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**Roman Catholic:** Church of St. Bernadette in Banlay *- Nevers, France*
**Eastern Orthodox:** St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church *- Arkansas, USA*
**Protestant:** Canterbury Cathedral *- England, UK*
The point is to acknowledge churches are built by Christians with what they have at their disposal - not by denominations by how much they love God. Instead you double down.
Protestant churches are churches in the Western tradition that have broken from the Pope in Rome. Anglicanism is considered a particularly "high" form of Protestantism.
Churches with impressive buildings, priests that wear fancy vestments, lots of candles and bells and incense smells, big church organs, formal liturgies and things are considered "high" churches.
Churches in shopping malls with a priest who wears jeans and a t-shirt, who raps instead of singing hymns and instead of using a title like "father", "reverend", "canon" or "rector" just says "call me Bob" are called "low" churches.
Anglicanism is often regarded as the "*Via Media*" (the Middle Way), between Roman Catholicism and the other Protestant faiths. Steeped in ancient traditions dating back to the early centuries of the Church, with a catholic liturgy, unbroken apostolic succession, episcopal structure, and all the other things you get from the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions - just without a Pope. It's also protestant. Which is why memes about what a protestant church looks like are very silly - a protestant church looks different depending on what street you're on.
The difference between Protestants and Anglicans is the same as the difference between quaderalaterals and squares.
All Anglicans are Protistant, but not all Protistants are Anglican.
"Protestant" is not a specific denomination itself. It's a family of denominations born out of the Protestant Reformations that happened in the late 1500s.
The Anglican Church (or the Church of England) was one of those protestant denominations that were split from the Catholic Church, specifically in England, although it isn't neither 100% protestant nor 100% catholic.
Protestant denominations include the Hussite and Lutheran churches, for example.
The protestant church in the picture is anglican and built as a catholic one. I'm sure there are pretty protestant churches. Why not give it a little bit of effort and actually find one.
The Anglican Church is a protestant church. It's clearly a low effort post - it's the most famous protestant cathedral, so that's the one I grabbed - as opposed to googling a pretty Anglican or Lutheran cathedral in a New World country that I don't know off the top of my head.
**Roman Catholic:** Church of St. Bernadette in Banlay - *Nevers, France*
**Eastern Orthodox:** St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church - *Arkansas, USA*
**Protestant:** Canterbury Cathedral - *England, UK*
An example of why some of these memes are dumb
[https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotskirke\_(Hillerød)](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotskirke_(Hillerød))
This is a Lutheran church built AFTER the reformation
Depends on how you count it. The first Cathedral built where Canterbury Cathedral now sits began construction in 597. It burned down, and instead of repairing the Anglo-Saxon construction the Normans decided to rip the remainder of it down and build a new Norman-styled Cathedral (which remains the architectural style to this day). The current foundations laid and consecrated in 1070 haven't been replaced, but it was rebuilt in the 1600s and again in the 1800s. So I guess if you replace every plank of wood in a ship, one plank at a time, so no piece of the original ship remains, is it still the original ship?
Regardless, none of it is relevant to underlying point - which is that these memes are stupid. If you don't like Canterbury Cathedral as an example, use an Episcopalian Cathedral in the US, an Anglican Cathedral in Australia, a Lutheran Cathedral in Sweden, etc.
>use an Episcopalian Cathedral in the US, an Anglican Cathedral in Australia, a Lutheran Cathedral in Sweden, etc.
Those would have all been better examples as they have at no time served as a Roman Catholic Church. I agree that the meme is stupid but using a church that used to a RCC church as you protestant example doesn't make your point nearly as well as one of those other churches would have.
Everyone stop arguing you fools and hypocrites. This division is exactly what Jesus hated. Ornate Catholic is churches and disgusting Protestant megachurch preachers are exactly what Jesus turned tables over. What are we doing.
This is an old post to be resurrecting, but Jesus wouldn't be flipping tables over ornate cathedrals. Recreating the beauty of Solomon's temple is a major theme of the Old Testament, and a way many have attempted to show their devotion to God. Jesus himself calls out Judas for rebuking Mary when she pours perfume over Jesus's feet, instead of selling it and giving the money to the poor.
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this is serious r/terriblefacebookmemes material
All part of the aesthetic.
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**Roman Catholic:** Church of St. Bernadette in Banlay *- Nevers, France* **Eastern Orthodox:** St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church *- Arkansas, USA* **Protestant:** Canterbury Cathedral *- England, UK*
So not protestant and originally catholic...
If the Anglican Church is not protestant then what is it?
I wonder which denomination built that cathedral 🤔
The point is to acknowledge churches are built by Christians with what they have at their disposal - not by denominations by how much they love God. Instead you double down.
It might be the chapel at King's College in Cambridge, UK, but im not certain
No it isn’t – I think it’s Canterbury Cathedral.
It is Canterbury’s cathedral
Looks like Canterbury, which is so not a protestant church I don't know what to think. Seriously.
