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You have far more commonality with the Apostolic Church than with those posters.

It's the RCC that stands on the wrong side of the Cross. All these churches you keep referencing don't add to The Gospel.

It's the RCC that stands on the wrong side of the Cross. All these churches you keep referencing don't add to The Gospel

AMEN, William. That is the final test. And Rome fails that test.

"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you." -- Deuteronomy 4:2

"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." -- Galatians 1:6-12

I found this excellent site -- CREATIONISTS.ORG -- which references CALVIN'S COMMENTARY ON GALATIANS Gal. 1:6-9 here...

"Thus, in our own times, the Papists, choosing to have a divided and mangled Christ, have none, and are therefore “removed from Christ.” They are full of superstitions, which are directly at variance with the nature of Christ. Let it be carefully observed, that we are removed from Christ, when we fall into those views which are inconsistent with his mediatorial office; for light can have no fellowship with darkness.
On the same principle, he calls it another gospel, that is, a gospel different from the true one. And yet the false apostles professed that they preached the gospel of Christ; but, mingling with it their own inventions, by which its principal efficacy was destroyed, they held a false, corrupt, and spurious gospel. By using the present tense, (“ye are removed”) he appears to say that they were only in the act of failing. As if he had said, “I do not yet say that ye have been removed; for then it would be more difficult to return to the right path. But now, at the critical moment, do not advance a single step, but instantly retreat...”

No one can say they weren't warned.

Nah, God's grace protects The Church, as it has protected us for 2000 years, since the teachings of Christ passed down by His Apostles.

In those 2000 years we've seen off many heresies, from Arians to Montanists to Marcionites and now the first gen Protestant groupings die out. The 3rd generation Baptist grouping was started in the 1600s, so it may stick around for about another century or so before it too dies out, while the 5th and 6th gen Protestant groups like the OPC, BPC etc. seem to have shorter lives and die out quicker.