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Originally Posted by photon
During all my time going to church, almost always whatever was taught was a devotional perspective.. how does this scripture apply to your life kind of thing, so this isn't that surprising to me, I didn't learn about church history or any of that until I decided to do it myself.
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ditto, with my experiences, I don't think they really wanted to teach actual church history because of the contradictory and often hypocritical, and bloody aspects of Christianity.
The other possible reason is that the history of the church is all about mans actions in following their devotion in what could be interpreted as a flawed manner whereas the scriptures and bible studies and lessons taugh in the church are considered to be above debate and flaw.