Say it ain't so!. Can't be. There was no schism until Luther. Catholics say so!!!
>>As then we have this gem of “Bible-Christian” “theology” that God gave each one in his heart to interpret the scripture.<<
Sometimes when Catholics make statements it makes them look really ill equipped to be discussing anything in scripture. 1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him.
Now who was it again that said that?
>>This is the stuff for kindergartners<<
You may want to check with who inspired John to write those words before making stupid comments like that.
>>Eminent theologians simply laugh this stuff off as truly an “absolutely clueless thing to say.”<<
So much for your "eminent theologians. I'll take the Holy Spirit's words through John.
Yes, there were several hundred sects some as small as two or three people. In the face of persecution there were innumerable splinter groups. Perhaps a class in Bible history would help. This is what happens when Bible Christians suddenly find themselves in the deep end of the pool of theological inquiry.
We had the Arian heresy and schism of AD 343, and many more following the collapse of the western Roman Empire in A.D. 476
“There was no schism until Luther” This is risible nonsense and ignores the Great Schism of 1054.
Finally, you offer: “I’ll take the Holy Spirit’s words through John.” This is what Joel Osteen, Billy Graham and Jim Jones said too. And in any event why take it selectively and ignore John: 6:53
“Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you.”
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