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Protestants are not Christians and the Orthodox (the only ones who are actually Christians) never believed such heresy. Case closed.
I'm for the Orthodox faith, but saying Protestants aren't Christians is a bit too far. A good chunk of them are still trying to follow Christ's teachings, so we should consider them our brothers, misguided as they might be. If they've lost their way, it's on us to guide them back, according to the Lord's plan.
 
I'm for the Orthodox faith, but saying Protestants aren't Christians is a bit too far. A good chunk of them are still trying to follow Christ's teachings, so we should consider them our brothers, misguided as they might be. If they've lost their way, it's on us to guide them back, according to the Lord's plan.
I don't think you're understanding this correctly at all. You are judging the heresy itself based on how the "good heretics" behave.

To say that some protestants are pious is entirely accurate. To say that some protestants are more pious than the average Orthodox man is also entirely accurate. We are not saying this faith is the true one because of our personal accomplishments, that would be very silly. By the same token you cannot have a positive view of the heretical protestant religion because of some protestants who uphold the law better than many of us do due to the conscience which was given to them by God.

When I say that protestants are not christians I am not insulting any individuals, I am however insulting an objectively heretical religion. They (those protestants who genuinely try to follow Christ) can be considered virtuous pagans in a sense, but I would never see them as a brother in faith. That would be ecumenism which is heretical.
 
Salvation is by faith alone though grace alone and the bible is the only infallible source on Christian dogma as it is the only word of God
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I don't think you're understanding this correctly at all. You are judging the heresy itself based on how the "good heretics" behave.

To say that some protestants are pious is entirely accurate. To say that some protestants are more pious than the average Orthodox man is also entirely accurate. We are not saying this faith is the true one because of our personal accomplishments, that would be very silly. By the same token you cannot have a positive view of the heretical protestant religion because of some protestants who uphold the law better than many of us do due to the conscience which was given to them by God.

When I say that protestants are not christians I am not insulting any individuals, I am however insulting an objectively heretical religion. They (those protestants who genuinely try to follow Christ) can be considered virtuous pagans in a sense, but I would never see them as a brother in faith. That would be ecumenism which is heretical.
I agree that heresy itself is damnable regardless of how well some individuals follow natural law. But I wouldn't call Protestants "virtuous pagans" because they do profess Christ, even if they lack the fullness of the faith. A Christian outside the Church is still a Christian, albeit one in error. That doesn’t mean Protestantism as a system isn’t heretical. But rejecting the label of Christian for them entirely seems like semantics more than substance. Our job isn’t to police titles but to bring people into the truth.
 
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