It means Catholicism was wrong in many more ways than the reformers were.
Catholicism is a cult but at that time I don't think any of the reformers were.
I stress at that time.
It doesn't take much to know more than Catholicism about Scriptures.
Remember we are talking about centuries ago. Not the knowledge and history we know today.
Good Morning CI,
The Reformers adhered to some of the teachings/doctrines/dogmas of Catholicism AFTER the Reformation. In your opinion what are the
top three teachings/doctrines/dogmas that they held onto that were "wrong"? (ex. Real Presence, Baptism washes away sin, Mary's Perpetual virginity etc.)
Technically all religions could be considered a cult. Why is the Catholic belief a cult and the other beliefs (Lutherans, Baptist, Methodist etc.) not a cult? Calvin and Luther were Catholic Priest and belonged to the Catholic "cult" but you don't think they were cult members? Is that what you are suggesting?
The Catholic Churches teachings/doctrine/dogmas mirror the teachings of the earliest Catholic apologist/theologians/church leaders/unattributed writings (Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, The Didache, Barnabas etc.). They were the closest to the Apostles (some walked and talked with the Apostles) but you believe that the Reformers,
1,500 years later, had better "knowledge" on how to interpret Scripture then they did???? FASCINATING?
According to your theory the further in time we got AWAY from the life of the Apostles the more knowledge we gained....
Curious Mary
Mary