First, there were Christians. Catholic means "universal" as in the Universal Church. The Nicean Creed speaks of one "catholic church" (notice the lower case C).
Around 300 AD, you had your first Pope (at least as we know a Pope today). Some time after that, you had the Eastern Orthodox break off from the Church in Rome. Then you had Martin Luther in Germany at the end of the Dark Ages, who started the Reformation, which brought us Protestant churches (as in "protest"). Henry VIII started the Church of England because the Pope wouldn't let him get a divorce. Over time, Protestants broke off into many different churches (some call them sects). Among protestants, you have Mainline churches (Episcopalian, for example, and Methodists), Fundamentalist (most Baptists), and Evangelicals (Nazarene, Wesleyan, etc.) The main schism between fundamentalists and evangelicals is that fundamentalist believe the Bible is the literal, word-for-word Word of God. Evangelicals believe the Bible is divinely inspired (not literal), and while inerrant, is open to interpretation. The Bible teaches that all who profess Christ are part of the same Body, the same Church. H. -----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) Or is Christianity and Episcopalian both forms of Catholicism? Honest... which did come first? At 11:02 AM 12/18/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Episcopalian and Catholicism are both forms of Christianity. As well as >the different varieties of Baptist, Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, >Etc. > >Michael Corrigan >Programmer >Endora Digital Solutions >www.endoradigital.com >630/942-5211 x-134 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nathan Stanford > To: CF-Community > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:46 AM > Subject: RE: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > George Washington > Religion: Episcopalian > http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/gwashington.html > > You can see the others here... > http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > There is not law or clause in the Constitution that states only >Christians > can run. > > Washington and Jefferson were both Deists, but that is still pretty >close > to Christianity. > > Kennedy was Catholic, which a lot of people had a problem with. > > At 04:27 PM 12/18/2001 +0000, you wrote: > >Can an American citizen (not you yet Phil) confirm that the President >MUST > >be a Christian (i.e. is it a part of the constitution)? Has the US >ever had > >a non-Christian president? > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=cold_fusiona Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
