“No one said God caused the schism....”
No, Protestants did.
“man did as man departed from the Truth.”
Yes, Protestants departed from the truth.
“The whole concept of indulgences for example.”
Nope. Protestantism was invented by men. Jesus founded the Catholic Church.
Christ founded the ekklesia. The ekklesia is the body of believers. It's not an institution as the rcc.
There is no mention of the roman catholic church nor any example of the practices of Rome (worship of mary, indulgences, etc) in the early church.
Finally, we see the root of your beliefs ... conflation of the religious institutions with THE Ekklesia / Body of Believers in Jesus. Catholiciism is not Christianity, no matter how often you shout or insult or condescend otherwise in defending your institution.
**Jesus founded the Catholic Church.**
The church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone.
None of the afore mentioned EVER used the phrase ‘God the Son’.
None of them (including the Son of God), while living this mortal life, ever prayed to someone that had died.
So, it’s just as well you chose not to answer my question about hearing my prayer after your hypothetical decease, since you would have probably given an unscriptural, or twisted scripture, answer.
Those organizations that claim that the partaking of the ‘mass’ gives one eternal life, need to decide how many times the ritual needs to be followed. Once isn’t enough? Why not?
IIRC Peter doesn’t even bring up the subject at the household of Cornelius, or in either of his epistles.
Now come on, man up, here is a question, that you can give an easy, either/or answer to:
Which are you?......
Free Republic the vladimir998.....or.....vladimir998 of Free Republic?
(hmmm.....maybe both are good answers when using common core)