IS THE TRUE
CHURCH |
Bible Truth Communion: |
Which is more soundly based on the Bible and the Word of God? Are some Christian Denominations corrupt and false? These are questions that have divided Christianity since the reformation. Protestant Churches, particularly Evangelical ones, make many strong claims to hold to the pure Biblical form of Christianity. The Roman Catholic Church claims that it has the true Apostolic teaching that represents the fullness of the Christian message. But what is the truth? In the early 1500s teachings and forms of worship that had been the mainstay of the Christian Church for at least twelve centuries were replaced wholesale in the Protestant Reformation. The Reformers claimed that the Catholic Curch had corrupted the truth of the gospels. This led to the birth of hundreds of new Protestant denominations, all claiming to offer a purer, bible-based Christianity than that provided by the old church. BUT IS THIS TRUE? The leaders of the Reformation
disagreed bitterly among themselves. Yet they agreed on
several principles in which they opposed the Roman
Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Many Protestant Groups also believe
that:
But are these beliefs actually justified by the Gospels? The pages below examine many of the
disputed points.
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