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If the Reformation was actually based upon a cohesive set of doctrines there would be ONE Protestant Church.

Why?

The Christian churches of the Apostolic era were not a centralized hierarchy and Christianity spread like wildfire. I think there is a good argument that the more centralized Christianity has become the more it's declined. The fastest growing Christian churches in our southern hemisphere are Pentecostal and Baptist. They are both decentralized in structure.

[wagglebee]

The Christian churches of the Apostolic era were not a centralized hierarchy and Christianity spread like wildfire.

You're right and then there were a series of Church councils which addressed the various heresies.

The fastest growing Christian churches in our southern hemisphere are Pentecostal and Baptist.

Mormonism is growing at an incredible rate, rate of growth does not necessarily equal truth.

[Quix]

Why?

The Christian churches of the Apostolic era were not a centralized hierarchy and Christianity spread like wildfire. I think there is a good argument that the more centralized Christianity has become the more it’s declined. The fastest growing Christian churches in our southern hemisphere are Pentecostal and Baptist. They are both decentralized in structure.

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INDEED TO THE MAX.

THX.

[Judith Anne]

Well, this is the northern hemisphere. What are the fastest growing churches in the northern hemisphere? What is your denomination?