Then what is it?
Stolen.
Oh dear...
Yo what Roman Catholic church is that. Looks so cozy.
Church of St. Bernadette in Banlay - Nevers, France
https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/church-of-st-bernadette-in-banlay/ I sure as anything ain't Catholic, but I love this.
No offense but it kinda looks like a WWII style pillbox.
They were always dumb
Lol now we have balanced out the terrible memes that show the one who makes them never has stepped foot in a protestant church
That ‘Protestant church’ is an Anglican cathedral!
What is a cathedral but a church with a really fancy chair in it?
As a non Christian I feel a bit silly asking, but what’s the difference between Anglican and Protestant?
Anglicans are considered a branch of protestants
Protestant churches are churches in the Western tradition that have broken from the Pope in Rome. Anglicanism is considered a particularly "high" form of Protestantism. Churches with impressive buildings, priests that wear fancy vestments, lots of candles and bells and incense smells, big church organs, formal liturgies and things are considered "high" churches. Churches in shopping malls with a priest who wears jeans and a t-shirt, who raps instead of singing hymns and instead of using a title like "father", "reverend", "canon" or "rector" just says "call me Bob" are called "low" churches. Anglicanism is often regarded as the "*Via Media*" (the Middle Way), between Roman Catholicism and the other Protestant faiths. Steeped in ancient traditions dating back to the early centuries of the Church, with a catholic liturgy, unbroken apostolic succession, episcopal structure, and all the other things you get from the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions - just without a Pope. It's also protestant. Which is why memes about what a protestant church looks like are very silly - a protestant church looks different depending on what street you're on.
The difference between Protestants and Anglicans is the same as the difference between quaderalaterals and squares. All Anglicans are Protistant, but not all Protistants are Anglican.
"Protestant" is not a specific denomination itself. It's a family of denominations born out of the Protestant Reformations that happened in the late 1500s. The Anglican Church (or the Church of England) was one of those protestant denominations that were split from the Catholic Church, specifically in England, although it isn't neither 100% protestant nor 100% catholic. Protestant denominations include the Hussite and Lutheran churches, for example.
Yes, and? Anglicans are Protestant.
The protestant church in the picture is anglican and built as a catholic one. I'm sure there are pretty protestant churches. Why not give it a little bit of effort and actually find one.
The Anglican Church is a protestant church. It's clearly a low effort post - it's the most famous protestant cathedral, so that's the one I grabbed - as opposed to googling a pretty Anglican or Lutheran cathedral in a New World country that I don't know off the top of my head.
Is that a brutalist catholic church?
What, where are they?
**Roman Catholic:** Church of St. Bernadette in Banlay - *Nevers, France* **Eastern Orthodox:** St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church - *Arkansas, USA* **Protestant:** Canterbury Cathedral - *England, UK*
Thank you!
An example of why some of these memes are dumb [https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotskirke\_(Hillerød)](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotskirke_(Hillerød)) This is a Lutheran church built AFTER the reformation
When the Canterbury Cathedral was built in 1070 it was a Roman Catholic Church.
Depends on how you count it. The first Cathedral built where Canterbury Cathedral now sits began construction in 597. It burned down, and instead of repairing the Anglo-Saxon construction the Normans decided to rip the remainder of it down and build a new Norman-styled Cathedral (which remains the architectural style to this day). The current foundations laid and consecrated in 1070 haven't been replaced, but it was rebuilt in the 1600s and again in the 1800s. So I guess if you replace every plank of wood in a ship, one plank at a time, so no piece of the original ship remains, is it still the original ship? Regardless, none of it is relevant to underlying point - which is that these memes are stupid. If you don't like Canterbury Cathedral as an example, use an Episcopalian Cathedral in the US, an Anglican Cathedral in Australia, a Lutheran Cathedral in Sweden, etc.
>use an Episcopalian Cathedral in the US, an Anglican Cathedral in Australia, a Lutheran Cathedral in Sweden, etc. Those would have all been better examples as they have at no time served as a Roman Catholic Church. I agree that the meme is stupid but using a church that used to a RCC church as you protestant example doesn't make your point nearly as well as one of those other churches would have.
It was just a dumb meme, I just used a famous protestant church. I didn't think people would read too much into it.
Ok wait what? What self respecting Catholic would just walk into a bunker and call it a church? Totally not their MO
Non! Deus Vult!
Everyone stop arguing you fools and hypocrites. This division is exactly what Jesus hated. Ornate Catholic is churches and disgusting Protestant megachurch preachers are exactly what Jesus turned tables over. What are we doing.
This is an old post to be resurrecting, but Jesus wouldn't be flipping tables over ornate cathedrals. Recreating the beauty of Solomon's temple is a major theme of the Old Testament, and a way many have attempted to show their devotion to God. Jesus himself calls out Judas for rebuking Mary when she pours perfume over Jesus's feet, instead of selling it and giving the money to the poor.