Total Apostasy
When speaking to non-Catholic Christians, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons and Muslims, the discussion will often turn to “The Great Apostasy”. All these groups believe, to varying degrees, that there was a massive departure from “real” Christianity in the Early Church and the Faith was lost.
Fortunately, a little knowledge of Scripture and Early Church history can rebut this assertion and this should be in the arsenal of every Catholic. With this in mind, I’d invite you to go and read the fantastic post by Brantly Millegan over at “Young, Evangelical and Catholic”:
And, unfortunately, many Protestants buy into some form of this “apostasy” tripe. Realizing that the Church Fathers certainly weren’t Evangelicals, they accept the notion that when Constantine legalized Christianity, the real Christians went underground. Of course, those quotes from St. Ignatius in 100 A.D. are awkward….
Hey, thanks for the link
You’re welcome. Thanks for writing it so I didn’t have to! Happy birthday 🙂