Slightly Confused... (church, protestant, faith, catholic, Christianity)

[Jonesie32]

Okey Dokey,

I have no idea what denomination I am, is it possible to just be considered Protestant? I asked a pastor of mine at church what form of Christianity we are and after avoiding the question for months, he just said Protestant. I already knew that!

I don't know, I guess I just feel "generic" about my faith sometimes.

[Somkid]

Umm.. a Protestant is a Christian that is not Catholic so if your not Catholic I'm gonna go with you being a Protestant.

[kai]

take the bull by the horns and go out and find out just what exactly it is you are supposed to be believing in , ask around, look it up on google , start with the name of your church whats it called?

[kai]

come on jonesie 32 lets get to the bottom of this

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Jonesie32

Okey Dokey,

I have no idea what denomination I am, is it possible to just be considered Protestant? I asked a pastor of mine at church what form of Christianity we are and after avoiding the question for months, he just said Protestant. I already knew that!

I don't know, I guess I just feel "generic" about my faith sometimes.

It should be wasy to find out the denomenation your church belongs to. It's in most names of the church (Baptist, United Methodist, etc).

[kai]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

It should be wasy to find out the denomenation your church belongs to. It's in most names of the church (Baptist, United Methodist, etc).

thats what i was thinking then he could do some research etc and answer his questions but i think he is gone

[Te Deum]

I was "protestant" for several years before I joined the Catholic Church.

[Izdaari]

It's perfectly fine to not be affiliated with a denomination. And in fact, we have a whole forum here dedicated to Non-denominational Protestants.

[kai]

Originally Posted by Izdaari

It's perfectly fine to not be affiliated with a denomination. And in fact, we have a whole forum here dedicated to Non-denominational Protestants.

non denominational protestants how does that work? is there one for non denominational catholics?

[Izdaari]

Originally Posted by kai

non denominational protestants how does that work? is there one for non denominational catholics?

Go one level up from here, and you'll see the Non-Denominational Forum. Though it doesn't say so explicitly, that's for Protestants who aren't part of a denomination. Catholics don't even have denominations, so all Catholics are non-denominational Catholics, who would of course use the Catholic Forum. Catholics do have factions though; just not denominations.

Neither Catholics nor Eastern Orthodox call their churches denominations. They just call it "the Church", and may be insulted if you call it a denomination. We Protestants tend to think that's rather presumptous or arrogant of them. I'm not saying I feel that way; just that that's a typical Protestant view.