Churches, other Christian:
When talking with non-Catholics we should point out the positive things where we agree, rather the areas where we disagree.
The Reformation: There was a need for a change in the Church. Personnel
needed to be changed, but the protest-ants changed Church doctrine to suit
themselves.
Here is a listing of but a few of the more than 28,000 Christian
Churches.
1. Orthodox, Eastern, Russian, Greek, & others, went into schism in
1054.
2. Martin Luther started protestantism in 1521 when he broke away from
the ONE TRUE CHURCH that had already existed for 15
centuries. Prior to this time, the false doctrine of
'Sola Scriptura', or 'only the Bible', had not existed, neither had the false
doctrine of 'individual interpretaion' of Holy
Scripture.
3. Thomas Munser, a Catholic priest, started Anabaptists in 1521.
4. Henry VIII started the Church of England in 1534. (Anglican)
5. John
Calvin, teaching predestination, formed the Calvinists in 1536.
6. John
Knox, who studied under Luther, started Presbyterians in 1560.
7.
Congregationalists started by Rob Brown, as a branch from Puritanism in 1582.
8. John Smyth formed the Baptists in 1609. They have severely splintered
since then.
9. John Wesley started the Methodists in 1739.
10. Theophilus Lindley started Unitarians in 1774.
11. Samuel Seabury
started Episcopalians in 1789.
12. Churches of Christ had four separate
founders from 1793 to 1809
13. Joseph Smith founded the Mormons in Palmyra
New York in 1830.
14. William Miller, a farmer, started the Adventists in
1860.
15. Ellen Gould White started the 7th day Adventists in 1863.
16.
William Booth started The Salvation Army in 1865.
17. Mary Baker Eddy
started Christian Scientists in 1879.
18. Charles Russell started the
Jehovah's Witnesses in 1879.
19. New Age was started in 1875 by Helena
Blavatsky. *COL 2:8
20. French Abbe, Alfred Loisy and English Jesuit, George Tyrrell started
Modernism in 1895. It was condemned by the
Church in 1907.
21. Pentecostals were started in the United States in 1901.
22. Felix Manalo started Iglesia ni Cristo in 1914.
23. Independent
Churches of America (IFCA), a consortium of churches 1930.
24. L. Ron
Hubbard started the Church of Scientology in 1952.
25. Chuck Smith began
Calvary Chapel in 1965.
26. Disciples of Christ, part of Churches of Christ,
separated in 1968
27. Ken Gullickson started the Vinyard Christian
Fellowship in 1974.
28. Assemblies of GOD, and other splinter Pentecostal
groups, are some of hundreds of
new sects founded by mere men in
the 20th century.
29. Catholic, your Church was founded in Jerusalem by
Jesus Christ in 33 A.D..
Mt 16:18, Mt
28:20, 1Tim 3:15
To this day protestant churches have multiplied to over 28,000
denominations and are still increasing. Everytime a new one is added, the Body
of Christ is split more and more, 1Cor 10:17, Col 1:24, Eph 1:22-23.
The main
reason for all the splits in protestantism is the false doctrine of individual
interpretation of the Bible, every person for himself. Please read the Fr. Damen
files on this website for a full explanation.
Apparently, none of them read
Mk 3:25, 'A house (of GOD) divided against itself cannot stand'... It is satans
plan.
My E-Mail Address:
