THOUSANDS of churches with different teachings- all CLAIMING to be Christian!
They aren't!
I personally think man made denominationalism has put the chasm between the word of God and the truth as revealed by The Word that is God.
Denominations named after men who invented that traditional dogma for instance is idolatry of a sort. I think it is what keeps the body of Christ at odd's. As it is said in the secular political realm, "a nation divided against itself cannot stand."
What then are the chances of a church, the body of the faithful in Christ as the Bible defines church, divided against itself?
How many times have you heard someone charge a Christian who speaks of a certain scripture with being a dread "Calvinist!" As if that's a wicked thing to be.
How many times have you heard someone find fault with someone of any particular denomination or church?
That's division. Divisiveness. It's a machination of the devil in my view. Man's ego's formulating a dogma, a doctrine, that puts God in a cubed belief set. And as consequence the faithful in allegiance with that belief set so as to "belong" to that particular "church". When God said He cannot be contained by buildings or structures created by man how do such men as John Wesley, John Knox, John Calvin, and of course the RCC itself, explain their responsibility in that division of a people who are to be one in Christ?