APOSTOLIC CHURCH HISTORY
I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18).
Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Savior of the body (Ephesians 5:23).
It would be good to review the list of those attending the first church service ever
recorded. In the book of Acts we see that people were there from every nation. The Lord planned
this special meeting so His Word could be taken back to every nation. Most Christians are only
familiar with other Church services as recorded in the Bible. Undoubtedly church services were
being held at many other places that we have no Biblical record of. There are many records
available for large Acts 2 Christian Organizations throughout every century. It has always been
hard for me to believe that the Lord died only for the first century and the last century. The gates
of hell has never prevailed against His church.
"
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devoted men out of every nation under heaven." Acts 2:5 Parthians, and Medes,
and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in
Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear
them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God (Acts 2:9-11).
Think of the eyewitness story they had to tell when they went back home. Has this
important passage slipped by without analyzing the potential explosive evangelistic tool that the
Lord set in motion?
In this study I want to address the following question. Has the church been alive and well
since the day of Pentecost? Did the church die, or lay dormant during the so-called "dark ages?"
Was the Azusa Street and the Topeka, Kansas outpouring of the Spirit the first recorded in
America? Why is there not more Apostolic Christian history available?
The church has suffered many setbacks but the worst have consistently been when men
went outside the Word of God to operate it. That is what happened in the Garden of Eden. That is
what is happening today by dogmas of men. The Holy Scripture is all we need.
Historians and Theologians have omitted the true church from history by deliberately
destroying historical documents and by their biased and prejudice teachings. However, after
much research of the TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST I have found the following inspiring
information. The church, that the Holy Spirit started on the day of Pentecost, has never died,
never been weak, but has been alive and well on planet earth for the last 2000 years just like
Jesus said it would be.
Both historians and religionists smeared, named called, bad-mouthed, and libeled
Apostolic One God Christians. Therefore, we cannot rely upon history as pertaining to religious
qualities of non-Catholics. Why? Because Bible believers were defamed by the writers of
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religious history that hated the Apostolic message. American religious history books are full of
such slander.
The slander and religionists smearing of the Apostolic Church is the way investigators
were able to discover the true church during each century. All that researchers had to do was look
at those groups that the Catholic Church were against. Who and what were these HERETICS?
They were surprised to find that almost all of them were Jesus Name Pentecostals. These so
called
Heretics used many organizational names, throughout the centuries as we will discover in this
study. Such names as Donatist, Samosatene, Celtic Christianity, Albigensians, Anabaptist,
Cathari
Mani, Noetus, Priscillianism, Sabellians, are just a few of the Jesus Name Organizations that
have
been alive and well since the Day of Pentecost.
The following is a brief report of the church during each century since the Day of
Pentecost. I first list the Apostolic Church, then just below in each time period I list the Catholic
system. Note the Catholic information is italics.
This study is by no means an attack on the Catholic Church. However, it is a factual
testimony of how man made rules overruled God's commands. This led to a great persecution and
slaughter, of Jesus Named people, by the Catholic system. Historical references are listed after
each quote, with author and page number of the quote. The name of the books can be found in
the Bibliography at the end of this study.
AD 33-100
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AD 34 Phillip baptized the Ethiopian. This new convert took the Acts message to North
Africa and started North African Christianity. This message spread through all of Africa. (A.
Neander,pp.71,79,132,424) It never perished.
ƒ AD 46-50 Paue, et.al., evangelized Asia Minor and lower Europe. (Acts 15:14)
ƒ AD 51 Paul preached on Mars Hill at Athens, Greece. (Acts 17:22)
ƒ AD 50-60 Apostle Thomas indoctrinated Malabar, India with Acts 2:38 doctrine. (A.S. Atiya,
pp. 53,261)
ƒ AD 66-90 THEY WENT OUT FROM US, because they were not of us. (1 John 2:19;Jude 1-
3). Most were apostate Greeks who had been seethed in Platonism, polytheism, mythology
and philosophy. Some could never understand monotheism.
