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#They believe William Branham's interpretation of the Bible as the Word of God for today. | #They believe William Branham's interpretation of the Bible as the Word of God for today. | ||
== | ==Is it a denomination?== | ||
Message followers will deny that they are a denomination. But how is a denomination defined? | |||
A denomination is a faction of the church, out of fellowship with other factions, holding to some “distinctives” of doctrine, practice, worship, ethnicity, style, history, social class, etc. Denominationalism is any attempt to justify and maintain the separate existence of a denomination.[1] | |||
On the basis of this definition, it is clear that the message is a denomination. | |||
==Doctrines or interpretations based on William Branham pointing to himself== | ==Doctrines or interpretations based on William Branham pointing to himself== | ||
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#[[The Message#Is the "Bride" a special category of Christian?|The "Bride" of Christ is a special category of Christian.]] | #[[The Message#Is the "Bride" a special category of Christian?|The "Bride" of Christ is a special category of Christian.]] | ||
#[[Destruction of Los Angeles|Capernaum is under the sea.]] | #[[Destruction of Los Angeles|Capernaum is under the sea.]] | ||
==Plagiarized doctrines== | |||
Included in the set of doctrines that constitute the message are a large number of teachings that were [[Plagiarism|plagiarized from Clarence Larkin]]. These plagiarized beliefs include William Branham's teachings on the seven church ages, the seven seals, the gates to the soul and the token. He also plagiarized from Billy Graham (thinking man's filter) and C.L Franklin (the eagle in the chicken coop). | |||
=What do followers of William Branham think that the message is?= | =What do followers of William Branham think that the message is?= | ||