To: kosta50
I am not sure what is the point of your reply, unless you misread/misinterpreted my statement. None of those you mention professed what the Church defined dogmatically as orthodox faith. As far as I know, outside the five patriarchates, no other Church existed. The point is that there have been heresies since the beginning. And I would wager that those who were caught up in those heresies were utterly convinced that they were practicing the orthodox Faith and that the Church had gone off the rails.
32 posted on
05/17/2010 9:32:51 AM PDT by
markomalley
(Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
To: markomalley
The point is that there have been heresies since the beginning. And I would wager that those who were caught up in those heresies were utterly convinced that they were practicing the orthodox Faith and that the Church had gone off the rails Historical facts show that one Church prevailed. There are many people who make Rollex watches, but there is only one genuine Rollex if you know what I mean. You will always have splinter groups vying for legitimacy. That doesn't mean that every pair of zealots or three stooges can claim to be the Church. That's not how things work.
34 posted on
05/17/2010 10:15:38 AM PDT by
kosta50
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