ƒ AD 90 CATHOLIC CHURCH starts. TRINITARIANISM invented. (L. Paine, pp.86,287). It
was derived from Plato's celestial arithmetic. (L. Hogben, p.266). Tertullian twisted Plato's
TIMAEUS into his "TRINITAS." Here started the Trinity.
AD 100-200
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The Acts water baptism continued. (A. Neander,p.301) Tongues speaking continued. (W.
Horton, pp. 71-75,150). They preached the Apostolic One God message. (Blunt, p. 440).
ƒ AD 96-100 Apostle John died. He had carried on for Paul and evangelized the Roman world,
Armenia, Malabar, Saxony, and Glastonbury.
ƒ AD 117 Celtic missionaries spread Acts 2 over Western Europe. (A. Neander,p.49). Gospel
preached in China. (Langer,p.537). Apostolics had Bibles. (Blunt,p.127).
ƒ AD 157 MONTANISM amplified. (Blunt,pp.338,440). Montanist were One God tongue
talkers, Acts 2 Christians. Montanist were also called SABELLIANISM. (Blunt,
PP.340,440). Montanism was alive as late as 1909 in Moravia. R.A. Knox, p.402).
ƒ AD 180 THE NORTH AFRICAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH fought the Catholic system. (A.
Neander,p.132;H.C. Frend, p.91)
ƒ AD 175 Early ideas about purgatory, catechism, and confirmation seeped into Catholicism
which was adopted from the Orphic cult. (Bernstein & Green,p. 78).
ƒ AD 193 Emperor SEPTIMUS SEVERUS forbade any to join Apostolic Christianity or
Judaism! (H. F. Frend,p 91).
AD 200-300
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AD 200 Hundreds of thousands continued Holy Spirit tongues, gifts of the Spirit. This
Apostolic doctrine was in Europe, Eurasia, Asia, including China, and North Africa.
(Heick,p.150;M.T. Kelsey,pp.40,41).
ƒ AD 204 Basilides martyred because he preached Acts 2 message.
ƒ AD 230 TERTULLIAN declared that tongues-speaking Monarchians outnumbered Catholics.
(A. C. Mc Giffert,p.239).
ƒ AD 240 MANI, born in Persia, baptized in Jesus Name, knew glossolalia, and kept the feast
of Pentecost. (Blunt,p.289;J.Laux,p.141).
ƒ AD 275-300 MAMAS and DONATUS came on the theological scene. Donatism was of
Sabellianism. In AD 350 this group had 400 churches. (L. Verduin,pp.30,258). QUOTE: "In
the forms of some of the different sects (Montanist, Donatist, Sabellian, Arian, ect,.) the
Monarchian controversy agitated the church of Rome...during the third century, and in the
fourth, and called for the two great Councils of Nicea and Constantinople." (J.H.
Blunt,P.332).
ƒ AD 217-222 CALLISTUS devised the hail Marys, self-tortures and proclaimed himself:
PONTIFF MAXIMUS. (O.W. Heick,p 101).
ƒ AD 252 The Council of Cartage directed that newborn infants be baptized within 8 days.
(N.C. Eberhardt,p 117).
AD 300-400
The major churches of the...East were of Apostolic origin." (A. S. Atiya)
ƒ AD 320-340 WOLFLEIN (Little Wolf) was one of the greatest Apostolic preachers. He
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translated the GOTHIC BIBLE. He was responsible for baptism of millions of Europeans in
Jesus Name. (H. Daniel-Rops,p.110). After the Nicean Council persecution was more
severely levied against them. Only Apostolic Churches continued. (Neander,p. 126)
ƒ AD 304 Emperor Diocletian killed Jesus Name people. One God Christians were martyred
by Rome. (Martyrs Mirror, p.155).
ƒ AD 313 CONSTANTINE became Emperor of all Rome. AD 325 he held the NICENE
COUNCIL, the start of TRINITARIANISM.
ƒ AD 361 Apostolic churches confiscated by Catholics of Constantinople. We have been duped
into supposing Catholicism was dominant by AD 370. There was but a handful of them in
Africa. (R.A. Knox,p.58).
