When Does a Doctrine Become Nonessential?

I would say that the essential doctrines we must believe in are the Apostles's Creed and the Nicene Creed, more or less.

In a practical life, we must repent and believe the gospel.

And thats pretty much it.

"Bbbbut, but that would make many Catholics saved. That would make many Orthodox saved. That would even make some liberals saved!" Exactly.

Yes God preserved His Word- I don’t do personal attacks—I attack false teachings

What about praying to saints and Mary? What about works salvation? What about re-sacrificing Jesus over and over and over again daily?
As for the liberals, you got to be joking, right? Deny creation, deny bible's authority (unfortunately u also said u dont go by the 66books, sad), pro-lgbt, pro-abortion, pro-everything against the bible under the sun.

Yeah these are saved people

The Church generally accepts that christians do not have to agree on every doctrine, but what doctrines can we disagree on?

In my opinion, the only essential doctrines in the Christian Faith are as follows:

* God created everything.
* Every man besides Jesus Christ has sinned.
* Jesus Christ came in the Flesh.
* Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for the sins of humanity.
* Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father.

Not to take sides except that if you dont' believe the Bible is without error then I don't see how saying "you don't even believe that the Bible is without error" is a personal attach if that is what you believe.

So do you believe the Bible is without error or not? ( Since it is not a question of what he believes but rather what you believe.)

All doctrines are essential.

Did you have your theology all corret when you first believed? No. Trof didn’t claim that these folks had everything correct. In fact he didn’t address it at all. Your making an error of logic.

All doctrine is "essential" because it is God's word to His people. If He didn't think it was "essential" He would not have mentioned it.

Christians are to be of ONE mind, with NO divisions among us. 1 Cor 1: 10
That ONE mind is the mind of Jesus Christ who taught us the election message in his parable of wheat and tares, and the separation of sheep and goats. (sheep remain sheep, goats remain goats .....as they were created.....and as they were predestined.

This is the kind of sectarianism to which I alluded in the second post. It causes division, not unity.

Clearly, belief in ‘election’ as a Calvinist would use the term, is not an essential doctrine. One can be a Christian without believing it.

This is the kind of sectarianism to which I alluded in the second post. It causes division, not unity.

Did you have your theology all corret when you first believed? No. Trof didn’t claim that these folks had everything correct. In fact he didn’t address it at all. Your making an error of logic.

You're not intuitive.