Bible Question:
First let me say I am not attempting to defend the Catholic Church in any fashion, shape or form. My question. Since the Catholic Church grew out of the first century church and later was felt to be in need of reformation, what and when do you feel was the first error that entered the church? Was that error ever dealt with at a later time and what was the result? Second question Without going through all of Luther's points what was the biggest problem and when did it manifest itself within the church? |
Bible Answer: The RC church had it's birth when a group of men accepted the sanction of the Roman empire to make Christianity the official state religion in 325 AD. The true church testified that the only place any had with GOD was to repent and take Jesus Christ as Lord. The Roman empire in no way shape or form did this, and yet she entered into a unsanctioned relationship with this new group claiming to be a church, the Roman Catholic church. Most Genuine believers rejected this arraingement preffering rather to remain true to Jesus and suffer persecution. Much later the Roman church iniated this persecution because believers would not acknowledge her authority in the faith of Jesus. The main bone of contention spiritually for Luther was the with holding of scripture from the common man by the RC church. In political matters it was the sanctioned practice charging money to help one fare better in the after life which Luther could not abide. |