That’s it. An individual that believes different than the Church of Jesus Christ teaches does not follow Him.
We on this side of things do not, for a microsecond, believe that the 400 year-johnny-come-lately theological political power mongers in Rome founded THE Church that Jesus founded--at all. The solid historically accurate evidence indicates wholesale otherwise.
Jesus Himself said that those WHO LOVED HIM, WHO DID THE WILL OF THE FATHER were His disciples. That slices through a lot of the walls of the RC edifice 144 ways to Sunday and beyond. The New Testament is clear about those who believe that Jesus came in the flesh . . . etc. are in concorde with Holy Spirit. . . .
Given
HOLY SPIRIT ENLIVENED SIGNS FOLLOWING
MANY OTHER CLUSTERS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE JESUS EARNESTLY AS FULLY AS THEY KNOW HOW . . .
God seems to disagree with that perspective.
I'll trust God's judgment in the matter over that of the RC magicsterical any day, week, month, year, decade, century, millenium.
***We on this side of things do not, for a microsecond, believe that the 400 year-johnny-come-lately theological political power mongers in Rome founded THE Church that Jesus founded—at all. ***
That is your prerogative. Since we were around at Pentecost and all the heretics were successfully combated until the Reformers threw their hats into the ring, we have the perspective of the ages, and, since we were there from the beginning, we have the advantage of having been started by Him.
***MANY OTHER CLUSTERS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE JESUS EARNESTLY AS FULLY AS THEY KNOW HOW . . . ***
That’s it. As fully as they know how. Turning your back on the Church of Jesus is a really strange way to try to love Jesus more fully.