From my understanding of the Episcopalian Church it was founded originally on the whims of Henry VIII. From what we learn of King Henry VIII, we can understand why there might be an underlying spirit of rejection of truth and the moral code written by God’s very Finger.
Evidently, among other things, Henry VIII, king of England married six times, beheaded two of his wives, and in 1534, Henry VIII declared himself supreme head of the Church of England. [1]
Evidently, among other things, Henry VIII, king of England married six times, beheaded two of his wives, and in 1534, Henry VIII declared himself supreme head of the Church of England. [1]
Any rejection of Rome as a bona fide representation of the Lord Jesus Christ is understandable. Tony Perrottet wrote after investigating the Roman Catholic Church’s popes, so many Vicars of Christ have been denounced as the “Worst Pope Ever” that we have to settle for a Top Ten list.[2]
Actually, TONY PERROTTET wrote an article entitled the THE VATICAN HALL OF SHAME after sourcing material from Duffy, Eamon, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, (Yale, 2002); and De Rosa, Peter, Vicars of Christ: the Dark Side of the Papacy (New York, 1988). The following is what he stated regarding not a Henry VIII but Boniface VIII:
After massacring the entire population in the Italian town of Palestrina, Boniface VIII (1294-1303) indulged in ménages with a married woman and her daughter and became renowned through Rome as a shameless pedophile. He famously declared that having sex with young boys was no more a sin than rubbing one hand against the other — which should make him the patron saint of Boston priests today. The poet Dante reserved a place for him in the eighth circle of Hell.
Calvin murdered some 76 people according to one investigator claiming that John Calvin justified killing his theological opponents with the Bible:
In 5 years as magistrate of the Geneva “church-city-state,” Calvin oversaw 58 death sentences and the exile of 76 people. He wasn't the sole decision-maker in those cases, but personal correspondence and city council records betray his extraordinary influence. When Jacques Gruet, a theologian with differing views, placed a letter in Calvin’s pulpit calling him a hypocrite, he was arrested, tortured for a month and beheaded on July 26, 1547. Gruet's own theological book was later found and burned along with his house while his wife was thrown out into the street to watch. [3]
When we consider that the Episcopalian Church is really the same church that was founded by King Henry VIII and hs based its teachings on John Calvin’s (Westminster Confession), one can understand the church’s disregard for the Bible’s teachings. Many people say that this was the spirit of the times. Really?
Evidently, the spirit of the times, today, is to reject the teachings of the Apostles and the Prophets
- This is now the second letter that I have written to you, beloved, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder; that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles. First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions. ( 2 Peter 3:1-3)
There are many observations that bring their own judgment (Romans 1:22-32) and nothing more need to be said really.
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