ƒ AD 390 Emperor Theodosius II killed 7000 Jesus Named Thessalonians. (Wm. Langer,p.129)
AD 400-500
Beyond the reach or Rome in outlying places such as Saxony, Netherlands, Languedoc,
etc., there were whole organizations of Acts 2 Christians. (J.H. Blunt,p. 15).
ƒ AD 502 The majority of people in W. European tribes had been baptized into the Name of
Jesus. (H. Daniel-Rops, p.110)
ƒ AD 540-670 Bede, "English History" p. 148, found one-God people throughout England.
ƒ AD 431 COUNCIL OF EPHESUS (laux. p.154) The popes (199 of them) proclaimed Mary to
be the "MOTHER OF GOD." (E. Fodor, Turkey 1970, p.243).
ƒ CATHOLICS BURN ALLEGED HERETICS! (J.B. Russell, p. 22).
ƒ AD 453 Pentecostal glossolalists martyred by Pope Leo I, some were tongues speaking
Priscillianists. (Roth, p.35).
ƒ AD 476 ROMAN EMPIRE FELL! Rome could no longer lord over other nations. Vain
historians wept and moaned over the fall of corrupt Rome.
ƒ AD 476-1000 THE DARK AGES.
AD 600-700
Christianity was found in several Modalistic Monarchian organizations. These were
generally referred to collectively as: CATHARI.
ƒ AD 610 JESUS NAME WATER BAPTISM (Lambert, p. 62). The Jesus Christ water
baptism was almost the only one in Frisia until AD 689. There were almost no Catholics. (J.
Laux, p. 218).
ƒ NOTE: For 526 years (since AD 37-42) Apostolic Celts in Britain had kept the 14th NISAN
Passover! One God doctrine was the dominant religion by far. (E.T. Thompson, "Through the
Ages, pp. 106-108). The world has been duped into supposing Catholicism was the only
religion there was.
ƒ AD 662 MOSLEMS FOUGHT CATHOLICS. Islamism was strong. Muslims had the KORAN,
their Holy Book. (Bernstein & Green, p. 172). Muslims in Spain were the Moors; and they
protected Jews and other one God Christians from Catholic interest.
ƒ AD 695 Jews were killed in Spain by the Catholics. The adult Jews were martyred in Spain
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by Catholic believers and children of the jews were seized and reared as Catholics! (C. Roth,
p.127).
AD 700-800
Celtic-Gothic (Acts 2) Christianity infiltrate W. Europe. Apostolic Christianity was
throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, from Frisia to China, in massive organizations which had
different names. Montanist, Donatist, Manichee, etc. There could have been more than 40 One
God Apostolic organizations. It is amazing to find so many references concerning ancient One
God Apostolic people and preachers.
ƒ AD 730 Pope Zachary was forced to acknowledge that the Christ baptism was dominant.
(J.B. Russell,pp.172-175)
ƒ AD 717 Moslem armies besieged Constantinople. Moslems mocked at Rome's religious
system and called it idol worship. (Wm. Langer,p. 158). War started. Moslems (Moors)
defeated the Spaniards. This accounts for Catholic-Spanish hate for Moors and Jews. In
1492 Spain regained power and then massed murdered Moors, Jews and Apostolics,
6,000,000 is one figure. (C.Roth,p.123)
ƒ AD 746-748 Great plagues struck. Cholera, diphtheria, struck and killed millions. ("Ency.
Britannica, Vol. 17, Chicago,p.1141).
AD 800-900
The Catholic hierarchy slandered all others as, HERETICS! However, alleged heretics
filled the lands.
ƒ AD 800 Quote: "Donatism (Acts 2) was never absent from the medieval scene. It lasted for
twelve centuries and it maintained the primitive Apostolic message." (L.Verduin, p.35).
ƒ The 9th century had more Apostolics than any other. The following references prove this. (Z.
