My man, your first response was in objection to me stating just that. "But celebrating a return to God's truth is great."
It seems to me the reason it bothers you so much is because you approve of the schism as a return to truth, therefore me criticizing schism feels like criticizing your faith.
People are selectively celebrating the "return to truth" because every protestant will celebrate Reformation day - separately from all the rest. Like I asked you - and you never answered - which Reformer offered the truth? Luther, Calvin, Zwingli? It can't be all of them.
If you agree that schism is bad and shouldn't be celebrated, what are we doing here? Why do you keep having to add "but..."?
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So where would you worship if your church kicked you out for trying to peacefully reform it?
And didn't you personally cause schism when you left your SB church to join the EO? Aren't you being a hypocrite?
[url=https://texags.com/forums/15/topics/3335391/2][/url]This is like the most ridiculous spin on what happened with Luther. The guy didn't just get excommunicated one day when he was minding his own business. Four years elapsed from his posting of the 95 theses to his excommunication. During that time Luther attacked the entire foundation of ecclesiastical authority and structure. We can't act
surprised at what came after.
If my bishop excommunicated me (which is not "kicking me out") I would have a choice - either repent or go without holy communion. That is the matter of conscience.
And no, I did not "cause schism". I was raised as a southern baptist and left that church as an adult. It sort of seems perhaps you don't know the working definition of schism as far as christendom goes...? Schism isn't merely being excommunicated but setting up something over and against the church, making another church structure. Hence St Paul's critique - was Christ divided? The Church is One, because there is One Bread, One Cup. A separate communion is schism. It is no surprise whatever that what separates the reformers from both Rome and each other is their theology of communion... this is the very heart of the matter.
I did not start my own church. If anything one might construe me leaving a faith that began ostensibly in the 16th century (but more realistically traces its roots to the 19th century in the south) for the Apostolic faith as ending schism.