If you are a
Lutheran, your
religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic
Church, in the year 1517.
If you belong to
the Church of England,
your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534, because
the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to re-marry.
If you are a
Presbyterian, your
religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.
If you are a
Protestant Episcopalian,
your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England, founded by
Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.
If you are a
Congregationalist,
your religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.
If you are a
Methodist, your
religion was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in the year
1744.
If you are a
Unitarian, your
religion was founded by Theophilus Lindley in London in the year 1774.
If you are a
Mormon (Latter
Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, New York in
the year 1829.
If you are a
Baptist, you owe
the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who originated it in
Amsterdam in the year 1606.
If you are of the
Dutch Reformed church,
you recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, as he originated your
religion in New York in the year 1628.
If you worship
with the Salvation Army,
your sect began with William Booth in London in the year 1865.
If you are a
Christian Scientist,
you look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born, and to
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.
If you belong to one of the religious
organizations known as "Church of the Nazarene", "Pentecostal Gospel",
"Holiness Church",
"Pilgrim Holiness Church", "Church of God in Christ" or "Jehovah's
Witnesses", your religion is
among the literally hundreds of new
sects founded by men within the past one hundred years.
If you are a member
of the Catholic Church;
if
you attend the Divine Liturgy
and receive the Sacraments according
to the time-honored, unchangeable rites of Holy Mother Church, your Church--the One
True Church-- was
founded in the year 33 by Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and has
remained
unchanged until this very day.