Oldenbourg, pp. 29,41,255; J.B. Ressell, pp. 5-14, 172-178). During this period the Catholic
system almost suffered total collapse. Apostolic preachers were everywhere. There were
more "false priest" as they were called who had been ordained in the Catholic system.
(Russell, p. 174).
ƒ AD 800 Vain kings like Pepin, Charles Martel, Charlemagne, etc., bowed to popes. (Wm.
Langer, pp.150-155). Huge land grants were handed to the popes.
ƒ Charlemagne conquered and confiscated for the Vatican; he made about 54 military
campaigns against non-Catholic countries, 18 against Saxony alone. (Berstein & Green, p.
200; E.T. Tompson, pp. 120-125). He then forced people into Catholicism.
ƒ AD 858-867 Pope Nicholas admitted that Jesus Name baptism was the valid one! ("Enc.
Britannica, 11th ed., Vol 3, pp. 365-366).
ƒ AD 852-889 FEUDALISM STARTED. This is how Europe became Catholic. Rulers used
Catholic armies to crush Bulgaria; that religion was forced upon Czechs and Slavics, etc.
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Jews were then massacred. (Bernstein & Green, p. 150-1; Laux, pp 275-288).
AD 900-1000
The Acts 2 churches continued to grow. GLOSSOLALIA, tongue-speaking, was called
MYSTICISM, by some historians. (Russell, p. 172). There were divine miracles and gifts of the
Spirit. We find that many organizations slandered as HERETICS.
ƒ AD 923 Eugenia was baptized in Jesus Name.
ƒ AD 925 Pelagius was baptized in Jesus Name.
ƒ AD 980 Sympronius was baptized in Jesus Name. ("Martyrs Mirror," p. 256).
SIMONY erupted. This denotes offices bought or sold for money or favors. Some popes
sold offices to the highest bidders. (Langer, pp. 215-217).
ƒ AD 995-999 King OLAF I of Norway, martyred thousands and with military might
became the "man" of the lord, and served him! Later the lord handed to the bishop legal
rights to the lands. Thus lands passed on to the Vatican. (Wm. Langer, p. 204). About the
same time Catholic religion, was by power of the sword, imposed in Iceland and
Greenland.
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AD 1000-1100
The name Cathari gradually faded. Then was heard the name ALBIGENSES. Yet later,
Albigensian gradually gave way to ANABAPTISM. Anabaptism simply means to re-baptize
someone. The Anabaptist would re-baptize any one who was not baptized in Jesus Name.
ƒ AD 1015 Russians were militarily forced into Catholic belief. (Wm. Langer, p. 243).
ƒ AD 1029 Swedes were forced to take on Catholic belief.
ƒ AD 1035 Danes were forced to take on Catholic belief.
ƒ AD 1035 Salvic tribes were force to accept Catholic belief.
ƒ AD 1095 THE CRUSADERS. The Crusaders slaughtered Slavics and Jews on the way to
Jerusalem. They took Jerusalem, mass murdered the Muslims and butchered 90,000 Jews.
(Berstein & Green p. 255) The Crusaders looted murdered and plundered. They spread
venereal diseases all over the Mideast. Then the great PLAGUES broke out. In that
holocaust millions died!
AD 1100-1200
ƒ AD 1105 SCHOOLMEN men denied the Trinity.
ƒ AD 1108 "MULTITUDES OF FREETHINKERS" This is what the Apostolics, that covered
the land was called. Pentecostals in Europe numbered about 4,000,000. (Blunt, p. 15,35; J. B.
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Russell,pp 54-80) It is interesting how these authors, Blunt and Russell, smeared, slandered
those people. They were called "Henricians." Russell referred to them on page 76 as,
"Apostolic holiness." They preached "hell fire" sermons. They used the Christ water baptism.
Glossolalia was a common trait.
ƒ Waldo, of Lyons, France was one of the first that turned to Rome for doctrinal approval. He
created a hybrid protestant religion. (Blunt, 617).
