Protestantism VS. Roman Church

"The Roman Church evolved the concept (little by little) that the

freedom of members to be individuals, to judge, to decide, to choose, and to have freedom of conscience, was a dangerous and evil thing for the unity and tranquility of the church. It is easy to see that if the pope were in God’s place, he would have taken steps to prevent the rebellion in heaven in the first place. 

He would not have been as “foolish” as God, but would have taken steps to insure that creatures did not have a “power akin to that of the Creator.” 

The noontide of the Papacy was the midnight of the world.

When the human spirit was robbed of its individuality by the Roman system, mankind ceased to advance. The creative instinct of the human spirit was killed. 

Christendom was welded together in the great feudal society of the Dark Ages. 

Protestantism, on the other hand, insisted on restoring that right to every member of the body of Christ. Is not this a risky thing for the church to do? Yes, it is! Look at all the divisions that arose among Protestantism! 

Yet Protestantism, while recognizing that many will misuse the right of every believer to be a priest, maintains that such basic freedom is the principle of heaven.

Hebrews 8:11 They shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest. 

From the pen of Inspiration, we read the following: Education, p. 17: Every human being, created in the image of God, is endowed with a power akin to that of the Creator,—individuality, power to think and to do...It is the work of true education [which is the gospel] to develop this power."

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