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And what do you think Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul were if not members of the Church?

They were not members of The Catholic Church....if that is what you're getting at. They were members of The Chuch of God.

Acts 20:28

I Corinth 10:32

I Corinth 11:22

I Corinth 15:9

Galations 1:13

I Corinth 1:2

II Corinth 1:1

I Tim 3:5

I Tim 3:15

I Corinth 11:16

I Thess 2:14

II Thess 1:4

And one time in Romans 16:16 was it called the Church of Christ. John 17:11 Jesus prayed that God the Father would keep the Church in His (the Father's) own name.

Even Polycarp in the first century was still referring to them as The Church of God. (Polycarp to the Phillipians, around 110/140 A.D.) They were never called Catholics in scripture.

The Church of God is the Catholic Church.

You're not one of those people that thinks the "trademarked" name means everything, are you? You know, the people that think the "Church of Christ" is the true Church because they call themselves the "Church of Christ", as if the name divorced from history, tradition, and context means anything.

Even Polycarp in the first century was still referring to them as The Church of God. (Polycarp to the Phillipians, around 110/140 A.D.) They were never called Catholics in scripture

God was never called "Triune" in Scripture either. Yet we can still discern that He is through exegesis, combined with Tradition and dogmatic proclamations made by the early Church.