ƒ Many Apostolics were put to death. One little girl mocked and laughed as she died in the
flames, but would not give up her belief in one God. 7000 people referred to as pious witness
of Jesus were martyred at Bourges. (J. H. Blunt, p. 412)
ƒ AD 1121 COUNCIL of SOISSONS defended the Trinity attacked by the Schoolmen. (Blunt, p.
36)
ƒ AD 1147 St. Bernard of Clairvaux, France stated, "33% of the Catholics went to protestant
conventicles!" (L. Verduin, p. 173)
ƒ AD 1164 PETER WALDO appeared! This was the beginning of PROTESTANT
TRINITARIANISM. WALDENSIANISM held Rome's Trinity. In 1179 Waldo's bishops went to
Rome for approval. (Blunt, p.617). Waldo set the pattern for modern Trinitarian protestant
religion. Luther, Swingli, Menno, etc., followed.
AD 1200-1300
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AD 1214 On July 27, the frightful happened. France's Catholic government gained control of
Languedoc from the English. North France could, under Vatican orders, exterminate the
mighty numbers of Apostolics. The papal INQUISITION was unleased upon all nonCatholics.
(E. T. Thompson, pp 157-160; Roth, p. 36; Bernstein & Green, pp. 255,302).
ƒ ALBIGENSIANS MASSACRED. Who were the Albigensians that vain historians,
suporting Rome, have so slandered? They were Holy Ghost filled, Jesus Named baptized,
God fearing citizens who read their Bibles. They had ecclesiastical systems, schools and
hospitals in over 1000 cities. (L. Verduin, pp. 106-115). They were driven out of their cities,
then Catholic monasteries appeared. Many fled into Moravia.
ƒ AD 1284 URSINUS OF ETHIOPIA, an Ethiopian scholar, declared that baptism into the
Name, Jesus Christ, alone was valid. This indicates that Philip's witness of the Eunuch years
earlier was still working.
ƒ A century of CATHOLIC MASS MURDER. The INQUISITION was set in motion. It was
insanity, devised by insane minds at the Vatican. AUTO DE FEs (Act of Faith!)
ƒ AD 1233 the Catholic Inquisition, a system of Catholic Tribunal Courts, was officially
founded by Pope Gregory IX. It lasted until July 15, 1834. It's purpose was to punish the
heretics and all persons guilty of any offence against Catholic orthodoxy. These Heretics
should be deprived of the liberty of speech and that assemblies organized by heretics should
be dissolved was the law. ("Ency. Britannica" 1950 Ed. Vol. 12, p. 377). The later part of the
10th century until the beginning of the 12th there were numerous executions of heretics,
either by burning or strangling, in France, Italy, and the Empire of England. Remember that
the heretics are the one God Apostolic organizations who would not accept the church of
Rome.
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ƒ C.S. Lovett, "Voice In The Wilderness" p. 9 said, "68,000,000, persons perished in the
INQUISITION!" Most do not know that Adolf Hitler was a Catholic, and 6,000,000 Jews
also perished under him and that canon law was again used. Canon law or body of laws is
laws established by a church. It is a basis for judgment. This is consider to be the most
important part of the mass. I suggest those who are interested in learning more about this
awful time of INQUISITION check the Bibliography at the end of this study and review the
list of books listed there.
AD 1300-1400
ƒ AD 1300-1350 Anabaptist organizations (One God) sprang up in many places.
ƒ AD 1300-1414 Gothic Bibles had been used. English Bibles were used in the early 15th
century. Catholics burned all the Bibles they could fine. (L. Boettner, p. 89).
ƒ AD 1312-1315 Apostolics were all over Eastern Europe.
ƒ AD 1381-1383 John Wycliffe, a professor in the University of Oxford, worked intensely to
translate the English Bible. He preached against the countless atrocities of the Vatican. He
stated that the Bible alone, without tradition, was the sole rule of faith. In AD 1415, the
Council of Constance condemned Wycliffe. In 1428 Wycliffe's bones were burned by papal
command. (A. Curtis, "Christ History" p. 1985, p. 24). History records indicate multiplied of
Apostolics alive during this century.
