[terycarl]

Wait.....’ Paul, John, Luke, Matthew were Catholics? That pretty amazing since Roman Catholic church was formerly legalized by Constanstine around the mid third century... Before that the church was a loose body of believers under no formal namem

nonsense, yes they were Catholic or universal...they were called that within the first century. Constatine did indeed formally give them acknowledgement, but they were Catholic long before then......formal name???, you are probably correct, what then is a formal name? They were referred to as Catholic and formality is merely someones idea of what ever they consder it is.

[Popman]

nonsense, yes they were Catholic or universal...they were called that within the first century.

You understand that is purely your opinion...there is not one single document or reference that calls the early church leaders (1 st century) Catholics...