“When Protestants came to this land to escape religious persecution from Catholics AND Protestants of different sects, they formed communities where the people shared common beliefs. This was very close to the pattern of the early Church. In such cases, the local authority of government worked hand in hand with the authority of the Church. This is an example, contrary to the premise of the article, of how Church and State can and should work cooperatively.”
Actually it makes the point he was making. Are those communities you mention still of that one faith? Or as I asked previously are they not now in disarray of many more Protestant faiths, IE the Error/s compounding itself over time, Orestes Point.
“Further, this nation was formed by the uniting of many disparate groups of “Christians” who could at least agree on the premise of securing their common freedom and the right to worship God according to the dictates of their individual consciences.”
Again making Orestes Point, is their more unity or more disunity now? The further in time the Error grows greater, the Fruit of which I speak.
How can Your Truth be Equal or Greater than another denominates? What Authority do You have that is greater than another’s? and if there is No Authority then why do you bother to refute me and the Church?
God Bless
“Or as I asked previously are they not now in disarray of many more Protestant faiths”
Exactly in the same way that the Catholic Church strayed from Biblical doctrine, Protestant Churches have also.
“The further in time the Error grows greater, the Fruit of which I speak.”
As opposed to what? A constant error that the RCC has refused to admit or repent of?
Just because people of a particular group depart from the faith once delivered does not mean that the original faith was in error. Just as God preserved a remnant of Israelites, He has also always preserved a remnant of true believers in Christ.
You are buying into and promoting the tautology of RCC authority. While a sleight of hand trick is often used to claim the Bible teaches this, the tautology ultimately demands putting the RCC ABOVE the apostolic authority of the Bible itself. This assertion of authority is axiomatic. It has no external confirmation from Scripture nor from supernatural intervention to confirm it by the hand of God. It refuses to submit to the authority of the Bible or to EVER repent of sins expressly identified in the Bible.
On the Day of the Lord this false, self-appointed authority will finally be broken, and the Lord will be the only one exalted. And those who follow all of the lies and abominable practices taught by this authority will be appropriately judged for their spreading of a false Gospel about a false Jesus leading to a false salvation. Until then, this false authority will continue to attack and undermine the true Gospel of salvation and those who have come to Christ through it.