Search results

Scattered few congregations that remained after the persecution....

As you say "Martin Luther's beliefs changed" as he was trying to understand what scripture said, but he clearly saw how the doctrine of the immortal soul the RCC has allowed in was incorrect and brought errors into the church.

Well, I think the Waldensians would like to have a say in that, but they were wiped out, and the Huguenots in France, and Jews in Spain, etc........and Martin Luther had to disguise himself and be on the run and get kidnapped, and England had a whole armada sent against it. I guess they were...

Let me disagree with your statement "never prevented any other denomination to have their own form or authority." You are very mistaken, look up the history of the Waldenseans, the St Thomas Christians, even Martin Luther, or just look up the Inquistition, it was destruction and persecution not...

Here is another study on Martin Luther's view on the state of the dead...."A careful analysis of Martin Luther’s writings reveals more than 300 instances where he rebuts the medieval view of the soul, substituting in its place an undeniable "soul sleep" (psychopannychism). Indeed, all the...

But the real issue that is being set aside is why the believers/churches of the Reformation still are following the changes it claims it had the authority to make, that is at the heart of the matter. If you look in scripture, you see the apostle Paul, in his second letter to the Thessalonians...

Well, they can go to the Vatican at Rome and see if the 'saints' are of wood and stone, and then explain how they are not 'idols', and we can go from there... 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

So what happened to the other Christian centers and leadership.......seems like they all got left behind and none have been able to match the rise and influence of the 'bishop of Rome'.

I think that is the issue, but he clearly was against the idea of a immortal soul. Here I found something..."On November 29, 1520, Luther published a defense of the forty-one propositions that had been condemned by the bull Exsurge Domini, of June 15. This he titled Assertion of All the Articles...

The Admin moved it here just for that purpose...

I am looking at Martin Luther as I have come across what history shows, and it seems he was bringing together the passages from scripture and declare what it attests. He was coming to a understanding on the state of the dead, and striving to show what he found in Gods word and refute what was...

Then why follow its changes to what God set forth, its plain to see what they did.

No, its on who do we obey, God or man.

So then lets go to the next question which is why does anyone follow its dictates on what it says it has the authority to change, and claims that this is what Christians have to follow. Here are some statements which show who churches are following and its not the Bible: "Protestants ...

Thanks.

And does he have the authority to change times and laws of God? Lets see what is claimed: "Not the Creator of Universe, in Genesis 2:1-3,-but the Catholic Church can claim the honor of having granted man a pause to his work every seven days." (S. C. Mosna, Storia della Domenica, 1969, pp...

In his encyclical, "The Reunion of Christendom" (1885), Pope Leo XIII stated that the pope holds "upon this earth the place of God Almighty." In the Catechism, can be found the following: "The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth...by divine right the pope has supreme and full power in...

Here is from the Lutherans... "The resurrection of the dead is one of the neglected portions of the Apostles’ Creed. Even though we recite it often, indeed, every day, many people only think of the interim state when they think of heaven. Unfortunately, by doing so they are missing out on the...

No, it clearly says what the OP is on. Christ said directly that we would be resurrected over and over... Luke 20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Luke 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed...

So if they are the words of Christ directly, then are they 'unorthodox'? John 5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.