I've come acrossed Reformed Christians who don't see Catholicism as heresy. What category do they fall under?
Descriptions about them:
I've come acrossed and have known some Chinese Reformed who are very well educated, having fairly sound Philosophical training and are eager to read Reformed theological classics and Vantil's works. They are also very interested in the political contribution and achievement of Calvinists, and they would defend Calvinism. I would call them no body else but the Reformed and Calvinists.
However, I later found that they see Catholicism in a very different way unfortunately: they don't see it as heresy and they think that the Whore of Babylon and the Anti-Christ in Revelation has nothing to do the RCC at all because, in some occasions I've heard one of them said that, they don't think the book of Revelation is of much Prophical function.
In my impressions they are as willing to defend Catholicism as Neo-evangelicals do. I was shocked to have come acrossed these Reformed. Being active preachers of Covenant Theology(which I have no knowledge about) is a distinct feature of these Reformed as well. Some of them, like some Fundamentalists who praise the Puritans, also praise Puritanism.
Their existence as Reformed is, in my opinion, a paradox and irony to the Reformed -the historic Reformed. I know many Reformed church in US have already become ecumenical, but I never expected those "recanter" would defend Calvinism anymore. Now I come across the Reformed who are oddly double defender for both Calvinism and Catholicism.
What do you think about this odd phenomenon and what category indeed does this group of modern Reformed fall under? Any online resources that have mentioned of them?
Descriptions about them:
I've come acrossed and have known some Chinese Reformed who are very well educated, having fairly sound Philosophical training and are eager to read Reformed theological classics and Vantil's works. They are also very interested in the political contribution and achievement of Calvinists, and they would defend Calvinism. I would call them no body else but the Reformed and Calvinists.
However, I later found that they see Catholicism in a very different way unfortunately: they don't see it as heresy and they think that the Whore of Babylon and the Anti-Christ in Revelation has nothing to do the RCC at all because, in some occasions I've heard one of them said that, they don't think the book of Revelation is of much Prophical function.
In my impressions they are as willing to defend Catholicism as Neo-evangelicals do. I was shocked to have come acrossed these Reformed. Being active preachers of Covenant Theology(which I have no knowledge about) is a distinct feature of these Reformed as well. Some of them, like some Fundamentalists who praise the Puritans, also praise Puritanism.
Their existence as Reformed is, in my opinion, a paradox and irony to the Reformed -the historic Reformed. I know many Reformed church in US have already become ecumenical, but I never expected those "recanter" would defend Calvinism anymore. Now I come across the Reformed who are oddly double defender for both Calvinism and Catholicism.
What do you think about this odd phenomenon and what category indeed does this group of modern Reformed fall under? Any online resources that have mentioned of them?
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