God knows your heart. But, the doctrine you have been publishing is not christian see my other posts.
A serious error in your post is the so-called 44,000 denominations it is based on a very faulty source.
It is based on World Christian Encyclopedia (Barrett, Kurian, and Johnson; Oxford University Press).
The author has a very loose definition of denomination.
"'Denominations. A denomination is defined in this Encyclopedia as an organized aggregate of worship centers or congregations of similar ecclesiastical tradition within a specific country; i.e. as an organized Christian church or tradition or religious group or community of believers, within a specific country, whose component congregations and members are called by the same denominational name in different areas, regarding themselves as one autonomous Christian church distinct from other denominations, churches and traditions. As defined here, world Christianity consists of 6 major ecclesiastico-cultural blocs, divided into 300 major ecclesiastical traditions, composed of over 33,000 distinct denominations in 238 countries, these denominations themselves being composed of over 3,400,000 worship centers, churches or congregations.' (Barrett et al, volume 1, page 16, Table 1-5, emphasis added)
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http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm
This faulty sources says in effect that there are 242 separate Catholic denominations. We know that there is only one Catholic denomination. It is counting the catholic church in 238 counties as separate denominations. I do not know how it adds 4 more to get 242.
Please start a new thread about what is a Christian.
A serious error in your post is the so-called 44,000 denominations it is based on a very faulty source.
It is based on World Christian Encyclopedia (Barrett, Kurian, and Johnson; Oxford University Press).
The author has a very loose definition of denomination.
"'Denominations. A denomination is defined in this Encyclopedia as an organized aggregate of worship centers or congregations of similar ecclesiastical tradition within a specific country; i.e. as an organized Christian church or tradition or religious group or community of believers, within a specific country, whose component congregations and members are called by the same denominational name in different areas, regarding themselves as one autonomous Christian church distinct from other denominations, churches and traditions. As defined here, world Christianity consists of 6 major ecclesiastico-cultural blocs, divided into 300 major ecclesiastical traditions, composed of over 33,000 distinct denominations in 238 countries, these denominations themselves being composed of over 3,400,000 worship centers, churches or congregations.' (Barrett et al, volume 1, page 16, Table 1-5, emphasis added)
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- Roman Catholics (242)
http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm
This faulty sources says in effect that there are 242 separate Catholic denominations. We know that there is only one Catholic denomination. It is counting the catholic church in 238 counties as separate denominations. I do not know how it adds 4 more to get 242.
Please start a new thread about what is a Christian.
