and please state your religion.
2007-09-13 01:53:08 · 15 answers · asked by Perceptive 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Grobek, ponder more, you're almost right. ALMOST.
2007-09-13 01:58:13 · update #1
I'm a Catholic, so I'm in the church that Jesus established.
The word "Catholic" means universal. Jesus created one universal church for all of mankind. The Catholic Church was established by Jesus with his words spoken in Matthew 16. Jesus asked his disciples "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
The disciples then offered various answers - "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." But the question that Jesus then asked was crucial: "But who do YOU say that I am?"
The answer provided by Simon Peter set in motion the formation of the Catholic Church by Jesus. "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." With this answer, Jesus established the Catholic Church with Simon Peter designated the first Pope.
"Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
33 A.D.
Roman Catholic Church (moved to Rome by Peter after he fled Jerusalem) was founded by God-the-Son, Jesus.
1517
Lutheran Church was founded by Martin Luther, a former priest of the Roman Catholic Church. This marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
1560
The Presbyterian denomination was begun by John Knox who was dissatisfied with Anglicanism.
1608
The Baptist church was launched by John Smyth in Amsterdam, Holland.
1744
The Methodist church was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England.
1822
Mormons founded by Joseph Smith, who made his appearance with supposed revelations in 1822.
The Seventh-Day Adventists, the Church of Christ, The Church of the Nazarene, or any of the various Pentecostal Churches, etc. are also among the hundreds of new churches founded by men within the past 150 years or so.
2007
Over 33,000 sects "Scattered" Outside The One Church Founded By Christ!
2007-09-13 02:31:44 · answer #1 · answered by The Raven † 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christian
Member of the Churches of Christ.
The Church of Christ believes that it is practicing the same as in the 1st Century from the Day of Pentacost (Acts 2) when the Church was first established. Its goal is to follow only the Bible and accept no man-made creeds or "modernizations" to the Christian religion. However, the Churches of Christ really only date back to the 1700's when Alexander Cambell made a "restoration movement" in the U.S. This means that he was "restoring" the way the church was in the times of the 1st Christians. Some people believe that the Church of Christ is the same church that was meeting in the 1st Century, but then had to go in hiding because the Catholic Church forbid other sects for such a long time. I have found very little evidence to support this, but it could be true I guess.
So, in other words. Christ founded my church. But, it's really up to you to decide what that even means.
2007-09-13 02:00:30 · answer #2 · answered by Matt 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i grew to become into continually under the impression that the jap Church broke off by way of fact the end results of the Pope. As a Roman Catholic, i've got continually discovered considering i grew to become right into a newborn that interior the form there grew to become into no Roman Catholic Church to attend i ought to flow to an jap Church and meet the comparable responsibilities. So particular on your question, however the jap Church does not regard the Pope by way of fact the pinnacle of their church. Make experience? in simple terms extra human beings interior the background of mankind looking yet differently on a thank you to not get alongside with one yet another. don't get me incorrect. there have been undesirable Popes and the Crusades, etc. etc. etc. The Church is run by capacity of human beings and can and have made many errors, yet many threw the toddler out with the bathwater.
2016-10-10 12:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by nicklow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ founded one church, which was called the Catholic Church as early as 100 AD by Ignatius of Antioc. The Protestant and non-denominational churches either split from the Catholic church or were started by someone long after Jesus Christ ascended into heaven. Historically, they were NOT founded by Jesus Christ though they may truthfull say that they follow Jesus Christ and may righfully be said to be members of the Church, though not in full communion with the Catholic Church.
As the Catechism of teh Catholic Church puts it:
"The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter." Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church."
2007-09-13 02:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
St. Peter
Catholics
2007-09-13 01:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by The Boy Next Door 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Christ founded His Church.
Member of the Universial Church.
2007-09-13 02:01:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Same answer as 2 minutes ago mate Jesus Christ.
I am a Christian.
2007-09-13 01:57:15 · answer #7 · answered by ozchristianguy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Christ
Catholic
Read this:
http://www.catholic.com/library/Pillar.asp
2007-09-13 01:56:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Anton Szandor LaVey
Church of Satan
2007-09-13 02:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Taoist. Lao Tzu, and it's not really a church.
2007-09-13 02:00:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