Protestantism represents the best available pathway to catholicity—not because it does not set boundaries to what the church is, but because those boundaries are not determined institutionally. By defining the church as wherever Christ is present in word and sacrament, Protestantism enables us to recognize true Christians and true churches within multiple institutional expressions of the church. This is not only the more generous position to adopt toward other Christians today, it is also the one that is most faithful to the New Testament’s witness for how we discern Christ’s presence and
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