There Is No Such Thing as Christianity

In the earthly life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, He started a Church and ministry. This would later, through the proselytizing of the Apostles, spread throughout the Middle East, Europe and eventually the world - adopting bishops, priests, a Mass and Saints. It has survived various heresy scandals throughout the years and has made itself known to all men. This is what is known as the Catholic Church.

In the last 500 years, we've had people not recognize that and create denominations - people splitting from the Catholic Church. That's a problem.

Not only is that heresy, but it's created false hope. It's created false hope that heresy and schism unites the people under the guise of Christianity.

I say there is no such thing as Christianity because there is no such thing as Christianity. "Christianity" is a mangled, sordid amalgamation of 33,000 different, (radically different if you count some others) beliefs and creeds and positions over a vast spectrum, many of them being unable to reconcile more than a critical belief in the Divinity of Jesus Christ, and even then you will have some sects interpret THAT differently.

They disagree on everything - the Lord's Supper/Eucharist, how or if to give credence to the Mother of God as a sinner or someone without sin or what, how to interpret Scripture, the infallibility of Scripture and even the nature of baptism. Credobaptists, for example, baptize when the believer professes Christ as Lord. Paedobaptism professes this when the party is an infant.

That's just a smattering among thousands among THOUSANDS of differing beliefs and ways and ideas that have amalgamated into something convoluted. I say again, there is no such thing as Christianity. There IS a Christian faith if you so choose to identify yourself as that. That is to say, Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, etc. are all part of the basic Christian fold - at least recognizing the Divinity of Christ and the Holy Trinity in Three Persons as a key belief. Someone who is a Christian professes the basic Christian idea that Jesus is Lord.

But for now, identify with a denomination. Do not call yourself Christian.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.