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To: realpatriot71
Come on now, be nice. Most Christians are Catholic or Orthodox, and there is very much of merit in these works and many others that the CATHOLICS, remember, failed to choose out for their "New Testament," 1100 years before the first Protestant ever lived.
153 posted on 02/11/2004 2:00:56 PM PST by Chris Talk (What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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To: Chris Talk
Come on now, be nice. Most Christians are Catholic or Orthodox, and there is very much of merit in these works and many others that the CATHOLICS, remember, failed to choose out for their "New Testament," 1100 years before the first Protestant ever lived.

I'm being unkind by telling the truth? The Roman Catholic Church has really only existed, as it is currently known today, since 538 AD, when the RCC took control of Rome and much of the Roman empire. The church in Rome corrupted Christianity by the accepting of man's apostate/pagan traditions over Biblical based principles described in the Bible, which was defined before the RCC's claim to the sole authority on "christianity". The RCC during the time of its greatest power, restricted the the Scripture, and changed the definition of of Scripture, saying that scripture can only be interpreted by the Church. RED FLAG!

The RCC does NOT define Christian Canon, no matter what they claim. The RCC defines "catholic canon". Because of the supression of the Word of the Lord for so many years, and the generaly illiteracy of the times, that the true Christian Canon did not materialize again in a form that the common people couild read until Luther and the reformation. So, the fact that RCC held onto these beliefs years and years before the Protestant Reformation, has no bearing on the correctness of said belief.

164 posted on 02/11/2004 2:29:58 PM PST by realpatriot71 (It's time to build a freakin' wall!)
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To: Chris Talk
NOT SO.

MOST CHRISTIANS according to statistics the last several years

ARE PENTECOSTAL PROTESTANT.

Consider, for example, Brazil, China etc.

Besides, these varieties of Christian seem to be typically more earnest and authentic than those of a list of other categories.

There are lots of 'Christians'-in-name-only.
439 posted on 02/12/2004 12:27:07 PM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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