ƒ AD 1303 Many histories describe the complete apostasy of the Vatican, it's popes as devils.
ƒ AD 1391 JEWS MASSACRED IN SPAIN-EUROPE. On March 15, bishop Ferran Martinez
started the anti-Jewish riot in Spain. It led to the great SPANISH INQUISITION. 50,000
Jews and Moors were burned in Auto da Fes (Act of Faith), 800,000 more victimized. (Cecil
Roth, pp. 14-25).
AD 1400-1500
Most non-Catholics were still refereed to as ANABAPTIST. However, Anabaptist were
neither Catholic or Protestant. This was pre-Reformation day. There were great numbers of
Apostolic clergymen preaching Acts 2:38.
ƒ AD 1420 Apostolic religion swept the land in spite of the Inquisition. It was estimated that
there were 4,000,000 One God Christians during that period. Blunt wrote of them as
"Streams of Heretics." (Blunt, p. 16). Bainton screamed, "They covered the land." (Bainton,
p. 279). There were more than 40 Jesus Name Organizations during this period.
ƒ The Roman Catholic Inquisition turned Europe into a holocaust. During this century billions
of dollars and millions of acres of land were seized from Jews, Moors and Anabaptist.
ƒ Papal permission for SLAVERY was given to Prince Henry the navigator. (Bernstien &
Green, p. 302; Wm. Lnager, pp. 486-504). Henry's captains began the slave trade by taking
African Blacks to Portugal. Columbus introduced Black and Indian slavery into the
Americas, not American Southerners. Blame the Vatican for slavery. ("The Detroit News,
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Aug.24,1970, Sec. A).
ƒ AD 1460 Catholic Podebrad persecuted Apostolics. 400,000 pious Manichaeans (Acts 2
Christians) fled into Bosnia (Knox, p. p. 81)
ƒ AD 1469 FERDINAND and ISABELLA of Spain were married. They became the earth's
greatest husband and wife team of Jew killers. After killing the Jews and confiscating their
property they became very wealthy. (Lea, p. 333; C. Roth, pp. 71-90). Could this be the way
they financed Columbus in 1492?
ƒ AD 1496-1500 Malabarese, of Malabar, India, (Acts 2:38 Christians) were massacred by
Catholic Inquisitor Alvares Cabral. (A.S. Atiya, p. 359).
AD 1500-1600
This was unique century of religious history. Most think of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli as
classical reformers. However they set the theological trend for the world's modern Protestant
Trinity religions.
ƒ AD 1517 On October 31 Luther nailed his Theses on the Palace Church door. Now the world
had not only Catholic Trinitarianism but it also had Protestant Trinitarianism! However, there
were still a lot of One God Christians around.
ƒ AD 1520-1532 GLOSSOLALIA OUTBREAK. Apostolic Pentecostalism was all through
Luther and Zwingli's Europe. (W. Horton, pp. 97-138).
ƒ AD 1533 There were big organizations of Anti-Nicenes and Anti-Trinitarians. Some were
classed as Salbellians. (G. H. Williams, p. 663).
ƒ AD 1553 MICHAEL SERVETUS, a Spaniard, was the greatest influence of the Acts two
message during the sixteenth and seventeenth century for all of Europe and Asia. He was put
to death in Geneva for denying Rome's Trinity theory. Servetus died in Jesus Name, and
Calvin murdered him in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.(R. Bainton, p. 298).
SERVETUS studied law. He later became medical doctor. He was also a preacher. He found
problems with the Trinity theory. In fact he wrote a book, "On The Errors of The Trinity" that
was published in Hagenow, near Strasbough in 1531. His book was wide spread before it
could be censored. He had to change his name after writing his book. Under cover he had an
assumed name and he practiced medicine in Lyons. He corresponded with John Calvin.
Calvins views were the same as Luthers. Calvin told the Catholics the location of Servetus
and they had him arrested. Calvin encouraged the court to find him guilty of capitol crime.
Servetus was sentenced to be burned at the stake. The charges were that he did not believe in
the Trinity, nor infant baptism. (See: "After the Way called Heresy, by Thomas Weisser, pp.
