[Salvation]

Wrong. Take a look at true history! It is the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ on the Apostles, the first Bishops!

How Old is Your Church?
by Sebastian R. Fama

Name of Church	Year Founded	Name of Founder
Catholic	33	Jesus Christ
Orthodox	1054	Separated from Catholic Church
Lutheran	1517	Martin Luther
The Church of England	1534	King Henry VIII
Presbyterian	1560	John Knox
Congregationalist	1582	Robert Browne
Baptist	1605	John Smyth
Dutch Reformed	1628	Michaelis Jones
Quaker	1652	George Fox
Amish	1693	Jacob Amman
Methodist	1744	John & Charles Wesley
Unitarian	1774	Theophilus Lindley
Episcopal	1789	Samuel Seabury
Disciples of Christ	1804	A group of Presbyterian ministers
Mormon	1830	Joseph Smith Jr.
Seventh Day Adventist	1860	Ellen White
Salvation Army	1865	William Booth
Christian & Missionary  Alliance	1865	Albert Simpson
Jehovah's Witnesses	1872	Charles Taze Russell
Christian Scientist	1879	Mary Baker Eddy
Assemblies of God	1914	A group of Pentecostal preachers
Foursquare Gospel	1918	Aimee Semple McPherson
United Pentecostal	1945	A merger of Oneness churches
United Church of Christ	1957	A union of different traditions
Calvary Chapel	1965	Chuck Smith

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[boycott]

Jesus didn’t found the Catholic Church. He is the reason for CHRISTIANITY.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

"Wrong. Take a look at true history! It is the Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ on the Apostles, the first Bishops!"

Always a false argument that uses dates as a substitute for God's eternal plan.

The only Church, comprised of every single soul who has entrusted themselves by faith to Christ's finished sacrifice, was chosen in the heart of God in eternity and before time began. He has no grandchildren or great grandchildren. He has children, chosen, saved, pure, imbued with the righteousness of Christ, formed into His Body, formed as His Bride.

Denominational dates in history are a poor, poor substitute or Eternal Truth - declared by God in His inspired Word - nor do they matter in the slightest. It is in short, a world-bound argument that misses the truth.

"Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes."

Ephesians 1:4

[Lee N. Field]

Catholic 33 Jesus Christ

"Church of Christ" claims the same thing.

[sasportas]

The problem with your chart, with “Catholic” first on your list, is you and your fellow Romanists think ROMAN Catholic when they read “Catholic,” the totalitarian system that arose to prominence claiming primacy over Christian churches of the Roman empire around the time of Leo, some 500 years AFTER the original Apostolic church.

The original Catholic church in the Bible, and the paganized totalitarian Roman Catholic system bear no resemblance to each other.

[xzins]

First, John & Charles Wesley did not found the Methodist Church. As an ordained Methodist Minister, I’ve heard this before, but it simply isn’t factual. John & Charles Wesley never broke from the Anglican Church. During the Revolution era, when the Anglican priests had for the most part abandoned the colonies, they ordained a bishop for the purpose of ensuring communion was offered to the people. Even then, they didn’t call for a “Methodist” denomination.

Second, Peter possibly founded churches in Antioch Syria, since he is mentioned there very early in Christianity by the Apostle Paul. In Antioch we were first called Christians, and in Antioch, that church claims Peter as their first bishop.

Obviously, the first church founded was in Jerusalem which still exists today.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

You claim Peter as “the first pope.”

Did Peter wear opulent, flashy robes? Did he wear a tall hat? Did he carry a blinged out, gilded shepherds staff?

Did the other Apostles wear gold and jeweled rings as a symbol of their positions/offices?

At any time did Peter or any of the Apostles kiss dessicated severed body parts from corpses?

Are you really sure the Catholic church of today is the “original, true Church” of Jesus?

[ealgeone]

Oh good grief. Christ started the ekklesia....the church. The Roman Catholic cult was not what he started. Was there a pope? Nope. Cardinals? Nope. Worship and prayers to Mary? Nope. Indulgences? Nope. Does Jesus ever declare people come to Him through Mary? Nope.

. I could go on but you get the idea.