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🚨 Why So Many Protestants Are Done with the Modern Papacy
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this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
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Protestants should be done with the fucking pope and the catholic church, it's kinda the whole point of being a protestant isn't it? Like if they actually gave a shit about listening to the pope they'd just be Catholics no? Shouldn't they be busy with their "personal relationship with god" and having their own individual interpretations of the bible (which most haven't read beyond cherry-picked out-of-context passages that support their worldview)?
I have my criticisms of the sect I was raised in but thank fucking god at least they didn't give a flying fuck about the pope
edit: adding more: Like if you aren't a catholic why does the pope have any special spiritual weight? Either you believe he's Gods Chosen Representative on Earth and therefore you should just be a catholic or you disagree with that and the pope is just a guy in Rome (or sometimes Avignon) with a silly hat and way too much power
He doesn't. Zero. I grew up Protestant (it didn't take, I had good Critical Thinking Skills from the start), and I never heard one word about the Pope. He was the Catholics' guy, not our problem. He had absolutely no influence on my family or anyone at church.
When a new Pope gets crowned, or whatever, there's no spiritual feeling about it at all, no excitement or hope for the future of the church or humanity, no connection with God, etc., it's just something the Catholics are up to this week.
Protestants do not like Catholics one bit, like they'll play nice with them on community events/outreach, but if you get them behind closed doors you will get to hear a lot of very interesting takes they have on the Catholics.
Oh that's been my whole life due to my ancestors being persecuted by the Catholic Church, we know how to hold a grudge lol I was just remarking on this reverend joker talking about protestants being "done with the modern papacy" like they should care in the first place
A grudge that goes all the way back to the original
My understanding is that many Orthodox churches recognise the Pope as the Patriarch of Rome.