70-74)
ƒ AD 1501 Catholics started slavery in the Americas.
ƒ AD 1521 Luther rejected Biblical Pentecostalism! (Knox, "Enthusiasm", pp.134,135).
ƒ AD 1531 Luther agreed to the deth penalty in order to annihilate Anabaptist bodies and
Jews. (Bainton, p. 279; p. Lapide, "Three Popes and the Jews, p. 25) It appears that Luther
was not as sincere about Bible truth as historians and some Christian groups indicate. For
instance Mr. Luther fully discused the Acts 2 message with the Apostolics all around him. He
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rejected it. (See: "Martin Luther," by J. Dillengerger, p. 279; Knox , pp. 134-135).
ƒ AD 1571 Phillip II martyred about 3,000,000 non-Catholics in the Netherlands. (Thompson,
p. 187).
AD 1600-1700
Antibaptist groups continued to grow. Sabellianism was throughout Europe. Many pious
clergymen were prepared to lay aside doctrinal differences and become true Apostolic Moravian
Oneness. (G. H. Williams, pp. 656,698,670). It would be great if they could do that today!
Frances Cornwell was one of the most educated Baptist in England during this period. He
obtained a Master of Arts degree from Emanuel College. He was also trained at Cambridge. He
was a vicar with the Church of England. He said, "The Lord opened the eyes of my
understandings about the Acts 2:38 message." ("Two Oueries, p. 5) He wrote extensively and
eloquently in defence of Biblical doctrines. Yet he is almost totally ignored by Baptist historians.
ƒ AD 1662 English citizens, meaning Holy Ghost filled Quakers, were deported from England,
and sold as salves to rich Spanish Catholic families on plantations in Barbados and Jamaica.
These pious glossolalists were sold under the "Conventicle and Five Mile Act. (J.H. Blunt, p.
465,466).
ƒ AD 1611 the King James Bible was printed. There were 47 scholars appointed as
translators. All were Trinitarians, most were Englishmen. They worked for 7 years on the
translation.
ƒ AD 1650-1670 Quietism outbreak, in which 60,000 ex-Catholics experienced Pentecostal
glossolalia (speaking in tongues). (Knox, p. 243).
AD 1700-1800
Acts two message continued to spread world wide. Holy Ghost revivals were breaking out
all over.
ƒ AD 1728-1731 there were 600 recorded Miracles! (Knox, pp. 372-376). There was a 100 year
prayer meeting started. (A. K. Curtis, "Christ History" Vol. 2, No. 1, p.18) Knox wrote about
England being a Pentecostal Babel.
ƒ AD 1734 Rev. John Wesley and Charles Wesley, went to the Moravian Christians for
doctrine. Both turned to Moravianism (One God Apostolics). They witnessed Pentecostalism
among in Georgia. (Knox, pp. 466-469).
ƒ AD 1772 A Holy Ghost outpouring was in Sweden.
ƒ AD 1774 on August 6, ANN LEE imported tongues speaking into the US and it spread. (E.D.
Andrews,pp.15-19). William Penn brought tongues to America in 1677. (See: "After the Way
Called Heresy by, Thomas Weisser)
During this century the Catholics and Lutherans killed each other. AD 1733 Thousands
of Catholics defected to the state of Georgia, USA and found Holy Ghost salvation. There were
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many healings and miracles. In 1762, the French government forbade miracles. There were
uncountable miracles. (R.A. Knox, pp. 373-388).
ƒ In 1774 John Wesley lost 400 Methodist to Jesus Name Moravians in London. (R.A. Knox, p.
476).
AD 1800-1900
Why didn't we hear more about Apostolics during the 19th century, is a question often
asked? As you recall in this study we found that Waldo and Luther set the trend to compromise to
Rome's Trinity Doctrine and ignored the Acts two doctrine. Then Protestant Trinitarian
influence lured the greater numbers. Many Christian organizations turned to Trinity doctrine.
