Transcription of The History of the Catholic Church
1 THE History THE History OF THE OF THE Catholic CHURCHCATHOLIC CHURCH1002003004005006007008009001000110 012001300140015001600170018001900 WITHEVANGELICALUNITEDBRETHREN1968 UNITEDMETHODIST1958 UNITED PRESBYTERIANCHURCHIN OF ENGLAND(ANGLICAN & EPISCOPAL) AMERICA1857 CHRISTIANREFORMEDCHURCH1858 UNITEDPRESBYTERIANCHURCH OFN. GOD1560 CONGREGATIONALISTS1649 REL SOCIETYOF FRIENDS(QUAKERS) SECTSPOINTS OF INTEREST ON THE CHARTThe straight line from the time of Jesus Christ down to todaypoints out several truths:1. The History of the Catholic Church started with Jesus Christand continues straight through to The Catholic Church s teaching on the Eucharist being trulythe Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ goes straight back to the Last The Catholic Church s practice of praying for the dead, andconsequently the existence of Purgatory, goes straight back towhat the Christians in the early centuries of the Church did -and what the Jews did before The Catholic Church s practice of honoring Mary goes backto the time of Jesus Christ.
2 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 The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, has authority over all the other Bishops of the 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 33 JESUS CHRIST FOUNDED THE Catholic CHURCH34 JUDIAZERS125 GNOSTICS156 MONTANISTS251 NOVATIANS312 DONATISTS425 NESTORIANSto present657 PAULICANS1150 CATHARI1170 WALDENSES present244 MANICHEANS1160 ALBIGENSES
