It was the FIRST Christian Church.
The word “Catholic” means UNIVERSAL>
However, the Priesthood has been infested with Socialists who do not really understand economic issues.
“Subsidiarity” is still Catholic Doctrine, and it is a rebuke of Socialism and Communism
Unfortunately, few Priests and Bishops understand that Doctrine.
As a Catholic, I know that Peter was the first Pope, and I know that the history, relics, manuscripts and all early artifacts of Christianity are in the hands of the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church, which was the first to separate from Rome.
I also know that Martin Luther and the Protestants were wrong to strip several Books OUT of the Bible, Books that were part of the teachings available in the synagogues Jesus visited, while on this Earth.
There would be no Bible without the Catholic Church.
There would be no Christianity without the Catholic Church.
Having said that?
The Catholic Bishops are really getting on my nerves! I do not expect you to accept all that I have stated, here, but --- if you wish to recruit Catholics to any other faith, I ask you to understand where we are coming from!
Without Jesus ONLY there would be no Bible or Christianity (the Bible pre-dates catholicism—see the Old Testament, of which Jesus is very much a part).
I’m sorry, but I will never agree with the strange doctrines of catholicism—things such as praying to dead people like the mother of Jesus and others, the pope’s “infallibility,” the false claim that the pope is God’s representative on earth (Jesus is the ONLY mediator between God and man—Jesus’ words, not mine), the worshipping of idols (bread, etc.), and the catholic claim that Peter was the first pope, etc. No, I will never accept these false teachings.
This is not meant to offend you two; it’s just the way it is here.
They were first called Christian at Antioch.