The Splintering of the Church

In 1054 the Roman Catholic side of the Church split away from the Eastern Orthodox. In other words, west split away from the east.

Then in 1517 the Lutherans were broken away from the Catholic Church, or ex-communicated from them. Soon after that the church began splittering uncontrollably. Luther wrote about this:

When the damage of individual interpretation of Holy Scripture had taken its toll
Luther sounded as if he lamented what he had started when he made the following remarks,

"This one will not hear of Baptism, and that one denies the sacrament, another puts a world between this and the last day: some teach that Christ is not God, some say this, some say that: there are as many sects and creeds as there are heads. No yokel is so rude but when he has dreams and fancies, he thinks himself inspired by the Holy Ghost and must be a prophet."
De Wette III, 61. quoted in O'Hare, THE FACTS ABOUT LUTHER, 208.

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I believe that Jesus knew these events would occur.

"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters."
Matthew 12:30, Luke 11:23

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