When Jesus Christ was on the earth, He set up a church. In Matthew 16:16 Jesus explains to Peter how he will build His church upon the rock of revelation.
18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
In Ephesians 2:20, Paul explains how the church is set up.
19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
This is how the basics of the church is set up. Overtime the Jews became angry with Christ. They rejected Him and His teachings. They would crucify Him. Later they would come after His apostles. Eventually leading to no priesthood authority on the earth. Leading to what would later be known as the dark ages.
325 A.D. Emperor Constantine, ruler of Rome at the time saw these people arguing of what Christ taught. Debating of who God really is, how ordinances such as baptism should be performed. He set up a group of men who voted for these different doctrines. To be known as the Nicene Creed. In years to come, other creeds would be created.Things became very corrupt. Many people changed the church for their own benefit.
Paul speaks of this in 2 Timothy 4:3-4.
3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
People saw that these things were wrong, such as Martin Luther. He nailed 95 theses to the door of the church explaining what was corrupt. Such theses included paying money for forgiveness of sins. William Tyndale translating the Bible in english so that the common man could read it.
Many other people, inspired by God, reformed the church as best as they could. These men would be paving a path that would bring the Church of Jesus Christ back onto the earth again.
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