Nowadays the Anglican Church is
described by the Pentecost movement churches as lukewarm and they don’t like
the way we worship GOD. So why is there
the Anglican Church anyway? Why did GOD
or more specifically JESUS CHRIST bring
this Church into being? To know about this you have to dig a little deep into
the Bible.
In the Old Testament GOD said
in Genesis 11:6 "If as one
people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they
plan to do will be impossible for them".
In
the New Testament JESUS CHRIST said in Matthew
24:15 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a
testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. “
GOD didn’t want mankind to self
destruct and cause disarray until the opportune time can to redeem them. So he scattered
then into different regions with different languages. Now for GOD’s kingdom to spread that means GOD’s words, (The Bible) has to be translated into
these languages.
Read
the following facts and you will know why each Christian denomination is there…
and what role it has performed in shaping Christianity.
After CHRIST being taken into
heaven the Nazarene sect comprising of around
70 people started spreading Christianity as per JESUS
CHRIST Command.
The Bible was canonized by the 4th
century
The roman emperor Constantine help spread Christianity
and subsequently the Roman Catholics converted the cannon(Bible) to Latin.
It was the protestant moment undertaken by Martin Luther
that helped the Bible to be translated from Latin
to other languages. Until the protestant moment it was mandatory for the Bible
to be read in Latin.
The following graphs show the protestant moment.
The five protestant moment groups that split from Roman
Catholics is shown in the below graph
Although the Anglican moment
started as a way that Henry VII could divorce his wife which was prohibited
under the Roman Catholic the years that followed tugged the Church of England
far from the Roman Catholic Roots and into the protestant.
The conquest of various European
powers into the land of Asia, Africa, Americas and Australia helped Christianity
spread. Not only did it spread, The Bible was also translated into different
languages so that people speaking different languages could know his word.
So thats why we have a lot of Christian
denomination each one has its own purpose. To summarize
- JESUS CHRIST said that the gospel had to be preached to the whole word because it was GOD who scattered men by confusing their language when they tried to rebel against GOD by building the tower of Babel.
- The Romans killed JESUS CHRIST and in the fourth century Roman Emperor Constantine was the one who revived Christianity and helped it grow.
- For the gospel to be preached to the whole world the scripture which was preserved in Latin language had to be converted to other languages which was possible because only because of Protestant denomination of Christianity
- Each denomination of Christianity had a purpose. The Catholics preserved the bible for many centuries especially during the dark times of Christianity and the Protestants spread the word all over the world.
- When Christ came the Roman kingdom controlled parts of all three continents which later allowed the apostles to spread the gospel easily.
So remember whatever be you
denomination we are members of Christ body and be proud to be a Christian. JESUS CHRIST will look into your heart and not
love you based on what denomination you are.
PRAISE THE LORD
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