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| 35. When the apostles planted the pure New Testament Message in the hearts of men, it produced only Christians. (P.12, #34) |
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| 36. All the early Christians were members of the same New Testament church. (P.12, #34) |
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| 37. Preachers, priests and rabbis can and often do teach false doctrines. (P.12, #35) |
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| 38. There are no exceptions to God's law of reproduction in the plant kingdom. (P.13, #37) |
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| 39. Every seed must bring forth its kind in the fleshly kingdom. (P.13, #38) |
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| 40. The seed of the Kingdom, God's Word, will bring forth only Christians, united in Christ. (P.13, #39) |
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| 41. This pure seed cannot bring forth differing denominations. (P.13, #39) |
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| 42. Within the New Testament itself we find numerous prophecies concerning a general falling away from God and His word. (P.13, #40) |
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| 43. The first major change was made in the manner in which the local churches worshiped God. (P.14, #41) |
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| 44. According to the Bible each local church was to be governed by a group of men known as "elders" or "bishops". (P.14, #43) |
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| 45. The elders are authorized by the Lord to watch over members of the church with love and tenderness. (P.14, #43) |
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| 46. According to God's pattern one elder is never to be exalted above any of the others. (P.14, #43) |
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| 47. In spite of Christ's teaching some bishops soon extended their authority beyond their local church. (P.14, #44) |
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| 48. God authorized the early elders to meet and make laws for the entire church. (P.15, #45) |
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| 49. The church laws enacted by bishops were the doctrines and commandments of Christ. (P.15, #45) |
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| 50. Christ intended for Nicene Creed to be used to govern all Christians. (P.15, #46) |
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| 51. The power to make and bind religious laws upon God's people belongs only to Christ. (P.15, #46) |
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| 52. Constantine was able to sway the Christianity of his day to serve his own purposes. (P.16, #52) |
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| 53. The government of the Roman church was patterned after the old Roman government, not after the New Testament. (P.17, #54) |
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| 54. The title of "pope" was never used or worn by Christ or any of the apostles. (P.17, #54) |
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| 55. God appointed Boniface III as the first pope in 606 A.D. |
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| 56. A separate priesthood which had characterized the jewish religion, was adopted by Roman theologians. (P.18, #58) |
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| 57. The "mass" was instituted by Jesus to take the place of the Lord's Supper. (P.18, #58) |
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| 58. Like the Catholic Church all Protestant Churches came into existence hundreds of years after Jesus had built His church. (P.20, #68) |
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| 59. It doesn't matter to which church we belong so long as we are sincere. (P.22, #73) |
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| 60. Today there is no possibiltiy of belonging to the same church which Christ established long before Catholic and Protestant denominations came into existence. (P.24, #81) |
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