thank God for the Protestants to get everything in order. In Protestantism you worship God how you want, don't like the worship band? Just try the other churches down the road... heck you want to start a church go for it!
Protestantism is like Burger King, have it your way.
Forget the tradition that was passed down from the Apostles and their disciples, forget what Scripture says when Paul says to stand fast to the traditions passed down to you whether in oral or written. Protestants hold Sola Scriptura, except the bible verse that mentions hold to the traditions passed down.
There's tons of flavors in protestantism just like genders nowadays. In Protestantism you just pick one, and I'd you don't like it try another one.

PS. (I apologize for my sarcasm... I had to get my two cents out).

God bless.😅😂

[joshuatrott]

The biggest issue with Protestantism is that each person or church becomes their own Pope. All decide what the scriptures mean to them. It's chaos

[peterbray]

Famous last words… video favourited. 😉

Whilst I remain an Anglican, I have moved much more towards orthodoxy internally.

[oakandiron_]

Why didn’t you bring ALL of this up with your Orthodox/Catholic friends?

[spiderb]

Stop with this try hard “controversial” content. The real reason you won’t convert is cause you’d have to give up your giant YouTube grift

[rdylan_]

“To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant” - John Henry Cardinal Newman

[NihssaBuch]

I found my home in Orthodoxy. I’m getting baptized into the church in May.

[CodyCody]

Good video, but when studying for myself Church history, it becomes really difficult to believe Protestantism. Orthodox has a direct line to the apostles and all the splits are directly from misunderstandings and over stepping of the rules. Much respect though, thank you

[Veritas]

You kind of have to ask yourself why the Catholic Church is called the Catholic Church if catholic means universal? It's maybe because the Catholic Church is the, wait for it, the one true universal church

[juanharold]

In 2 Peter 3:16 the Bible says we can misinterpret our scripture to destruction so how could Protestantism be the truth when it’s a bunch of churches teaching completely different things even on salvation