Protestantism

» Simon Davies - I'm Not Buying That

This is an interesting discussion.

Could I throw in my tuppence worth?

What you call fringe elements would probably consider themselves as returning to the core - that is usually how splits etc happen in the church.

Maybe that makes sense of Pink's comment that Jesus was wanting to return to the core of Judaism. I believe that Jesus was indeed the complete fulfillment of the Jewish scriptures, so the church was the true "core judaism" in that sense.

So all the break off groups from the Reformation thru the Wesleyan Methodists to the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Continuing) or whatever the latest one is called! - each one considers itself as returning to the core that the major group has left - sometimes rightly sometimes wrongly!

For what it's worth!!!