By PEDRITO B. PLACIO
MANY ARE AGHAST, if not incredibly surprised, at the teaching of the Iglesia ni Cristo or Church of Christ that emerged in the Philippines in 1914 that it is the true Church established by Christ. There are even those who do not include it among the so called “Christian” churches because the Jesus Christ it preaches is not God but man. The prevailing belief is that the Catholic Church is the only church that can claim historical roots back to the first century and thus, is the true Church founded by Jesus Christ.