Your implication is that THAT pre-denominational church is what became the Catholic church...And that doesn't make any sense...
As the article clearly points out, your church disagrees with the bible in so many places, how could it possibly be the 'original' church???
"As the article clearly points out, your church disagrees with the bible in so many places, how could it possibly be the 'original' church???"
I'm sorry that Rome has blurred Orthodoxy to the point that many in the west know no difference.
"Your implication is that THAT pre-denominational church is what became the Catholic church...And that doesn't make any sense..."
That's like claiming that because the Gnostics that Paul battled thought of themselves as the church that they were really the church. Paul dealt with a few heretics, but as the centuries unfolded, evil confronted the real church on many fronts. Each one wants to be known as the real church, but that does not make it so. Orthodoxy simply means "right worship" and it is the original church regardless of what others may claim; history proves this out.
While Rome and all Protestant churches change Liturgy (Mass, Service, or whatever they call it today) as often as one would a table cloth, the Orthodox church still holds 4 Liturgies from the early church.
In Jerusalem one can find the Orthodox church holding the Liturgy of St James, written by none other than St James as given to him by the Lord (although many will again argue that it wasn't penned until many centuries later which is true but that's the beauty of holy traditions that never change). Imagine that, a Liturgy or service given by the Lord Himself as He wants to be worshipped. Not a minister changing the pattern of the service as he sees fit or a vatican council searching for the latest Peter, Paul, and Mary band to attract the masses. Our newest Liturgy is actually the 4th in a series of shortened versions of St James (the Church really does have compassion for those that could not stand for hours). I can fly to Mt Athos Greece and walk into a Liturgy that was performed by Paul, Peter, and countless thousands of others over the centuries and know exactly where in the worship I am. And how are the Liturgies of Orthodoxy, just read from Isaiah or Revelation to see that it is no different than the angelic host worship God...for God does not change as man changes...but God is the same yesterday, today, and forever more.