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Originally Posted by pelathais
I think the spirit and intent is key. To say someone is a "papist" or a "Bapticostal" in an online forum should be the kind of thing we take with a grain of salt anyway. As relationships are built there may even be ironic humor behind such things.
To be forbidden to compare the terminology behind many teachings would be unfortunate. It is a simple fact that the UPC teaches baptismal regeneration on a par with the Church of Christ and as TRFrance pointed out earlier, the same language is found in the Councils of Nicea, Constantinople and Trent.
If that shackles us to the "Mother Harlot of Revelations" then we might want to change the way that we ennunciate our doctrines. In this case, I don't see how we can unbind ourselves without dropping baptismal regenerationalism altogether. Does anyone suggest that? Rome was right about a number of things. We use their Gregorian Calendar and don't even ask ourselves why.
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Yes, but when has the term "Papist" ever been endearing to any Protestant?
It is normally used as an insult.
Stop launching flaming arrows into the compound. They are never viewed as friendly.
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