Some Church History

If we wish to understand why Christianity is the way it is today and if we wish to avoid making the mistakes others have made in their Christian life, it behooves us to study Church history.  The people listed here had a major impact on the church, some for its good and some for its bad. We will stay away from modern day preachers and teachers, leaving that for another study.

 
Many people today – who think they are in the “right” Church or denomination and who think they are in the “true” Church – don’t realize they are following the erroneous teachings of the leaders of their Church or sect or cult. Most likely, these people have not looked OUTSIDE of their religion for truth about its history, its leaders and its false doctrines and practices. Their leaders may have even told them not to look OUTSIDE or not to trust any information from OUTSIDE of their current religious entity.
 

English Bible Versions Timeline:

• Geneva Bible (1560)
• KJV (1611)
• Revised Version (1881)
• CLICK HERE FOR A LONG LIST OF ENGLISH BIBLE VERSIONS

Significant Confessions, Creeds & Religious Documents:

• Apostle’s Creed
• Nicene Creed (325 AD)
• Waldensian Confessions of Faith – (1120 & 1544)
• Martin Luther’s 95 Theses (1517)
• Diet Of Worms (1521) – Martin Luther on trial for heresy by Catholic Church
• Book of Common Prayer (1549)
• The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1563)
• The Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
• The Five Articles Of The Remonstrants (1610) – the Arminian heresy addressed by the Synod Of Dort
• The Canons Of Dordt (1618)
• Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), click HERE for actual text
• The Larger Catechism Of The Presbyterian Church
• The Shorter Catechism Of The Presbyterian Church
• 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, click HERE for actual text

A Narrower Creed

 

The Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed which are subscribed to by many churches and denominations are so broad in scope that even apostate churches agree with those creeds.  Here is a creed that only the lover’s of God’s sovereignty can agree with:

 

“We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ fully and finally accomplished redemption for all of God’s elect when He died on the cross of Calvary. We believe that when He died as our Substitute under the wrath of God that He fully and finally satisfied Divine justice by paying the sin debt and thereby secured salvation for all for whom He died. We believe that Christ through the Holy Spirit will also succeed in effectually calling and bringing all that He died for with Him into everlasting Glory. We believe that any gospel that robs our Lord of this, HIS glory in the finished, successful, accomplished work of salvation, is another gospel…. which is no gospel at all. Now, there’s the real offense and power of the gospel. Do you believe that?” – Greg Elmquist, Apopka, FL

 

“Narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”[Matthew 7:14]

 
SEE ALSO:

• List Of Heresies
• Puritan & Reformed Books
• History Links at monergism.com
• Memoirs of the Reformers
• Chart of Protestant Reformers
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Martyrs Mirror Historic Engravings (images) Of Persecuted Saints Of The Reformation And Prior
• Martyrs Mirror Book (text to read on-line and/or download)
• Who Were The Puritans?
• What’s The Difference? A Comparison Of The Faiths Men Live
• Difference Between Puritans And Separatists

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