Aside from the formation of an institution, many innovations were introduced. Once any man or group of men lift themselves up as authority figures with the final authority reserved for the Pope, we can expect many human inventions. Further, it makes little difference what the Bible teaches to a man who claims apostolic succession. Worse…
In the absence of the apostles, the church began to drift toward the organizational patterns of the surrounding culture. Part of this influence came from Judaism and the Synagogues, but the most damaging influence came from Roman imperialism. We believe these influenced the existence of the “church” as we know it today and it offers…
While exposing developments about things the Bible had forewarned, and proposing that “the church organization” is the product of men who “drew away disciples after them,” it is not the purpose of this writing to stereotype everyone led away by that apostasy as having evil motives. Further, no one should question the sincerity of men…
An observation from the apostolic predictions of apostasy leaves a suspicion in the claims of Greek Orthodoxy and Catholics who claim that the church tradition has been flawlessly followed through the centuries. It opens up the possibility that their old tradition, which historically follows the apostles’ teaching in time, is the product of that apostasy. …