The End of Protestantism...?

[Thoughtful Monk]

Protestantism will survive, even if the vast majority of Protestants cease to be Protestant. People have been consigning it to the grave for at least 200 years. But it always manages to survive. Even if the US and Europe come to be plunged into darkest night, Protestantism can thrive elsewhere. If I were a Protestant, I would have no fears whatever for its survival. God is Faithful, even if Protestants lack faith in Him. As for feasible hopes, God is not restricted by those - the Cross shows that. The 'defeat' of the Cross was how God brought about victory over sin, death, hell and the devil.

I see your point. Maybe what is plunging into darkness is white Euro-centric Protestantism. God will always have worshippers even if the numbers are small. In the end, we all have to look to God for our salvation and hope.

[Darth Executor]

What is a Catholic who doesn't submit to the authority of the pope?
What is a Catholic who doesn't hold to the sacraments?
What is a Catholic who doesn't believe that confession to a priest is necessary for forgiveness?

It seems to me that the author is willing to throw essential/defining elements of Catholicism under the bus to extend an invitation to Protestants to be a part of what they already are, which is Protestants.

Protestantism is the Misc. section of Christianity anyway, it's the least likely to unify to anything simply because there'll always be some whackjob who gets butthurt about something and starts a church in his garage.

[Meh Gerbil]

Protestantism is the Misc. section of Christianity anyway, it's the least likely to unify to anything simply because there'll always be some whackjob who gets butthurt about something and starts a church in his garage.

This is true.

That said, I don't know how unified Catholics really are in practice.
The Catholicism practiced in Central America is probably quite a bit different than that practiced in the Middle East.

[Rushing Jaws]

Leithart spends most of his original "The End of Protestantism" article explaining where he sees the distinctions between Protestantism and Reformational Catholicism. In brief, Protestantism is defined over-and-against Roman Catholicism, whereas Reformational Catholicism isn't, and retains healthy aspects of Roman Catholicism that Protestantism has at times jettisoned or forgotten.

That sounds like an argument for Anglicanism, or for certain strata of Anglicanism. And Anglicanism is a form of Protestantism.

[One Bad Pig]

That sounds like an argument for Anglicanism, or for certain strata of Anglicanism. And Anglicanism is a form of Protestantism.

Not especially. It was more or less a unilateral move by King Henry VIII because the pope wouldn't grant him an anullment. Henry was certainly not in favor of the Reformation, having been granted the title Fidei Defensor for his attacks on it.

[Rushing Jaws]

Not especially. It was more or less a unilateral move by King Henry VIII because the pope wouldn't grant him an anullment. Henry was certainly not in favor of the Reformation, having been granted the title Fidei Defensor for his attacks on it.

[Rushing Jaws]

Protestantism is the Misc. section of Christianity anyway, it's the least likely to unify to anything simply because there'll always be some whackjob who gets butthurt about something and starts a church in his garage.