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A case for the Eastern Orthodox Church being the True Christian Church established by Christ on the day of Pentecost in 33 A.D. :
> Christ established a visible Church.
> Christ promised us in the Gospel that the gates of hades shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18)
> By definition, such a Church must exist today
> 33 A.D. The Church is established by Christ on the day of Pentecost
> 325 A.D. The Church forms the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, forms the Nicene Creed (Trinity is formally dogmatized)
> 393 A.D. the 27 New Testament book canon is formally ratified in the council of Hippo, this was later affirmed in the council of Carthage in year 397 and 419 A.D.
> 431 A.D. The Council of Ephesus, in which it was decided upon you could add no changes to the Nicene Creed whatsoever (Canon VII)
> 451 A.D. the Oriental Orthodox split from the True Church due to disputes over Christology (They remain in Christological heresy until this day since the Council of Chalcedon)
> 1024 A.D. Pope Benedict VIII officially added the Filioque clause to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed on his own without the calling for an Ecumenical Council (Violation of the Council of Ephesus)
> 1054 A.D. The Great Schism - The Western Church of Rome splits itself off from the True Church
> 1204 A.D. The Catholic Crusaders sack Constantinople during the 4th Crusade.
> 1517 A.D. Martin Luther begins the protestant reformation, around 180 protestant denominations will spawn out of Luther's rebellion of an already-heretical church.
Eastern Orthodoxy isn't non-denominational; it's pre-denominational. It's catholic, but not Roman. It's evangelical, but not protestant. It's orthodox, but not Jewish. It's not ancient, IT'S ETERNAL.
