catholics were the original christians, therefore the further you stray from catholicism, the more heretical and degenerate it becomes. catholicism is the foundation, directly linked to christ. then came the great schism (1054), splitting off the eastern churchstill holding some truth, but not fully. the reformation (16th century) went further, tossing key catholic doctrines and creating a fractured, watered-down faith. then england breaks off with henry viii, forming the church of england, which rejects papal authority but still clings to some catholic ritualsblurring the line between truth and heresy. anglicanism deepens the problem in the 1600s, mixing catholic and protestant ideas into a lukewarm, compromised faith. finally, you hit the episcopaliansbasically a church without a backbone. they keep some catholic liturgy but have totally caved to secularism, losing all real connection to the original faith.
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