Christian Heresies of the
Seventeenth Century:
Baptists:
1605 - John Smith in England. In America, They are
called "Baptists" because of their doctrine concerning "Baptism": Called an
"ordinance", they reject "infant baptism", consider only baptism by immersion as
valid, to persons who can decide to receive it, and can feel the personal
experience of being "born again". "Separation of church and state". (see
Anabaptists, 16th century). (Zwingli).
Roger Williams founded the first Baptist church in Providence
in 1639 Comprise the largest of all American Protestant denominations,
with 37 million members, in 30 bodies. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist, as
well as Billy Graham and Jessy Jackson.
Protestant Denominations
Rosicrucians:
1610
- Traces its roots to the Egypt before Christ... and all the groups claim to
be founded by "Christian Rosenkreutz" who is a character of the
"Fama Fraternitatis"
novel
written by the
German Lutheran Johann V. Andreae in 1610... but he never existed!...
in 1617, Andreae published an article stating that the "Fama" was a novel, a
satire, without any basis in real life, affirmation he sustained until the
moment of his death... and he believed that the teachings of Rosicrucianism were
false and that the history of the movement was dotted with legends and
fabrications...
Rosicrucianism is the religion "by correspondence"...
and of lies!... claiming to be
"dedicated to the investigation, study, and practice of natural and spiritual
laws", anchored in "Egypt", with many occult and Hindu practices, and the basic
beliefs of pantheism and reincarnation, with some Masonic rituals.
About the
Bible, all is
lies!: They say "the Bible is the regulator of life, the end of all true study,
the compendium of the Universal World"... but to say that the God of the Bible
does not exist, he is the "Supreme Intelligence", a form of "pure energy", but
"not a person", just "a number endowed with motion"... they don't distinguish
between God and creation, everything is God!...
Rosicrucians
Episcopalians:
1620- S. Seabury (Henry VIII), founded in the
American colonies, is part of the Anglican Communion,
regards the Archbishop of Canterbury as the "First among Equals"
Protestant Denominations
Quakers, Society of Friends:
1654- George Fox, a shoemaker, in England.
He believed every man to have an "inner light" which was his only guide.
They are called "Quakers", because in the first days of enthusiasm they
"trembled" in their assemblies, but they resent that name... their organization
is not called a church but the "Society of Friends". In their "meetings", there
is no pulpit nor songs, they just sit down and wait in silence for the Spirit to
move them.
Protestant Denominations
Universalists:
Samuel Gorton, a New England mystic, who aired his views as
early as 1636. The belief did not receive definite organization, however until
1750, when James Relly organized a Universalist church in London. They deny the
divinity of Christ; believe in the universal salvation of all; deny the
Sacraments; free-will; good works, and the doctrine of the Trinity.
Cults
Jansenists:
Jansenism was probably the single most divisive issue
within the Roman Catholic church between the Protestant Reformation and the
French Revolution.
Founded by Cornelius Jansenius, Holland, Bishop of Ypres. He
lived and died a member of the Catholic Church, but it was from his writings,
published after his death, that Jansenism took its rise.
Predestination was accepted in an extreme form and was so essential to Jansenism
that its adherents were even referred to as Calvinists by their opponents. It
came into conflict with the church for its predestination doscftrines and for
its discouragement of frequent communion for the faithful.
Jansenism took root in France, especially among the clergy
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