Denominations In The Protestant Church Vs. The Catholic Church

The thirty years war was evidence that when certain Christians denominations hold on to their core doctrines as the only truth, it results to violence, division amongst believers, and unchristian conducts. As Christians, we need to all agree with the gospel as the core of our faith while compromising of other doctrines that we differ on.
It saddens me that we have so many denominations. Even though there may be some difference between people of the Catholic faith, the Catholic church does a better job unifying its churches more than the protestant churches. On one hand, I like to celebrate the different denominations in the protestant churches because it shows that we can read the same bible, but conclude on different interpretations which is okay only if it doesn't contradict the character of God or His revelation. However, some of the doctrines/theology the protestant churches differ were/are held as the only truth and thereby refuting other interpretations and inferior or unbiblical. …show more content…
There were the strict Lutherans who refused to forsake any elements of Luther's doctrine, and there were the Philippist who were accused of forsaking some elements of Luther's doctrine to compromise with the Catholic church. To settle the disputes between these groups, Philip Melanchthon who became the main interpreter of Lutheran theology after Luther's death proposed a brilliant solution to resolve disputes between the two groups. He established a distinction between the core elements of the gospel and those that are peripheral to it. The latter he called adiaphora. The adiophora Melanchthon argued, can be justifiably put aside in a time of a religious crisis in order to have the freedom to continue preaching and teaching the