Phineas Parkhurst Quimby was a Protestant faith healer from Maine. Once upon a time he "healed" Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy and influenced her invention of the Christian Science religion. He also influenced Charles and Myrtle Fillmore in their invention fo the Unity Church of Christianity.
Reprinted from December 13, 1996
What is the Old Catholic Church?
It is a religion which is neither very old and certainly not Catholic. It was invented by dissenting Catholics after the First Vatican Council in 1870, who were led by a fallen priest named Ignaz von Dollinger and a friend Gallican named Henry Maret. It is just another Protestant sect that has maintained several Catholic rites and customs.
Reprinted from December 13, 1996
Is the Protestant Faith false?
There is no such thing as "the Protestant Faith." Protestantism is broken up into many hundreds of various sects, cults, denominations and churches, all in contradiction to each other and of course, all in contradiction to the Catholic Religion. Each variety of Protestantism may have some true things in it, mixed up with its own peculiar religious errors.
Reprinted from December 20, 1996
Were there any
Protestants along with Columbus when he discovered America?
Of course not! The Protestant Religion was first begun in the year 1517 by Martin Luther. The first expedition of Columbus took place in 1492. All the people who sailed with Columbus were Catholics. Some were devout and good, and some others were not.
Reprinted from November 1, 1996
The Salvation Army is a Protestant denomination, founded by William Booth. He was a Methodist minister in England. He founded something called "The Christian Mission" to fight against "slumdom, rumdom and bumdom". Finding his skid row parishioners unwelcome in mainline Methodist churches, he left the Methodist Church in 1878 to found his own church. He named himself "General" and organized his followers in military terms (prayer is knee drill, death is promotion to glory, ministers are officers, etc.) The Salvation Army rejects all sacraments, especially baptism and communion. Their doctrine otherwise is the same as the Methodists. They do not have churches but rather "halls" or "citadels". They oppose alcoholic beverages and hold street meetings with brass bands and emotional preaching. They run an array of shelters, orphanages, nurseries, homes, camps, etc. and do more welfare work than any other Protestant Church. The international headquarters of the Salvation Army is in Lordon.
Reprinted from November 22, 1996
The Mennonites are members of a Protestant movement which was invented by a fallen-away Catholic priest, named Menno Simons in 1525. In the United States they are broken up into at least fourteen various sects which disagree with and contradict each other. They are basically Anabaptist in their outlook. Some of the sects oppose electric lights. Some argue whether a second band of suspenders constitutes an evil. They specialize in foot washing and often quarrel over such things as whether two people should do the washing or should one wash and the other wipe, etc. Some are God-fearing people. Some refuse to use modern farming methods. Almost all the Mennonite sects engage in the practice of "shunning" those they deem to be lax or sinners.
Reprinted from November 29, 1996
Do
any other Christians besides Catholics believe in the existence of purgatory?
Yes. The Eastern Orthodox, although separated from the See of Peter, pray and offer the Sacred Liturgy for the deceased. If you add the number of Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox, it is apparent that three quarters of Christianity accepts the doctrine of purgatory. Protestants, in all their various and contradictory sects, churches, and denominations, constitute less than one quarter of those who profess to be Christians in the world.
Reprinted from November 8, 1996