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That is certainly true; I didn't mean to indicate that my beliefs were what all protestants believe. Of course, I wish they would, but that's another debate. But most protestants don't think that every tradition needs to be from the Bible. Do you sing hymns? Are they found in the Bible or were they written much later? What language is the service in? Of course, I have difficulties, as a protestant, that belief in things not found in scripture is required, but I don't think that's enough to make Catholics heretics, as long as nothing they believe contradicts what the Bible teaches.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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