~Anastasia~
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I believe that there were multiple branches of Christianity beginning soon after Jesus' life and death. Some of these verbal communications, about Christ, among people were accurate and true and some were not. Some of these supposed "Christian" leaders of groups of people wanted power, money and notoriety. Jesus was tempted with these Himself by Satan. These things are not new to this world.
What do you mean by "branches" and when?
All of this is known, and documented, btw. We know who the 70 were (it's actually printed in many Protestant Bibles), we know who the first overseers of each local Church were, and each one following them. There are multiple letters between Church leaders that didn't get put in the Bible but copies were maintained. The Church was expected to hold to the faith without changing anything.
There were heresies that developed, and we know who suggested them, what they believed, why they were determined to be wrong. I'm not sure if that's what you mean by "branches".
The first real Schism was the one that separated the Oriental Church from the Eastern Church in the 5th century. We know what that was caused by as well.
The major Schism was the one where Rome separated from the rest of the Church in 1054.
The history is available, if you're interested. I'm not sure how that lines up with what you believe.
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