Reformation?
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Reformation?
Post #1What led to the reformation and separation of churches eventually? Does any 1 know?
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How about a couple of examples:
Martin Luther objected to certain teachings and practices of the church of his time. He wrote down his arguments, the famous Ninety-Five Theses on the Power of Indulgences and made them known to the church leaders and to the public in in 1517. He was inviting debate and challenging the church to improve. Instead, Pope Leo X asked him to recant. Luther refused at the Diet of Worms in 1521, and the Protestant Reformation began.
In the early 1800's Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell, preached the idea that Christianity should not be divided, Christ intended the creation of one church. They taught that ecclesiastic creeds and human traditions divide Christians so in order to unite Christians, the true church need only practice and teach what the Bible says to practice and teach. Church organization and positions not specifically mentioned in the Bible (Rector, Reverend, Archbishop, etc) were dispensed with. Denominational names (Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Anglican etc) were removed as were denominational hierarchies, synods, presbyteries and the like. As a result, Christians were not more united, but more divided than before with the addition of at least n denominations
Martin Luther objected to certain teachings and practices of the church of his time. He wrote down his arguments, the famous Ninety-Five Theses on the Power of Indulgences and made them known to the church leaders and to the public in in 1517. He was inviting debate and challenging the church to improve. Instead, Pope Leo X asked him to recant. Luther refused at the Diet of Worms in 1521, and the Protestant Reformation began.
In the early 1800's Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell, preached the idea that Christianity should not be divided, Christ intended the creation of one church. They taught that ecclesiastic creeds and human traditions divide Christians so in order to unite Christians, the true church need only practice and teach what the Bible says to practice and teach. Church organization and positions not specifically mentioned in the Bible (Rector, Reverend, Archbishop, etc) were dispensed with. Denominational names (Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Anglican etc) were removed as were denominational hierarchies, synods, presbyteries and the like. As a result, Christians were not more united, but more divided than before with the addition of at least n denominations
- Churches of Christ
- Disciples of Christ
- International Churches of Christ
- Christian Church (which merged with the Congregational Churches in 1931 to form the Congregational Christian Churches. Which later merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church to form the United Church of Christ.)
Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.
First Epistle to the Church of the Thessalonians
The truth will make you free.
Gospel of John
First Epistle to the Church of the Thessalonians
The truth will make you free.
Gospel of John
