[DannyTN]

I don't know enough about the groups to say whether they held heretical ideas or not. I've just always heard that there were always groups outside of the Catholic church that studied the scriptures for themselves. And these ranged from organized groups to individuals and hermits.

Indeed, if you read the book of the Martyrs, you read about communities that were persecuted by Rome because they were reading and studying the scriptures for themselves.

I think there have always been Christians both outside and inside of the Roman Catholics.

And it is really not surprising that the protestants split as corrupt as the church had become at the time. It was Rome that had left the Gospel, not the Protestants that left the church.

[B Knotts]

I cannot deny that there were corrupt actions taking place in the Catholic Church at the time; much of it was caused by clergy acting in the secular roles they often had.

And I am glad to see the Southern Baptists take action in this case, BTW. Someone who is going to be a pastor should at least subscribe to the basic beliefs of the church or denomination they supposedly belong to.

We are all sinners, but we also must repent of our sins.