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by Andy Sochor Early Persecution The Beginning of Apostasy The Council of Nicea The Reformation and the Restoration: A Tale of Two Movements The Reformation Movement The Rise of Denominationalism The Restoration Movement The Same Movement, Yet We Are Different Division in the Restoration Movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[726],"class_list":["post-60202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-church-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70114,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-restoration-movement\/","url_meta":{"origin":60202,"position":0},"title":"The Restoration Movement","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Andy Sochor via\u00a0Unmasking Sophistry, Vol 4. No. 4, October-December 2024 Earlier in this series, we discussed the Reformation Movement. This movement set out to reform the Roman Catholic Church to correct the errors and abuses that had developed over the centuries. While the reformers' intentions may have been good,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":67290,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-reformation-movement\/","url_meta":{"origin":60202,"position":1},"title":"The Reformation Movement","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Andy Sochor via Unmasking Sophistry, Vol. 4, No. 2, April-June 2024 In terms of general \"church\" history, it is difficult to overstate the importance of the Reformation Movement. As we have already studied, the Roman Catholic Church dominated the world - religiously and politically. As \"Christianity\" became the official\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35424,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-reformation-and-the-restoration-a-tale-of-two-movements\/","url_meta":{"origin":60202,"position":2},"title":"The Reformation and the Restoration: A Tale of Two Movements","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Andy Sochor The New Testament repeatedly warns about drifting; in particular, drifting away from the faith. This can be done either individually or collectively. 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