In these times of continued murdering and killing across the world, I feel it’s a very important thing that we make sure that remind ourselves and others that Christendom isn’t Christ. You see, many people in the world today are influenced not by the truth, but by tradition and tv. We repeat words and opinions based on nothing more than assumptions or continued concepts seen on tv or even through actions from our own churches or family. But just because these actions or thoughts exist doesn’t mean that they have a foundation in Christ.
So what is the book definition difference between Christendom and Christianity?
In laymen’s terms, Christendom is the very habit or culture created by the Roman Catholic Church (especially in Nicaea) in which they used to enslave, control, and kill in the name of Christ. This culture included burnings of any person, group, or denomination that didn’t obey their personal theories they created about God and the Church. These same beliefs they got from pagan philosophers that they believed had more respected education and so they took on their knowledge and concepts and mixed them into their belief about God. They used their influence throughout the world to force others into their mixed views and kill in the name of the church or concurred in the name of their Church. They did it so systematically that even now today, the world and tv views Christ followers in the same light as Christendom.
However it is important for us to remember that Christ isn’t Christendom nor is he the Catholic Church. In fact there is scripture that dealt with a similar situation that reveals that many people will say “Lord, Lord have we not done many works in your name”… just like Christendom…and Christ has a response for them….
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’23And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. Matt 7:21-23
You see in the movies Catholic are betrayed as the one that cast out Demons as if they are the only ones who can. They are shown as the ones that represented Christ in the world just like the ones found in Matthew. And yet we see the outcome. We see the false worship of angels and men that the Bible warns us of. We see the outright worship and direct blasphemy of their attempt to make Mary into a god and to worship her as though she has powers and yet the Bible warns us of this, even their own Catholic Bible and yet they boldly stand in defiance of it, knowing full well what it says and they refuses to repent(I’ve had multiple priest and catholic worshipers directly confirm this with pride). They don’t care what the Bible says, they will not stop because they think that they have the right to do it because they claim to Love God.
So when you take on this understanding about who they are and what they stand for and place this up against other denominations, you clearly see what we call Christianity isn’t their Christendom and yet the world and many other people assume we are all the same but we are not. Christ didn’t care about any governments or political parties. He remained separate from this and gave us this example for us to follow. We just have to learn to see the world and its ways through the eyes of Christ and let go of our pride to want to be involved in the chaos of this world and its governments. We need more focus on the Kingdom of God not the Kingdom of Men. In this direction will we find the true Christianity or Christ Followers.
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