**Isn’t it ODD that we are considered wrong when Protestantism didn’t come along until the the 16th century? How DID the Catholic Church ever manage to survive AND thrive for 1,500 years without’em?**
LOL! But the Catholic Church flourished in those first 1500 years! Wowsies!
YES! Jesus said it would, without the help of protesting monks and their progeny, that "progeny" being Protestants and their 40,000 different denominations. [Google it. It's what Protestant say about themselves.]
OOooo, am I gonna catch it for mentioning, YET AGAIN, that tiny little detail about non-Catholic Christians. There IS a list of Protestant denominations on the Internet. Check it out.
Here the Roman Catholic Church has been UNITING its denominations throughout the world (Orthodox, etc.) for the last fifty years and Protestants are breaking apart.
I can envision 40,000 MORE different denominations in the next 1,000 years.
Leaders, besides the likes of folks like Dr. EEEEeeeeugen Scott, would be helpful. Synods, Councils and discussions of dogma and moral absolutes would be helpful.
Well, maybe not. Maybe there would just too much argument over what denominations believe...and would split them up even more and sooner.
They [Protestants] SURE would keep the right to divorce-remarry-divorce-remarry-divorce-remarry, much like Henry VIII. Ah, the quest for the "perfect" mate.
Speaking of searching for the "perfect mate."
Elizabeth Taylor was proud to say that she slept ONLY with her husbands.
1 Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton (1950-1951)
Her first marriage, to one of the heirs of the hotelier Conrad Hilton, ended in divorce after less than a year.
2 Michael Wilding (1952-1957)
Marriage number two, to the British film actor, lasted a full five years and gave Taylor two sons, Michael and Christopher.
3 Michael Todd (1957-1958)
Taylor was already pregnant with Todd's daughter, Liza, when they married - but Todd died in a plane crash barely a year later.
4 Eddie Fisher (1959-1964)
Eyebrows raised in Hollywood when Fisher, a singer, divorced the actress Debbie Reynolds to marry Taylor - his best friend's widow.
I remember Debbie Reynold's remark when she divorced shoe magnate Harry Karl: "That's shoe-biz." Lol.
5 Richard Burton (1964-1974 and 1975-1976)
Widely regarded as the tempestuous love of Taylor's life, Burton married (and divorced) her twice - they adopted a daughter, Maria.
6 John Warner (1976-1982)
Taylor went from movie star to politician with her sixth husband, a Republican senator.
7 Larry Fortensky (1991-1996)
Fortensky, a construction worker, became Taylor's seventh and final husband.
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NOTHING and NO ONE perfect except God.