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'''William Branham railed against religious systems.''' The Catholic Church, as the first and strongest Christian denomination, was identified by William Branham as the Beast. The World Council of Churches (the WCC), in its spirit of ecumenism (inter-denominational unity in worship), was identified by him as the Image to the Beast. | '''William Branham railed against religious systems.''' The Catholic Church, as the first and strongest Christian denomination, was identified by William Branham as the Beast. The World Council of Churches (the WCC), in its spirit of ecumenism (inter-denominational unity in worship), was identified by him as the Image to the Beast. | ||
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One of the goals of the World Council of churches, which represents over 550 million Christians, includes "most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of denominations from such historic traditions of the Protestant Reformation as Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed, as well as many united and independent churches", is to achieve "the goal of visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship." [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/who/index-e.html] | One of the goals of the World Council of churches, which represents over 550 million Christians, includes "most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of denominations from such historic traditions of the Protestant Reformation as Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed, as well as many united and independent churches", is to achieve "the goal of visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship." [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/who/index-e.html] | ||
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