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To: Flavius Josephus
I beg your pardon, but most Christians DO believe Rome is the True Church.

No they don't. Rome doesn't have the marks of the Body of Christ.


"MARKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH"

1.Its Head and Founder--CHRIST. He is the law-giver; the Church is only the executive.
(Matt. 16:18; Col. 1:18)
2.Its only rule of faith and practice--THE BIBLE. (II Tim. 3:15-17)
3.Its name--"CHURCH," "CHURCHES." (Matt. 16:18; Rev. 22:16)
4.Its polity--CONGREGATIONAL--all members equal. (Matt. 20:24-28; Matt. 23:5-12)
5.Its members--only saved people. (Eph. 2:21; I Peter 2:5)
6.Its ordinances--BELIEVERS' BAPTISM, FOLLOWED BY THE LORD'S SUPPER.
(Matt. 28:19-20)
7.Its officers--PASTORS AND DEACONS. (I Tim. 3:1-16)
8.Its work--getting folks saved, baptizing them (with a baptism that meets all the requirements
of God's Word), teaching them ("to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you").
(Matt. 28:16-20)
9.Its financial plan--"Even so (TITHES and OFFERINGS) hath the Lord ordained that they
which preach the gospel should live of the gospel," (I Cor. 9:14)
10.Its weapons of warfare--spiritual, not carnal. (II Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:10-20)
11.Its independence--separation of Church and State. (Matt. 22:21)

In any town there are many different churches -- all claiming to be the true church. -- Take the marks, or teachings, of the different churches and find the ones which have these marks, or doctrines. The ones which have these marks, or doctrines, taught in God's Word, are the true churches.

179 posted on 02/15/2006 11:42:52 AM PST by Full Court (Keepers at home, do you think it's optional?)
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To: Full Court
Actually, you're wrong again by saying

No they don't. Rome doesn't have the marks of the Body of Christ.

There are more Catholics than there are members of any other individual sect of Christianity.

184 posted on 02/15/2006 11:45:56 AM PST by AlaninSA (It's one nation under God -- brought to you by the Knights of Columbus)
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To: Full Court

Most Christians are ROMAN Catholic. You can make lists of what you would want churches to be, but the fact remains that Most Christians Are Roman CATHOLIC. Maybe not in this country, but in the world? Oh, yes.


187 posted on 02/15/2006 11:47:03 AM PST by Flavius Josephus (Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism, Islamic Supremacism)
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To: Full Court; Flavius Josephus
Rome doesn't have the marks of the Body of Christ.

If we wish to locate the Church founded by Jesus, we need to locate the one that has the four chief marks or qualities of his Church. The Church we seek must be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.

Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth

252 posted on 02/15/2006 1:26:10 PM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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