Baptists
General Baptists Founded by John Smyth in 1609 as a Puritan “Seperatist” movement coming out of the Church of England in Lincolnshire. This group then moved to Holland where Smyth along with his colleague Thomas Helwys, chose to be “Baptised” as adults into Christ. Up until this time, the only groups carrying out “credo baptism” […]
Church of Scotland
(Founded 1560 in Scotland by a pupil of John Calvin named John Knox) John Knox was a Catholic Priest that embraced the teachings.of his friend and teacher, the Reformist John Calvin. Constantly engaging the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, in debate, Knox was finally brought to trial whereby the Scottish nobles acquitted him andultimately deposed […]
Swiss Reformed Church
Protestants: Swiss Reformation Protestant (Four Family ‘sub’ groups) – A term used to describe those Christians who sought to “reform” the Roman Catholic church. Contrary to popular misnomer, the word did not arise as a result of “protesting” the Pope or the Roman Catholic church. Rather, the etymology of “Protestant” is tied to a group […]
Moravian Church / Unity of the Brethren
Background Information for the Unity of the Brethren (Unitas Fratrum) The Unity of the Brethren was comprised of followers of the reformer (pre-reformation) named John Hus (c. 1370-1415). Hus was a Czech Catholic priest who was martyred by the Roman Catholic Church for espousing and teaching the same reformation principles of John Wycliffe, in fact, […]
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Background Information for the Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Orthodox denominations – the Oriental Orthodox churches broke off in the earliest of schisms in Church history. Some were Nestorians, others were “monophysites” (a complex understanding of Christology unfairly declared heretical). This family still has a representation of denominations dating back to the third century – Coptic […]
Seventh Day Adventists
Millers remaining followers after the Great Disappointment called themselves “Adventists” and believed that Jesus entered into the “Most Holy Place” for a secret judgement of those in the world who are holy enough to receive His atonement. After he has determined this, he will return very soon though nobody knows the exact date” in 1844. […]
Anglican Church of England
Began as a state issue and not a doctrinal issue, King Henry VIII “seceded” from Roman Papal authority, declaring himself as “Head of Church and State”. The Church of England would endure hardship at the hands of the Roman Catholic Mary Stuart or “Bloody Mary” as she was known, but eventually reformers like Thomas Cranmer, […]
Eastern Orthodox Churches
Background Information for the Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church wasn’t founded in the traditional sense of a Protestant denominationk rather, like the Roman Catholic church, it emerged as a distinct “sect” via the Great Schism of 1054 A.D. The Eastern Orthodox Church is not considered a Protestant Church at all because it existed […]
Who is Jesus? TFS11: Christology – Biblical Jesus Part 2
Who is Jesus? In part 2 of this Christological series, author Andrew Hamilton examines a few heretical views of who Jesus was in Apostolic times and examines the key Scriptures which clearly tell us of Jesus glory before His incarnation, His eternality and virgin birth and sinless incarnation. Part 2 Is Jesus just a “good Prophet” as the Muslims say? Or Michael the Archangel as Jehovah’s Witnesses say? Or one of a million spirit babies from a god who lives on a planet near a star named Kolob as the Mormons say? Or is He God incarnate as the Bible says?
Who is Jesus? TFS10: Christology – Biblical Jesus Part 1
Who is Jesus? Is Jesus just a “good Prophet” as the Muslims say? Or Michael the Archangel as Jehovah’s Witnesses say? Or one of a million spirit babies from a god who lives on a planet near a star named Kolob as the Mormons say? Or is He God incarnate as the Bible says? This week, author Andrew Hamilton examines a few views of who Jesus is and introduces four great Christological passages of Scripture which clearly tell us who Jesus is, who He was before His incarnation, His work and ministry, and His glorification in part 1 of this Christological series.
Christianity – What is a Christian?
What is a Christian? Overview of the Christian faith “What is a Christian?” is the key question that this page will answer. Christianity isn’t a given denomination nor is it a collection of denominations. All of the denominations, listed on our denominations page and chart, emerged from a root form of Christianity whereby they held […]
Christian Podcasts – All Episodes
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