[freedumb2003]

The Church, by hundreds, if not a thousand, years.

"I shall name you Petros and upon this rock I shall build my Church." (John 1:42/ Matt. 16: 18-19: [paraphrased])

The scriptures are recordings after the fact.

[curiosity]

The Church, by hundreds, if not a thousand, years.

I agree the Church came first, but how do you figure by a thousand years?

My understanding is that the NT was all written down before 100AD, with the NT and OT cannon 90% settled by 200 AD, and definitively settled by 400 AD, at the latest.

[curiosity]

The Church, by hundreds, if not a thousand, years.

I agree the Church came first, but how do you figure by a thousand years?

My understanding is that the NT was all written down before 100AD, with the NT and OT cannon 90% settled by 200 AD, and definitively settled by 400 AD, at the latest.

[curiosity]

The Church, by hundreds, if not a thousand, years.

I agree the Church came first, but how do you figure by a thousand years?

My understanding is that the NT was all written down before 100AD, with the NT and OT cannon 90% settled by 200 AD, and definitively settled by 400 AD, at the latest.

[sigzero]

Too bad the RC church has twisted that passage to mean Peter was the first Pope, when clearly (as other scripture shows) it was never meant to be taken that way.