The Founders Of Your Faith
We live in a country where most people believe in Christ. In fact the U.S.A. is called a "Christian Nation". But the "Christians" (?) are so divided and the divisions increase, but most are not at all concerned about discussing the causes of division, believing that "we are all alright, for we are all going to the same place. " If the average "church member" were asked: When did your church begin? he/she could not tell. Earlier this year Ann Landers had a column with the above heading which is very informative. (Note: Mrs Landers is Catholic, so she asserts that the Roman Catholic was started by Jesus in 33 A.D. Other than that, she tells it like it is.. Read on.
The founders of your faith
by Ann Landers
Dear Readers: Do you have any idea when your religion was founded and by whom? If you are not interested in the subject, skip today's column and go directly to the horoscope or crossword puzzle. I found the following fascinating:
If you are a member of the Jewish faith, your religion was founded by Abraham 4,000 years ago.
If you are Hindu, your religion developed in India around 1,500 B.C.
If you are a Buddhist your religion split from Hinduism, and was founded by Buddha, Prince Siddhartha Gautama of India, about 500 B.C.
If you are Eastern Orthodox your sect separated from Roman Catholicism around the year 1000.
If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, ex-monk in the Catholic Church, in 1517.
If you belong to the Church of England (Anglican), your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded when John Knox brought the teachings of John Calvin to Scotland in the year 1560.
If you are Unitarian, your religious group developed in Europe in the 1500's.
If you are a Congregationalist, your religion branched off from Puritanism in the early 1600's in England.
If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1607.
If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
If your are an Episcopalian, your religion was brought over from England, to the American colonies and formed a separate religion founded by Samuel Seabury in 1789.
If you are a Mormon (Latter-day Saints), Joseph Smith started your church in Palmyra, N.Y., not Salt Lake City, which would have been my guess. The year was 1830.
If you worship with the Salvation Army (yes, it's a religious group, not just an organization that collects money in kettles on Christmas and serves dinners to the homeless), your religion began with William Booth in London in 1865.
If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year your religion was founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
If you are a Jehovah's Witness, your religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in Pennsylvania in the 1870's.
If you are Pentecostal, your religion was started in the United States in 1901.
If you are an agnostic, you profess an uncertainty or a skepticism about the existence of God or a Higher Being.
If you are an atheist, you do not believe in the existence of God or any other higher power. This country's best-known theist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, has not been seen or heard from in more than a year. According to her son, she has disappeared without a trace.
Church of Christ
I thought it interesting that the one church of which we read in the New Testament was not even mentioned. Jesus said, Upon this rock I will build my church" (Matt.16:18), and Paul the apostle said Christ "purchased it with his own blood" Acts 20:28), that he "gave himself for it" (Eph.25), so surely it belongs to Christ. At least nine times the church is called ,the church (or churches) "of God", for the church belongs to God it is made up of the people of God; and when referring many local churches the apostles Paul calls them "the churches of Christ" (Romans 16:16). But most of the above named religions claim to be "the church of Christ". The Roman Catholic claims to be the "true church" and most of "Protestant Churches" claim that it takes all of the attestant Churches to make up the one true church. The Mormons claim to be "the true church" and they even have - so-called "second testament" of Jesus Christ. But of course - RLDA (Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints) claims to be the right one, and now the Restructured Branch of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints says they are the "true church". And on and on it goes.
All the while the New Testament teaches: "There is one God, one faith and one baptism" just as there is "one God and Father of us all" (Eph.4:4-6). The "one faith" is not my faith, your faith, or the teaching of Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Smyth, Eddy, Booth, Smith or Russell. It is the teaching of Christ, the Son of the living God. Why can't we all just go back to that faith? This is our plea.
--Billy Moore
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The founders of your faith
by Ann Landers
Dear Readers: Do you have any idea when your religion was founded and by whom? If you are not interested in the subject, skip today's column and go directly to the horoscope or crossword puzzle. I found the following fascinating:
If you are a member of the Jewish faith, your religion was founded by Abraham 4,000 years ago.
If you are Hindu, your religion developed in India around 1,500 B.C.
If you are a Buddhist your religion split from Hinduism, and was founded by Buddha, Prince Siddhartha Gautama of India, about 500 B.C.
If you are Eastern Orthodox your sect separated from Roman Catholicism around the year 1000.
If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, ex-monk in the Catholic Church, in 1517.
If you belong to the Church of England (Anglican), your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded when John Knox brought the teachings of John Calvin to Scotland in the year 1560.
If you are Unitarian, your religious group developed in Europe in the 1500's.
If you are a Congregationalist, your religion branched off from Puritanism in the early 1600's in England.
If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1607.
If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
If your are an Episcopalian, your religion was brought over from England, to the American colonies and formed a separate religion founded by Samuel Seabury in 1789.
If you are a Mormon (Latter-day Saints), Joseph Smith started your church in Palmyra, N.Y., not Salt Lake City, which would have been my guess. The year was 1830.
If you worship with the Salvation Army (yes, it's a religious group, not just an organization that collects money in kettles on Christmas and serves dinners to the homeless), your religion began with William Booth in London in 1865.
If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year your religion was founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
If you are a Jehovah's Witness, your religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in Pennsylvania in the 1870's.
