So Jesus, The Second person of the Holy Trinity, created a Church and yet made no provision for it to last longer than the life of his apostles? What about all the deacons and bishops appointed by the apostles which are recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and Paul's letters? What about Jesus telling Peter that upon Peter he was building his Church, "and the gates of hell would not prevail against it?"
Jesus created HIS Church, not a denomination.
NO ONE denomination has the right to claim to be the only believers.
So Jesus, The Second person of the Holy Trinity, created a Church and yet made no provision for it to last longer than the life of his apostles? What about all the deacons and bishops appointed by the apostles which are recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and Paul's letters? What about Jesus telling Peter that upon Peter he was building his Church, "and the gates of hell would not prevail against it?"
Excellent points. I might add, are we to believe then, that after Jesus came for our salvation, the Church started by him lay in ruins after John's death for some 1400 years or so until one man, a mere mortal, unlike the divine and human Jesus promised to us for centuries, came along 'resurrected' it from the ruins and 'reformed' it?