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Correct. It went off course by merging with the Roman Empire.

Then I can assume the Greek Orthodox are worshiping correctly and the heresies of the Romans have NOT influenced them

Therefore, to worship differently than they do would not be correct, therefore according to history, the LDS organization is wrong.

Nice sophistry, except for one little problem. No where in the Bible have men "Reformed" God's church. He Restores truth, knowledge and authority or it stays lost.

Was the Greek Orthodox restored by a prophet called of God? or was the Greek Orthodox Church split off by a man or men who were "Reforming" the Roman Catholic church?

If the Roman Catholic church ever lost the authority to act in God's name, the Church would have to be restored from God. That is one of the strengths of the Mormon position. It's either us or them, the rest of the protestants don't have a prayer (sorry, couldn't resist the bad pun)

Hey, If you can't take the Pun-isment, don't read the posts!

Was the Greek Orthodox restored by a prophet called of God? or was the Greek Orthodox Church split off by a man or men who were "Reforming" the Roman Catholic church?

Neither one, according to them. They say the Romans split off from them.

Both the Mormons and the fundamentalist Protestants err by believing that the Church founded by Christ can apostatize, and then many of them err further by blaming that supposed apostasy on the Roman empire under Constantine.

Problem: neither the Armenians, nor the Chaldean Church of Iraq, nor the "Mar Thoma" Christians of India, nor the Ethiopians were ever under Constantine or any other Roman Emperor. All of them claim to have been, and probably were, founded in the Apostolic era.

None of them are remotely like Mormonism or fundamentalist Protestantism. However, they do all bear a significant resemblence to Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. (Many of the Chaldeans and "Mar Thoma" Christians are today in communion with the Pope of Rome.)

Let God be true, and both Martin Luther and Joseph Smith be liars.