About seven
years ago in my second post on here titled Who do people say that I am?, I wrote the following:
When one looks at the entire Christian community today, one
sees many groups with many different names. Anyone with a bit of knowledge in
church history is aware of what has basically transpired over the past two
thousand years which has resulted in this current status. The beginning of
Church history is found in the book of Acts, but this Church has evolved into
something completely different, today. Why do these differences exist today?
Theology, Theology....
Moreover, I
also wrote the following:
So, we arrive at the present day, and we know that there are
more than 2 billion Christians. About, half of the foregoing are Roman
Catholics (Western Church). In all fairness, the Reformation took place in the
Western Church because the Eastern Church never divided in the same way. The
Eastern Church simply split from the Western back in 1054, and has not really
had a type of a schism like the Reformation within its members. In fact, most
of the groups that have divided come from the Post-Reformation era and more
recent period of Christianity whose members in a sense really come out of the
Roman Catholic Church, although not directly. There is much history to mention,
but the fact is that there is no real unity. So, "who do men say that I
am" may be an easy question to answer in a historical context, but in a
theological context, today, we have many opinions that will not compromise
because somehow most think that they have the absolute answer or truth.
Not much seems to have changed in seven years since I first wrote these thoughts. Of course, I never had high expectations, either. Nevertheless, I will continue posting on this blog. I hope you enjoyed reading these excerpts. Feel free to browse through some of the previous posts, including the one I referenced. Blessings!
