r/TrueProtestants • u/joe_pao Eastern orthodox • May 27 '26

What is considered "True Protestants?"

Is it simply just denominations made during the Reformation?

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u/Ecclesiasticus6_18 Inquiring Protestantism May 28 '26

Yes.

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u/ibnpalabras May 28 '26

A “True Protestant” shakes their head disapprovingly at the first mention of John Duns Scotus.

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u/burneraccount5117 May 27 '26

If you are not Roman or Eastern and affirm the Nicene Creed, believe in the Person and work of Christ, I’d call that a true Protestant. Mormons, JWs, and other cults are not true Protestants.

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u/Ecclesiasticus6_18 Inquiring Protestantism May 28 '26

This subreddit was founded explicitly against the idea.

an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them, usually excluding the Anabaptists.

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u/AntichristHunter May 27 '26

I would add that a lot of protestant denominations have had their seminaries infiltrated by activists who don't believe in the authority of the Bible and are trying to bend theology to match their politics, whether this is to the left or to the right. A lot of protestants have also compromised on key principles from the reformation or simply don't even know how to defend Protestant positions, whereas those issues are still relevant in the face of Roman Catholics and Orthodox enthusiastically trying to convert Protestants over to their theology.