[Iscool]

You are saying the Holy Spirit left the Church and it was led astray. You need to rethink your position since you are directly contradicting Holy Scripture!

The Holy Spirit never joined your church...Or any church...The Holy Spirit indwells saved Christians, not churches...

A Christian that will study the bible easily and clearly sees this...

And beyond that, all saved Christians have confirmation from the Spirit itself that these things are true...

[nanetteclaret]

***The Holy Spirit indwells saved Christians, not churches... ***

Saved Christians ARE the Church. Read the Acts of the Apostles for a description of how all those who were saved were called "the Church." Here are a few verses:

"And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." Acts 2:47b

"And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily." Acts 16:5

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood." Acts 20:28

[MarkBsnr]

The Holy Spirit never joined your church...Or any church...The Holy Spirit indwells saved Christians, not churches... A Christian that will study the bible easily and clearly sees this... And beyond that, all saved Christians have confirmation from the Spirit itself that these things are true...

How does this confirmation from the Spirit get transmitted to the saved? How can I - the unsaved according to the anti-Catholic crowd - tell? Or is this a Gnostic development?