Correct, and gnosticism adopted Christ ... which is why you have the gnostic gospels, such as St. Thomas. Gnosticism was a big threat to first and second century Christianity.
H. -----Original Message----- From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:37 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) Gnosticism was around in B.C. so it can't be derived from Catholicism. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm As far as I know, Martin Luther was the very first Protestant and later on the Church of England was founded due to King Henry VIII. Of course, I'm no scholar :-) Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > Actually, you have gnosticism waaaay back in the beginning as well. I think > they're considered a herecy rather than a branch but... > > At 01:00 PM 12/18/01, you wrote: > >Catholicism was first. Then, Martin Luther started the first "Protestant" > >church in Germany (called Protestant because he was > >protesting some of the tenets of the Catholic religion and the Pope, in > >particular). So, the first Protestants were Luhterans. > > > >Howie > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:58 PM > >Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > > > > > Or is Christianity and Episcopalian both forms of Catholicism? Honest... > > > which did come first? > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
