The idea of a Universal Church was a Catholic (Greek- "Katholicos" which means "Universal") invention which was never accepted by true, bible-believing Christians. The direct descendents of those early Christians that predated the existence of the Catholic Church by several centuries are represented today by the Independent Baptist Churches that exist throughout the world. This can be proven by a direct historically verifiable lineage from the Church that Christ started. And those churches of today and those of our historical lineage on back through the centuries to the time of Christ himself, predating the Catholic Church by several centuries, never questioned the divinity of Christ.
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"The idea of a Universal Church was a Catholic (Greek- "Katholicos" which means "Universal") invention which was never accepted by true, bible-believing Christians."
Kind of a tricky proposition, considering that the Catholic Church created that Bible you worship.
"...invention which was never accepted by true, bible-believing Christians...." AS OPPOSED TO "...false bible-believing Christians".
Mate, typicaly fundy, I can't face the truth so Ill make it up. Your perfectic sect has no history, no art nor is of any importance to anyone apart from yourself.
So says the Pope, and he speaks for your God.
You mean current Christian denominations diversified from a common, biblical, ancestor?
How is this possible? If the "early Christians" went through a lineage that leads to today's Baptists, why are there still Catholics?
April must be Landmarkism month. Already we have one denying Baptists are protestants, and now we have this guy denying that other denominations aren't Christian.
Oh and people the Roman Catholic Church is not the original form of Christianity. Certainly many Eastern Orthodox churches would disagree with that. Likewise, the Bishops of Rome did not seem to be more or less important than many other bishops, and at the Council of Nicea, the Bishop of Rome didn't cary much weight, the Emperor did.
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"Kind of a tricky proposition, considering that the Catholic Church created that Bible you worship." No no no! The translators working under King James in 1611 created the Bible.
The Council of Nycea? God's divine purpose for them was to have them SELECT the books that would eventually become translated divinely perfected into the KJV. Satan came along and tricked the Council into translating the books into Latin, though, and doing so in a way which wrecked God's Divine Word and allowed for the creation of the evil Papacy -- which was also part of God's divine purpose.
The idea of a Universal Church was a Catholic (Greek- "Katholicos" which means "Universal") invention which was never accepted by false satan decieved Christians. The direct descendents of those early Christians that made up the Catholic Church during the several centuries are represented today by the Vatican and it's representatives that exist throughout the world. This can be proven by a direct historically verifiable lineage from the Church that Christ started. And those churches of today and those of our historical lineage on back through the centuries to the time of Christ himself, who started the Catholic Church never questioned the divinity of Christ.
Fixed.
yeah... i think the only ones that can take such a claim to be truth are Gnostics.....
only, with far les bullshit
If your tradition is pre-Catholic, it is pre-Bible. Therefore, using the Bible is either heresy or apostasy, or both.
This can be proven by a direct historically verifiable lineage from the Church that Christ started. Excellent! Begin.
So you and you alone have correctly interpreted the ancient manuscripts, eh?
The fact that one can not even prove that Christ existed kind of puts cold towel on your assertion that there is a "direct historically verifiable lineage" from his first church.
Also, you are a douche bag.
"true, bible-believing Christians"
Are you talking about that Catholic Bible? Y'know the first and only Bible that existed for about 800 years before the next Christian religion began? I'm sure you've heard of the Old Testament.
Or have you?
Baptist churchs are a Johnny-come-lately farce in comparision to the Catholic farce, even your bullshit is stolen.
The original John-the-Baptist baptists were/are the Mandaeans, who survived comfortably in Iraq until the events of 2003 and the subsequent free-for-all religious strife. As a minority, they were either killed or chased away.
The Syrian and Coptic communities, as well as Thomas' mission to India, were well integrated until the Roman bishops engulfed&devoured them. The Indian Christian community was broken by the Portuguese about 1500.
I learned recently that Buddhists had a presence in Alexandria ca. 200 BCE, thanks to Ashoka, emperor of India.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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