Yes, He did.
And that 'church' is the corporate body of believers; not a large, institutionalized and centralized organization.
I seem to recall a list of positions and/or titles of jobs that were to BE in that 'church' as well, and the big organized one emanating from Rome seems to have added a few.
The Book says...
1 Peter 2:9 King James Bible
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light
... not merely a few MEN.
Jesus established “ONE church” and He said Satan would never overcome His Church - Matthew 16:18.
“Yes, He did.
And that ‘church’ is the corporate body of believers; not a large, institutionalized and centralized organization.”
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The one sentence comeback from those who deny there is one Church. Yeah, a “body” of inconsistent “believers”, how does that fit “one faith?” It doesn’t and you know Our Lord’s prayer to the Father is that we all be one in belief.
God set you in this time, it’s going to happen, the unity of Christians and non-Christians coming to the faith.
What is scary is when some Christians who are anti-Catholic see the faith attacked even more, literally crucified in the near future, they will think they were right but they are wrong. First, before the evil anti-Christ....
God is going to send the divine gift of the Great Warning for the entire world.