[mike182d]

What I find amusing is how the obvious issue is being missed entirely.

Shouldn't the larger issue for the author be that when Protestants research the first thousand years of Christianity, they do not find any trace of their core beliefs?

Wouldn't those closest to Christ, His death, and Resurrection be in a better position to interpret what Christ meant than a man sixteen hundred years after the fact? Or even a contemporary "bible-believing" church two thousand years after the fact?

Why, when Evangelicals search the "ancient" Church, do they find beliefs that contradict their own? If an evangelical "church" is the "true church" of Christ, shouldn't they find validation of their beliefs in the first thousand years of Christianity?

[armydoc]

Shouldn't the larger issue for the author be that when Protestants research the first thousand years of Christianity, they do not find any trace of their core beliefs?

Not so fast:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1903505/posts

[kevinw]

I find validation for my beliefs in the Bible.

[SeaHawkFan]

What I find amusing is how the obvious issue is being missed entirely. Shouldn't the larger issue for the author be that when Protestants research the first thousand years of Christianity, they do not find any trace of their core beliefs?

You've not heard of the Holy Bible; the inspired WORD OF GOD?

[Beloved Levinite]

“Why, when Evangelicals search the “ancient” Church, do they find beliefs that contradict their own? If an evangelical “church” is the “true church” of Christ, shouldn’t they find validation of their beliefs in the first thousand years of Christianity?”

NO! They found validation of their beliefs in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. ie: from the Year One. Period, end of story.