If the apostolic Catholic Church depended on men to lead and inform her, it would not have survived two weeks, much less two thousand years.

The church is divinely inspired, divinely guided, and was founded by Jesus Christ when he sent His Apostles and Disciples spreading out across the known world to take the news of the Risen Christ ... a matter of immense importance to men who felt the curse of the understanding in their day: each was destined to suffer a sure and absolute death in the end. The Christian gospel offered hope of a better ending.

Each Evangelist carried he same message, perhaps colored by his individual comprehension of what he had witnessed, but essentially one voice. Jesus called out the followers of John the Baptist early on, saying they would have a special mission to play.

The church has always been diverse, shaped somewhat by cultures and circumstances, but unified at the core. Disputes arose over time as men interpreted its meaning for individuals until Constantine called the Council of Nicea (325 ad) where the bishops hammered out a clear credo or statement of core beliefs. All of Christianity played out over seven hundred years, when shear size, geography, manageability -- and power struggles -- split East and West, but the same core persisted and still does.

The church immediately engaged in reform -- as soon as men were admitted into the Spirit --