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Sword-Bishop – His Personal Development

Change of Name to “Neuchristen” (New Christians) in 1990
Let us listen to the Sword-Bishop himself on this matter:

«GOD has raised our community to His Church. If so far we have
been an elite with the mission “Fight Against Satan,” we are now
Church according to JESUS’ instructions to the Apostles and are in
need of a denominational name.

Unfortunately, the human intellectual mind has turned the beautiful
word “Christian,” which JESUS had demanded for the name of His
faithful followers, into “Catholics,” “Orthodox” and similar names.
With the renewal of the Church, however, everything must again go
back to the origin of the apostolic Church. But since nowadays almost
all religious communities refer to CHRIST and call themselves
“Christians,” although they very rarely possess the seven Sacraments
instituted by JESUS, we cannot call ourselves such at present. One day
it will be so. Until then, we call ourselves “New Christians.”

Our denominational name, therefore, is “New Christians” and can, if
necessary, be stated as such when officially registering.»

Later, the Sword-Bishop learnt that those amongst the first Christians
who converted to Christianity were also called “New Christians.” – We
believe in the one, holy, apostolic Church founded by JESUS CHRIST,
with the seven holy Sacraments instituted by Him.

Renewal of the Church
The Sword-Bishop published the following in a circular:

«The Church was meant to accept me with the missions of GOD; but
I faced a similar fate to that of JESUS, who was rejected and expelled
by the then church leaders.
Now it came to pass that GOD let me know recently, a few days be-
fore Whitsunday (1990), that I am meant to renew His Church. He
showed me that the Church no longer lives up to His ideas at all. I
recognised that she was humanised up to 90% and, as a result, has
hardly anything divine left in her! Books could be written about what in

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