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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reformed of the Calvinist churches believe in TULIP: Total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints.

Presbyterians are Calvinists, and Baptists broke off from Calvinism but are not nearly as theologically preoccupied as the mainline churches so I don’t know they adhere to TULIP in a strict sense.

All of Protestantism is like that, start with Catholic theology and start taking away, interpreting differently, internally schisming ad infinitum. Episcopalians think they’re Catholics but have female priests and gay marriage. Lutherans think they’re Catholics but one of their their pope lives in Missouri and one of them lives in Wisconsin, and the third is also a lady priest.

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Neither Episcopalians nor Lutherans think they’re Catholic.[/quote]
They think they have high liturgy, the true faith, everybody else is wrong (the Ls anyway), etc. They adhere to the Apostle’s Creed (although it is unclear what they mean when they say  “I believe in the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic church). A couple of Lutheran friends told me St. Augustine was a Lutheran, even.[/quote]

You do realize that the word “catholic” in this context means “universal,” right? Not the name of the religion/church. 
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Of course I know that’s the answer given. But what does universal mean? What does apostolic mean? What does one as it relates to unity mean? And how did Luther or King Henry VIII (if I’m not mistaken, Episcopalianism is the American offshoot of the Anglican church) come to those conclusions and why is their intepretation the right one? That’s what is unclear to me.[/quote]

Have you never done any reading on this?

Universal means exactly what it says.  The word is from the Greek katholikos, derived from kath holos, meaning “throughout the whole" and describes the unity of the church under Christ.

Apostolic means derived from the twelve apostles, who Jesus Christ sent out to spread the Gospel.  The Church's existence is rooted in the apostles, upon whom Jesus established his Church. These apostles ensure what Christ hands on to them is handed on continuously through apostolic succession in the ministry of the bishops and ministers.

[i]How did Luther or King Henry VIII come to those conclusions and why did each believe that his interpretation was the right one?[/i] Do some reading on this, it's too much to go into here.

RE Saint Augustine and Luther:  http://www.augnet.org/en/history/people/4341-martin-luther/4344-luther-and-augustine/[/quote]

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