“Christ never abandoned his faithful, the RCC chose to go with its own version of events rather than the Scripture.”
If what you say is correct, that the Catholic Church isn’t the ‘one true church’, than Christ did in fact abandon his people for 1500 years until the Protestant Reformation.
Ben,
The Vatican came up with its doctrine of purgatory at the councils of Florence and Trent. Why then? Why wasn’t the teaching of purgatory being done from the beginning of the church? “but now once in the end of the world hath he (Jesus) appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” Hebrews 9:26 Jesus himself paid the price for our salvation with his precious blood.
There is only one holy Christian church. We cannot see it, but this assembly brings together everyone who has faith in Jesus Christ as Savior.
The true church includes people from many denominations, even Catholic. But it is not exclusive to Catholics.