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Mormonism LEGALLY Declared Not Protestant

Richard Abanes

Author, Journalist

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Appeals Court Rules Mormon Church Is Outside Protestant Christian Faith

In a remarkable decision an Arkansas appeals court ruled that the Mormon Church is outside of the Protestant faith. The decision came in a divorce decree contempt case by the Arkansas Court of Appeals on October 8. According to an October 9 Arkansas Democrat Gazette piece,

“Joel Mark Rownak and Lisa Monette Rownak agreed in their 2005 divorce to raise their children ‘in the Protestant faith.’ The decree bars them from promoting another religion without the other’s consent. In May 2007, Benton County Circuit Judge John R. Scott found Joel Rownak in contempt of that decree based on evidence that Rownak had ‘candidly acknowledged’ promoting the Mormon faith to his sons.”

Interestingly, Mr. Rownak, who is a Mormon testified that the Mormon faith is outside of the Protestant faith. The court, based on Mr. Rownak’s testimony and “evidence to that effect from the [Mormon] church’s Web site” ruled that the Mormon faith was indeed outside of the Protestant faith and therefore found Mr. Rownak in contempt of the divorce decree.

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lindalds
8/10/2009 5:46 PM
I know that fellow Mormons are not happy about this, but it's true, we are NOT Protestant, technically.
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db0142
7/14/2009 12:42 AM
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aka a "Mormon." The article seems to state that Mormons do not accept Christ as the Savior. The truth is that our Savior Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world who took our sins upon Himself, is the very center of Mormon doctrine. We believe whole-heartedly that Christ lived, that He died for us and atoned for our sins, and that he rose again. Literally. If you want to know the truth about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I recommend looking at www.mormon.org.
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srose288
3/2/2009 2:39 PM
Considering the fact that all branches of Christianity were one at the time of Christ, who gives you or anyone the right to decide who is a Christian? Christianity as a whole did not even know what it believed until the time of the Nicean Council when it was voted upon. Issues like the trinity, the godhead and such seem to be something that should not be up for a vote! After that time slivers of faiths broke off the massive Christian church, this made sense since all of these people believed different things. The LDS Church is similar to all these break offs, the only difference is they go back to how things were in the day of Christ. Because a religion is seen as not Protestant does not mean anything, except that it is not protestant neither is Catholicism. I am very concerned that you would have the audacity to say that because you believe in Christ does not make you a Christian, well what does. Believing in a creed that arose hundreds of years after Christianity began.
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