If you are Pentecostal, your religion was started in the United States in 1901.
If you are an agnostic, you profess an uncertainty or a skepticism about the existence of God or a Higher Being.
If you are an atheist, you do not believe in the existence of God or any other higher power. This country's best-known theist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, has not been seen or heard from in more than a year. According to her son, she has disappeared without a trace.
Church of Christ
I thought it interesting that the one church of which we read in the New Testament was not even mentioned. Jesus said, Upon this rock I will build my church" (Matt.16:18), and Paul the apostle said Christ "purchased it with his own blood" Acts 20:28), that he "gave himself for it" (Eph.25), so surely it belongs to Christ. At least nine times the church is called ,the church (or churches) "of God", for the church belongs to God it is made up of the people of God; and when referring many local churches the apostles Paul calls them "the churches of Christ" (Romans 16:16). But most of the above named religions claim to be "the church of Christ". The Roman Catholic claims to be the "true church" and most of "Protestant Churches" claim that it takes all of the attestant Churches to make up the one true church. The Mormons claim to be "the true church" and they even have - so-called "second testament" of Jesus Christ. But of course - RLDA (Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints) claims to be the right one, and now the Restructured Branch of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints says they are the "true church". And on and on it goes.
All the while the New Testament teaches: "There is one God, one faith and one baptism" just as there is "one God and Father of us all" (Eph.4:4-6). The "one faith" is not my faith, your faith, or the teaching of Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Smyth, Eddy, Booth, Smith or Russell. It is the teaching of Christ, the Son of the living God. Why can't we all just go back to that faith? This is our plea.
--Billy Moore
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Last Updated October 13, 1997 by Bob Cleek
If you are a member of the Jewish faith, your religion was founded by Abraham 4,000 years ago.
If you are Hindu, your religion developed in India around 1,500 B.C.
If you are a Buddhist your religion split from Hinduism, and was founded by Buddha, Prince Siddhartha Gautama of India, about 500 B.C.
If you are Eastern Orthodox your sect separated from Roman Catholicism around the year 1000.
If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, ex-monk in the Catholic Church, in 1517.
If you belong to the Church of England (Anglican), your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded when John Knox brought the teachings of John Calvin to Scotland in the year 1560.
If you are Unitarian, your religious group developed in Europe in the 1500's.
If you are a Congregationalist, your religion branched off from Puritanism in the early 1600's in England.
If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1607.
If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
If your are an Episcopalian, your religion was brought over from England, to the American colonies and formed a separate religion founded by Samuel Seabury in 1789.
If you are a Mormon (Latter-day Saints), Joseph Smith started your church in Palmyra, N.Y., not Salt Lake City, which would have been my guess. The year was 1830.
If you worship with the Salvation Army (yes, it's a religious group, not just an organization that collects money in kettles on Christmas and serves dinners to the homeless), your religion began with William Booth in London in 1865.
If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year your religion was founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
If you are a Jehovah's Witness, your religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in Pennsylvania in the 1870's.
If you are Pentecostal, your religion was started in the United States in 1901.
If you are an agnostic, you profess an uncertainty or a skepticism about the existence of God or a Higher Being.
If you are an atheist, you do not believe in the existence of God or any other higher power. This country's best-known theist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, has not been seen or heard from in more than a year. According to her son, she has disappeared without a trace.
Church of Christ
I thought it interesting that the one church of which we read in the New Testament was not even mentioned. Jesus said, Upon this rock I will build my church" (Matt.16:18), and Paul the apostle said Christ "purchased it with his own blood" Acts 20:28), that he "gave himself for it" (Eph.25), so surely it belongs to Christ. At least nine times the church is called ,the church (or churches) "of God", for the church belongs to God it is made up of the people of God; and when referring many local churches the apostles Paul calls them "the churches of Christ" (Romans 16:16). But most of the above named religions claim to be "the church of Christ". The Roman Catholic claims to be the "true church" and most of "Protestant Churches" claim that it takes all of the attestant Churches to make up the one true church. The Mormons claim to be "the true church" and they even have - so-called "second testament" of Jesus Christ. But of course - RLDA (Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints) claims to be the right one, and now the Restructured Branch of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints says they are the "true church". And on and on it goes.
All the while the New Testament teaches: "There is one God, one faith and one baptism" just as there is "one God and Father of us all" (Eph.4:4-6). The "one faith" is not my faith, your faith, or the teaching of Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Smyth, Eddy, Booth, Smith or Russell. It is the teaching of Christ, the Son of the living God. Why can't we all just go back to that faith? This is our plea.
--Billy Moore
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Last Updated October 13, 1997 by Bob Cleek
All the while the New Testament teaches: "There is one God, one faith and one baptism" just as there is "one God and Father of us all" (Eph.4:4-6). The "one faith" is not my faith, your faith, or the teaching of Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Smyth, Eddy, Booth, Smith or Russell. It is the teaching of Christ, the Son of the living God. Why can't we all just go back to that faith? This is our plea.
--Billy Moore
Return to Table of Contents
Last Updated October 13, 1997 by Bob Cleek
Return to Table of Contents
Last Updated October 13, 1997 by Bob Cleek