THE HISTORY THE HISTORY

OF THE OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH CATHOLIC CHURCH
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WITH
EVANGELICAL
UNITED
BRETHREN
1968
UNITED
METHODIST
1958
UNITED
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
IN U.S.
1920
N. PRESB.
CHURCH
IN U.S.
1784
METHODIST
EPISCOPAL
1739
METHODISM
1830
METHODIST
PROTESTANT
c.1880
HOLINESS
1865
SALVATION
ARMY
1534
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
(ANGLICAN & EPISCOPAL)
c.1517
LUTHERANISM
1526
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
1054
GREEK ORTHODOX
1536
REFORMED
CHURCHES
c.1536
CALVINISM
1628
REFORMED
CHURCH
IN AMERICA
1857
CHRISTIAN
REFORMED
CHURCH
1858
UNITED
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF
N. AMERICA
c.1560
PRESBYTERIAN
1830
DISCIPLES
OF CHRIST
1906
CHRISTIAN
CHURCHES
1906
CHURCH
OF
CHRIST
1609
BAPTIST
1845
SOUTHERN
BAPTIST
CONV.
1845
NORTHERN
BAPTIST
CONV.
1820
ADVENTIST
1860
SEVENTH
DAY
ADVENTIST
1901
PENTECOSTAL
1914
ASSEMBLIES
OF GOD
1560
CONGREGATIONALISTS
1649
REL SOCIETY
OF FRIENDS
(QUAKERS)
c.1690
AMISH
c.1536
MENNONITES
c.1521
ANABAPTISTS
c.1520
RADICAL SECTS
POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE CHART
The straight line from the time of Jesus Christ down to today
points out several truths:
1. The History of the Catholic Church started with Jesus Christ
and continues straight through to today.
2. The Catholic Churchs teaching on the Eucharist being truly
the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ goes
straight back to the Last Supper.
3. The Catholic Churchs practice of praying for the dead, and
consequently the existence of Purgatory, goes straight back to
what the Christians in the early centuries of the Church did -
and what the Jews did before Christianity.
4. The Catholic Churchs practice of honoring Mary goes back
to the time of Jesus Christ. Jesus obeyed all the Commandments,
including the 4th, Honor Thy Father and Mother. He honored her,
and the Catholic Church has always done so, and continues to.
5. The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, has authority over all the
other Bishops of the world.
6. When other churches broke away from the Catholic Church,
they also changed the teaching. Some churches changed it in a
few ways, whereas other churches changed it in many ways.
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JESUS CHRIST FOUNDED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
34
JUDIAZERS
125
GNOSTICS
156
MONTANISTS
251
NOVATIANS
312
DONATISTS
425
NESTORIANS
to present
657
PAULICANS
1150
CATHARI
1170
WALDENSES
present
244
MANICHEANS
1160
ALBIGENSES