I'm not sure if it's considered heresy today, as heresy only applies to those w/in the Church. And the Church does have quite a good rapport w/ many Protestant churches now.
EDIT: @the poster above me: No, that's absolutely, 100% not true. Get your facts straight. The Catholic Church teaches that anyone who has had lead a virtuous life can reach salvation - that includes Protestants, pagans, whatever. The only ones who have no hope are those who have been introduced to the teachings of Christ and choose to reject him as their Savior. So, there's no hope for me, but you're really just a twit. Damn Catholic bashes...
Technically, yes. But this throws a wrench into ecumenism initiatives. (The Church recently signed some sort of "accord" with Anglicans.) I think the official language refers to Protestantism as a "defective" form of Christianity. That's a technical term that's not nearly as nasty as it sounds (unless there is currently tension in the relationship).
By definition, Protestantism is heresy. However, the Catholic church has calmed down a little, and Roman and Holy Catholics are joining hands in strength against what they consider "upstart" evangelicalism.
I could care less what the Pope or his Catholic church thinks about me.
If they think protestants are heretics, what do they think of us Seventh day Sabbath keepers? They must really hate us. But who cares, I have no use for the Pope.
(LH Catholic, Where in my answer did I say Sabbath keepers were unique? I did not say that. As Sabbath keepers go we tend to be targeted by some Sunday keepers as "Legalistic, and sometimes we are falsely accused of not being real Christians because we keep the Saturday Sabbath rather than Sunday. I know this from personal experience. I'm not saying we are special or unique, so don't go getting yourself all bent out of shape).
Of course the non-catholics on here will say that the catholic church thinks that they are all heretics. A heretic is someone who remains a catholic but promotes a differing (or "untrue") view about the nature of Christ, and the teachings of the church.
The catholic church sees protestants as "schismatic", and would see atheists, Jews, Muslims as "apostate".
Technically speaking only baptized catholics can be considered heretics by the catholic church.
It does not matter to Protestants what the Church believes about them. It is best to look at what Jesus said to convince them:
John 17:22 (King James Version)
22And the glory which thou gave st me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
I think this shows to even the devout heretic that what they have done is a heresy to God and places them outside of His will.Christ prayed to the Father before His arrest that we be one in His Church. This verse is the most convincing to me when I converted to Catholic Christianity from Protestantism. For weeks I could not get it out of my mind. When I converted a lot of my motivation was based on faith rather than belief in Catholic doctrines. I had doubts about Papal infallibility and the Marian doctrines but through God's grace the scales have been lifted from my eyes and I can now see the truth contained in His Church. God bless!
Heresy means opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system.
The Catholic Church defended Jesus' original teaching for 1500 years as the orthodox and accepted doctrines of Christianity before any Protestant doctrine was announced. Where the Protestants invented new, unorthodox, unaccepted and unacceptable interpretations of Jesus' teaching, at odds with 1500 years of consistent Christian interpretation, of course they were heretics.
How did Protestants arrive at their new doctrines? They read Catholic texts (the New Testament) while rejecting all previous Catholic readings and rejecting the authority of the church Jesus established to "bind and loose" in interpreting his teachings.
Recent evangelical interpreters are shedding some of the baggage of foolish Protestant interpretations (Bible alone, faith alone) to reach back to the early centuries of Christianity to discover the original meaning of Christian teachings. These new evangelical scholars might merit a new division of Christianity into Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical.
Yes they are Heretics but believe it or not the Church Prays Christ Prayer for give them. Father for they know not what they do and that they we may be one. As for ford LTD your only typical of your particular beliefs in thinking your unique and trust me your beliefs are not,plus Catholics also Worship on Saturdays as i go every Saturday at 5pm Mass.
A heretic is anyone that purposely, out of pride, teaches a false gospel despite being corrected. The Catholic church teaches that all Christians have the potential to achieve salvation, and does not exclude salvation from those who are non-Catholics. The only people who we can say have no hope (though they still have the potential to reverse coarse and repent) are those who, after coming to know the Truth, deliberately reject it. This is pretty much what Jesus is talking about when he speaks of the 'unforgivable sin', which is blaspheme against the Holy Spirit.
By definition, does the Catholic Church consider Protestantism to be heresy?
