Four Church Movements
As scholars study Church history without bias, they discover a lot of variety in the early church. It is common now to discuss Christianities rather than Christianity. That diversity is still with us today. Let me paint a broad brush and divide Christianity into four general movements: Protestant, Catholic. Orthodox, and Gnostic. And then let me characterize each by their central distinctive and characteristic. This results in the following” Protestants are Bible-Centered Catholics are Church-Centered Orthodox are Tradition-Centered Gnostics are God-Centered Gnostic Christians are God-centered because the personal knowledge of God is central. Gnostic Christians are also God-centered because God is the authority for them. The God of gnostics still gives revelation, still guides, still inspires, and still guides his children. The Protestant God is confined to the Bible. God speaks only through the Scriptures. The Catholic God is confined to the Church, by which they mean the Pop