Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox

When Israel separated from Judah, was Israel any less Hebrew? I think the schism of Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic is like that. Israel, Ephraim and Judah. Certainly, Israel went off and served Baal, but there were true saints among them, like Elisha and Elijah who contended Jezebel and Ahab.

I love reading Martyr's Mirror because it takes that subject, saying the church existed in a group called the Waldenses, but they have very detailed accounts of people's martyrdoms, and I see perfect theology in the Catholics--like uncondemnable--but they're in a position of power killing someone they have power over. It highlights the fact---as the same thing happened to Catholics in England in the 1600s--it's not Theology that saves you. It's charity, hope and faith. And I like that book because while it's a little persuaded to a wrong side--you can use postmodern interpretations to remove that thesis--you see pure Christian doctrine, and truly faithful people putting their lives on the line.

It's all about power. And right now, the power is in the Secular Authority, and it's like Rome again, where they're persecuting the WHOLE CHURCH. It's not people with good understanding of the Bible persecuting others with equal understanding, but people who have no idea what the Bible is, and are like Romans who called Christians Cannibals not understanding that wasn't what we were doing. Like people say priests engage in Catamism for God, but that's simply not true. They know it's a sin. It's written right in the New Testament.