WHO FOUNDED YOUR CHURCH OR CULT, BASED IN HISTORY?
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Any claims that Protestants or other non-Catholic Christians make in regards in claiming to be the one true Church founded by Christ is completely false, based on historical facts.
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If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex- monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517. He then broke his vow of celibacy and married a nun, then removed 7 books from the bible.
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If you are an adventist, your cult was founded by Mrs. Ellen White on 1865 in Michigan USA, after William Miller failed to predict Christ second coming on 1843 and 1844. SDA then started from a false prophesy.
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If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
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If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.
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If you are a Protestant Episcopalian, your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.
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If you are a Congregationalist, your religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.
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If you are a Methodist, your religion was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
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If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus Lindley founded your church in London in 1774.
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If you are a Mormon (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1829.
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If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1605.
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If you are of the Dutch Reformed church, you recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he originated your religion in New York in 1628.
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If you worship with the Salvation Army, your sect began with William Booth in London in 1865.
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If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.
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If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as ‘Church of the Nazarene,” “Pentecostal Gospel.” “Holiness Church,” “Pilgrim Holiness Church,” “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” your religion is one of the hundreds of new sects founded by men within the past century.
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If your churches where just founded in the Philippines such as Iglesia, MCGI, Jesus Is Lord, 4th Watch, etc., they were founded in the 20th century by filipino humans like Manalo, Soriano, Villanueva, etc.
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If you are born-again christian, your movement was started by Methodist Pastor Charles Parham on 1900s in Kansas USA.
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If you are Catholic, you know that your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son of God, and it is still the same Church.
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All Protestant “churches” have a founder who is not Jesus Christ – mere humans. There is no escaping this fact. To claim that your church is the original Church of Christ is dishonest and quite frankly, a lie. As former Protestant John Henry Newman said,
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“To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.”
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HISTORICAL SUPPORTS & STANDARD REFERENCES:
1. The New Book of Knowledge, Page 287
“Roman Catholic Church –the history of the Roman Catholic Church begun in an upper room in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. About 120 persons were gathered there. They were followers of Jesus Christ, and they were awaiting the coming of Holy Spirit he had promised to send them from heaven. The day on which the Holy Spirit came down is considered the birthday of the Church. The Church may be described as the society that Jesus founded, which is vitalized by the Spirit of God and organized to a structure which he establish. The history of Roman Catholic Church traces the destinies of that society from its beginning until now.”
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2. The World Almanac and Book of Facts Page 688
“Roman Catholics –traditionally founded by Jesus who named St. Peter the 1stvicar, developed in early Christian proselytizing, especially after the conversion of imperial Rome in the 4thcentury.”
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3. The Old World and America, Page 100
“More than 1900 years ago, Jesus Christ Son of God, came upon earth to save mankind. After His atoning death on the cross He rose glorious and immortal. Before leaving this world to go to the Father, Our Lord founded the Catholic Church and gave to that Church the command to teach all nations.”
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4. The New Webster’s Dictionary of English Language Page 155.
” Catholic – of the original Christian Church before the schism between East and West – of the Roman or Western Church after this schism and before the reformation.”
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5. International Encyclopedia, Volume 20, Page 520 “Roman Catholic Church – There are two equally valid definition of the Catholic Church, comparable to the twofold nature of Jesus Christ, its founder, who was both human and divine.”
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6. Young Students Encyclopedia, Volume 17, Page 261
“Roman Catholicism – the largest of the Christian denomination is the Roman Catholic Church. As an institution it has existed since the 1stcentury AD. For the first 1,000 years all christians belongs to Catholic Church”
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7. Compton’s Encyclopedia & Fact-Index, Volume 20, Page 2024
“Roman Catholic Church – For the first thousand years after the death of Jesus Christ, all Christians were members of one religion – Christianity. There were no separate sects, or branches, of Christianity as there are today. The word “catholic” means “universal,” and for those first thousand years, all Christians were members of the Catholic Church.”
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8. Grollier Encyclopedia, Volume V, page 106
“Catholic Church – (Gr. Katholikos, universal, general). Term generally applied to the Divine society founded by Jesus Christ, and endowed by the outpouring of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost”
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