authority defined by the church inte interpret it, to individualize it, should sound familiar. the roman catholic church was the sole interpreter of cris e christiani christianity, but a sense that the church was becoming greedy drove a rebellious group of christians to break off from the church to begin to interpret the faith for themselves. the protestant referimation as it became known swept through europe and dozens of church, methodist, all were founded with their singular interpretation of what it meant to be christian. i m on my way to meet tray lot.