If you belong to the Church of England,
your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope
would not grant him a second annulment with the right to remarry.
If you are a Presbyterian, your
religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.
If you are a Congregationalist, your
religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.
If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets
of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1605.
If you are of the Dutch Reformed
church, you recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he originated your
religion in New York in 1628.
If you are a Protestant Episcopalian,
your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel
Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.
If you are a Methodist, your religion
was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus
Lindley founded your church in London in 1774.
If you are a Mormon (Latter Day
Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1829.
If you worship with the Salvation Army,
your sect began with William Booth in London in 1865.
If you are a Christian Scientist, you
look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy as its founder.
If you belong to one of the religious
organizations known as 'Church of the Nazarene," "Pentecostal
Gospel." "Holiness Church," "Pilgrim Holiness Church,"
"Jehovah's Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new
sects founded by men within the past century.
If you are Catholic,
you know that your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son
of God, and it is still the same Church today.
Borrowed from EWTN
