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To: kosta50
Curiously, although it is an undeniable fact that behind every Protestant sect there is a man who established it

There is, indeed, one man - Jesus.

By your logic, one could argue that Roman Catholics see Peter as the founder of Roman Catholicism -- is the Pope not heir to the "Throne of Peter?"

147 posted on 11/16/2006 6:35:39 AM PST by Terabitten (How is there no anger in the words I hear, only love and mercy, erasing every fear" - Rez Band)
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To: Terabitten
Kota: Curiously, although it is an undeniable fact that behind every Protestant sect there is a man who established it

Terabitten: There is, indeed, one man - Jesus

Christ did not establish a sect, but His Church, and He left it to the Apostles and their successors to baptize all nations in the name (of each Person) of the Holy Trinity, and to teach them everything He taught. [Mat 28:19]

Christian Church starts with our Lord, Jesus Christ, on the Pentecost, in the year 33 A.D. Islam is established in the 6th century by a man called Mohammad. Protestant church is born 1,000 years later by a man called Luther. I think the difference is glaringly obvious.

By your logic, one could argue that Roman Catholics see Peter as the founder of Roman Catholicism

Nonsense. Saint Peter is not the founder of Roman Catholicism. The Pope is a successor to +Peter's office as the Bishop of Rome. Luther is a successor to no one's office. His church came out of his mind and his movement. He is the founder of Protestantism, just as Mohammad is the founder of Islam.

148 posted on 11/16/2006 7:49:13 AM PST by kosta50 (Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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