We learn from History. What is History? The deadly effects of Protestantism.
North Africa was the most prosperous part of the Roman Empire. The Catholic Church had spread across North Africa.
anti-Catholics attacked! Armed forces were directed to destroy The Church Jesus had Spoken Into Being with His Word:
“And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.”
Persecution continued from Nero to Diocletian. Faithful Catholics faced death, torture, jail, slavery, and property confiscation. Some gave in to that great pressure.
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Then, The Catholic Miracle! In 313 AD, Constantine made it legal to be Catholic!
The Catholic Question of the day?
“Could those who renounced The Catholic Church be forgiven?”
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The Catholic Church decided. “Those who sincerely repent their forced rejection of The Church may Confess their sin. They may receive Absolution.”
Self-righteous people were outraged!
“That sin cannot be forgiven! The Catholic Church is wrong to think God could forgive those traitors!”
That self-righteousness led them to become Donatists. Soon, every Catholic parish and Diocese in North Africa had two groups of people fighting with each other!
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Donatists ordained their own priests and bishops. They built their own churches, cemeteries, rites, and hierarchies.
Endless arguments divided families, cities, and most of North Africa.
The richest part of The Roman Empire became Terminally Confused.
~Next~
The Vandals were a powerful people in Spain. They realized: “North Africa is divided! We can conquer! Loot! Sell those people into slavery!”
Their invasion began in 429 AD.
Catholics and Donatist Protestants spent their energy fighting with each other. They could not defend themselves. The Vandals took over.
Catholics and Donatists suffered the fate of all conquered people. They were looted, killed, and enslaved.
~Then~
Two hundred years later, Muslims realized The Vandals had become weakened by division. In 639 AD, they began moving across North Africa from Egypt. They seized, looted, and enslaved those nations.
~After That!~
Muslims saw another opportunity! They realized that Protestants in Spain had undermined The Catholic Church!
“Look! Spanish Catholics are weakened by Arian Protestants! We can conquer, loot, and enslave them, too!”
They started doing that in 711 AD.
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History shows what happens to every nation separated from The Body and Blood of Jesus!
What is History? The deadly effects of Protestantism.
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