Talk:One true church

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This page redirects to the Eastern Orthodox Church, implying that it is the One True Church.

At least several churches claim to be the One True Church, some of them based on the notion of Apostolic Succession, some based on the claim that later revelation taught them the one true way. Many other churches believe that the One True Church goes beyond denominational boundaries, that no one denomination can legitimately make that claim.

It doesn't seem appropriate to pick just one of the One True Churches and have this page redirect to that one.

Jonathan.robie (talk) 12:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Open question: Does the Catholic Church make the claim to be the "One True Church"?

Or is their claim simply one of "Primacy"? 75.15.196.53 (talk) 16:48, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion

The "Latter Day Saints" section at One true faith should be merged to One true church#Latter Day Saints. This is duplication without usefulness, and since the Latter Day Saints movement being part of Christianity, it doesn't make sense that they be singly highlighted under the Christianity of One true faith where other parts of Christianity are only listed at One true church. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 16:04, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree--ARTEST4ECHO (^talk/_contribs) 13:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, though I suggest a bolder move, and merge both articles together, as removing LDS from "One True Faith" leaves a bare stub for Christianity, and then a brief paragraph for Islam. --Zfish118 (talk) 02:24, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why I unmerged the discussion

I disagree, and I undid the merge. Those who believe in the "One True Church" (I don't) would say that Christianity is the one true faith, and that their denomination is the true representation of Christianity. It's quite possible to believe Christianity is "the one true faith" and not believe that there is a "one true church". It's less common, but still possible, to believe that a given church is the "one true church", but to also believe that there is more than one true faith (e.g. some believe that Judaism and Christianity are both valid faiths, and to believe that the Orthodox church is the one true church). Jonathan.robie (talk)

I think that they ought not to be merged unless the whole of the article is merged. There is no reason why under the Christianity subset on the "one true faith" page there will be represented other churches but not the Latter-day Saints. Since there are breaks among those who consider themselves "Christian" about what the "true Christian faith" is it ought to be maintained. It might be more prudent to discover if among Judaism or Islam if there are certain traditions considered more or less correct (e.g. Orthodox vs. Reformed). If the decision is made to merge the Latter-day Saints section then it is only logical to also merge the Catholic, Anglican, Greek Orthodox and Churches of Christ subsections as well. Meaning that on the "one true faith" page a statement about each broad faith (e.g. Christianity, Judaism, Islam) is listed; the "one true church" page as a discussion for the specific churches (e.g. Catholic, Orthodox, Reformed, Latter-day Saints). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.236.110 (talk) 02:20, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

churches of Christ

The churches of Christ are also very staunch on the idea that they are the "One True Church". They are very vocal on the fact they believe Romans 16:16 refers to them and they are the "One True Church" and that other denominations are lost.