“But the reformation revolution certainly served as proof that Christianity could carry on quite well outside of the official modern Roman Catholic organization......”
Well, we know Christianity can “carry on”, but with new congregations popping up every month with each minister interpreting the bible as he/she likes, I would not characterize the “carrying on” as ‘quite well’.
Well, we know Christianity can “carry on”, but with new congregations popping up every month with each minister interpreting the bible as he/she likes, I would not characterize the “carrying on” as ‘quite well’.
The RCC has "infallibly" defined twelve or so verses. Congratulations
There’s the good, the bad, and the ugly in the evangelical world, but that’s very true for Roman Catholic congregations as dotted all over this earth.
And the most serious Christians largely agree with one another (something that C. S. Lewis also noted) across denominational boundaries (yes even involving Roman Catholic devouts); many denominational-specific hang ups tend to fall away. This is evidence that no it isn’t self centered interpretation that is going on, but the Holy Spirit, and the differences remaining are due to human imperfections.