> HOW OLD IS YOUR CHURCH?
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> If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an
> ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517.
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> 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 remarry.
>
> If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in
> Scotland in the year 1560.
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> 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.
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> 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 1744.
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> If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus Lindley founded your church in London in
> 1774.
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> If you are a Mormon (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion
> in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1829.
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> If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who
> launched it in Amsterdam in 1605.
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> If you are of the Dutch Reformed church, you recognize Michaelis Jones as
> founder, because he originated your religion in New York in 1628.
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> If you are a member of the Churches of Christ your church began near the
> beginning of the 19th century in New England. Abner Jones, Barton Stone and
> Alexander Campbell were some of the most well known originators of your
> religion.
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> If you worship with the Salvation Army, your sect began with William Booth
> in London in 1865.
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> 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," "Jehovah's Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new
> sects founded by men within the past century.
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> If you are Roman Catholic, you know that your religion was founded in the
> year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son of God, and it is still the same Church.
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