Posted on 01/21/2015 4:47:04 PM PST by RnMomof7
Umm. There is no church of Calvin.
Affirmative sir.
Priest Defending Paganism Placemarker!
There are MANY churches with the name of Calvin or Calvinism in them.
You should see the list of those who were martyred for the Muslim faith. After all, you seem to be saying that if they are martyred for their faith they are correct right?
Frank Viola addressed this in his book, Pagan Christianity a number of years ago.
In my almost 50 year search for “what were the bare, minimal essentials of first century Christians and the first century church”, I long ago discovered that by far a majority of the practices of today’s church (including Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, fundamentalists, Baptists, etc.) have their origins in pagan religions, and what we know and accept as normal today (it’s all we’ve known) would shock Christians of the first century.
Two major examples are a man called a pastor (or priest) who heads a church (just as a CEO heads a company), and a sermon (or homily).
I do know Frank and respect him and agree with most of what he wrote in this book, but contains a superior and critical attitude in addressing these matters that I think takes away from the facts that he is presenting.
I do recommend reading it with that thought in mind, and decide for yourself as to his perspective. His research and documentation is very thorough.
http://www.paganchristianity.org/
Yeah, ah ha, right!!! Who do you really think you are kidding? Some of those prayers have been posted on these forums showing that statement to be fiction.
Your specific claim was that Calvin approved of naming churches after himself. What churches are those?
“are very thorough.” My bad.
There isn't? You mean I have been searching all these years for a good 1st United Church of Calvin, and now you say I should abandon my search? Oh the horrors involved 😄😃😀
No. I did not say that.
In fact, I didn’t SEEM to be saying that, either.
In fact, you made up something idiotic, and then gratuitously attributed it to me. That’s a sleazy, cheap, dishonest mode of “argumentation.”
You seem to be saying that your own head is a cabbage, right?
So then tell us the purpose of posting those links to your so called saints.
I do not think Calvin was a big fan of the Catholic Church.
Not a fan of Rome or the papacy, which is not the same thing.
There are tons of ridiculous Roman Catholic Church names.
Individual churches that bear the name of someone is hardly the same as what you posted.
Oh, for Gods sake. Ever since the early 1500s Calvin has opposed the Catholic Church. But, he had no problem with a church being named after himself.
Nonsense.
This remains so today from personal trinket idols to body parts, to Popes embrassing dolls and Statues.. etc. 'Anything' now can be made into an idol in catholicism and their alters are generally "Loaded" with them and also "shared"....Spiritual Perversion says it well.
Pope kissing the Islamic Koran
Worship of a corpse bone
Pope Kissing a vile of blood
Okay. Did my post said otherwise?
You are correct about the church gatherings today not always duplicating the First Century Church, and some local fellowships are more sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit than are others.
The First Century Churches were not all lasting successes either. Reference: book of Revelation of Jesus Christ.
Not all local congregations have the same strict structure and large heirachy that some large mainline denominational churches do either.
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