ƒ In 1835, Lowell, Ohio, had a Acts 2:38 Church of Camisardds. (Rev. Joe Nelson, Ph.D.,
W.VA., had the records)
ƒ In 1850 Dan Huntington, Boston, Mass. baptized converts according to Acts 2:38. (V. Synan,
p. 163).
ƒ In 1854 there was a 10 year long revival in Lebanon, NY and thousands became Spirit filled.
Same thing happened in Canada.
ƒ In 1856 more than 160,000 tongues speakers in America. (Blunt, p. 467). Many other
documented Holy Ghost groups were in America during this century.
ƒ AD 1804 Napoleon fought the Vatican. He seized papal lands and restricted papal rule. He
advocated, "Destroy Rome and the papacy." (M. Martin, "The Decline & Fall of the Rom
Ch." p. 236).
ƒ July 15, 1834 the Catholic Inquisition ended. America was about 250 years old at that time.
In the 601 years it is estimated that 68,000,000 persons were put to death by the Inquisition.
(C. Roth, p.267; Berstein & Green, p. 237 as to dates). Bull fights had its origin after the
Inquisition ended. The people had were used to watching brutal murder so bull fights were
the next best thing.
ƒ In 1861 the Civil War started and President Lincoln started to abolish human enslavement.
The war ended in 1864. In 1900 there were 76,000,000 people in America.
AD 1900+
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In 1884-1904 Rev.Alvin E. Velie, of Florida, used the Acts 2:38 message and saw thousands
filled with the Holy Ghost.
ƒ In 1901 the famed Topeka, Kansas outpouring of the Holy Ghost came. In 1906-1909 the
Azusa street, in Los Angeles, outpouring filled many with the Holy Ghost. Many other
outpourings happened during the early 1900 in America. One God organizations started to
form. Today there are scores of Acts 2:38 Christian organizations in America and throughout
the word. Jesus said, "....the gates of hell shall not prevailed against His Church."
It is frightful to review history and see where thousands worshiped the Lord in
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accordance with instructions given on the Day of Pentecost. Countries such as Germany, France,
England and many more taught the Acts 2 message. What happen to them? Did lack of unity
between organizations destroy them. Did compromise annihilate them?
Two man made words, that are not in the Bible, have been used to separate sincere God
fearing people. The word Trinity is not in the Bible, neither is the word Oneness. These man
fashioned words have driven a line of distrust and doubt between devoted souls. Most people,
who you labeled Trinitarian, believe in One God. I hope that all people, who call themselves
Oneness, believe in three manifestation of One God. With this understanding it is easy to show
Bible truth to all who are sincere.
History proves the Catholic Church was cruel during the past. However, today many of
them are receiving the Acts 2 message. I visited St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York recently. I
was shocked to find the lesson for that week, for all Catholics, was the record Acts 10 story about
Cornelius. This Bible study quoted the account of Cornelius receiving the Holy Ghost and
speaking in tongues. It also indicated that Peter commanded these new converts to be baptized in
the Name of Jesus. That is a far cry from the Catholics during Great Inquisition. New Testament
truth is now being accepted and preached by many organizations that once denounced it. No, they
are not coming your way, they are coming God's way. This is good news to the Christian, this is
bad news to the legalist.
What are we going to do with this wonderful message that millions died for? Are we
going to keep it within our "holy huddle," or share it with the World? I am so pleased to see
many New Testament Christians Organizations coming together to present Jesus, and His plan, to
the World. Some are still adding man made requirement to the salvation message. By this they
separate themselves. It is time again for the pious clergymen to lay aside doctrinal differences
and become true Apostolic as they did during the dark ages.
This study was made possible by the millions who shed their blood for Bible truth. Many
scholars did extensive research on this subject. I only assembled their efforts in a condensed
package so it could be easily studied. I am especially grateful to Dr. Marvin M. Arnold, D.D., Th.
D. and Rev. Thomas Weisser for all their research on this subject. Dr. Arnold wrote "Apostolic
History Outline." Rev. Weisser authored several booklets on the subject of Apostolic
Christianity.
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