Julius II will always be my favourite pope.

It's okay. I think the city is defended by satan himself

Every time Russians came close to taking it, all the demons come out

First time we came close to Tsargrad the Crimean War happened, second time the bolshevik revolution

the anglos intervened

a d the krauts

Ah, the servants of the devil

(((germanics)))

this but unironically

the treaty of versailles was very unfair tho

calvinist reformed churches are awesome
>no rock band style worship
>full pews
>based organ player
>still use hymns
>belief in the saints, the holy triune, and the catholic church (not exactly sure about that part but it was in a song we sang)
>saw a baby get baptized
>theres actually children and families there
>super friendly people
>still have a plurality of dutch heritage dating back to the 19th century
>belief that good works are irrelevant and faith is paramount

Yeah but they are Calvinist <:eksdee:558283291292336138>

@Dasick Continuing the race-mixing topic from <#595818386383175690>

Considering the bolshevik revolution, I don't think we're short on saints and martyrs, lmao

>belief that good works are irrelevant and faith is paramount

The way people can distort the teachings of Christ and the apostles and say filth like this is beyond my comprehension

sola fide tier bro

thats cringe

if you listen to spas or tsartv for any length of time, you will also find russian priests kvetching about the folk paganism prrvalent in orthodoxy

the article reminded me of tgat somewhat

@Mozalbete ⳩ if thats true, then God will see me when i do good works regardless. i really want to go back to this church next sunday

God will also see how you say that love and charity do not matter at all

So better be careful before saying something because someone said it

Sola Fide isn't the issue. The issue is autistic people taking the name for the definition and then leaving it at that.

Also:

>calvinist

epic

Still, I add you to my collection of people qho dismiss catholicism because of the rmapant degeneracy and scandal. Nothing better to mention to catholic lukewarms and degenerates to show them their fruits <:rubbetirub:550020519420755970>

Tfw God hates some

>mentions everything a tridentine Catholic community and even some NO catholic communities have
>doesn’t like the church though so best be prot

What kind of logic is that

The question would arise, how do you live your spirituality?

Can you truly question irreverence when you’re not reverend yourself?

its because im concerned about the people in the church as much as i am mostly ignorant of theology.. so far at least

all the different denominations say the other is wrong

yet im supposed to believe in the catholic denomination purely because of tradition and the direct lineage that leads to christ, as if there werent loons and sinners along the way in that tradition as well

i mean have any of you seen the things pope francis says? like i said im mostly ignorant of theology, but i know enough to know he's probably way out of line, yet he is the divine representation of the exact tradition you say makes Catholicism the only true denomination.

the catholic church is made up of sinners and blasphemers just like any other denomination, arguably more so from what ive seen of catholics

so i found a church that seems to be full of good people from what i can tell, and i want to stick with it

So you went to a protestant church out of pure dislike of current Catholic affairs

I’m afraid one cannot truly take a decision to ‘convert’ without any theological and dogmatic background supporting it

Otherwise it’s just a decision built on shallow ground, and it will eventually sink back down to point zero

Indeed the Catholic Church has had its share of bad clergy, we’re human after all, but apart from apostolic succession (which is actually what gives authority to said clergy) it’s the preservation of the correct dogma that makes it stand as the true church hand in hand with the orthodox church (est. 1054)