[Revelation 911]

More accurately the New Testament is a Catholic book. It was written by Catholics inspired by God, and then collected, debated, and canonized by the Cathoolic Church. There was no such thing as a Protestant until the 1500s.

Hmm - as a Prottie Pastor thanks for the edumacation

But you know - I looked all through my Catholic Bible (yes I still use it over the KJV,NIV) and cant find an epistle or letter or gospel to say we need to become Catholic.....everything I see says become a Christian

help me out here will you please and direct me to the verse

[Conservative til I die]

But you know - I looked all through my Catholic Bible (yes I still use it over the KJV,NIV) and cant find an epistle or letter or gospel to say we need to become Catholic.....everything I see says become a Christian

I think you are playing a game of "move the goalposts". I'll bite, though. The reason no one was admonished to become "a Catholic" is simply because at the time there was no other Church. One was either a Christian or they weren't. There were no Pentecostals, Anglicans, or Mormons back then. And to be a Christian meant to be Catholic.

Of course, the name "Catholic" is not a brand name for a particular sect. It seems that way now because there are so many sects out there. "Catholic" is an adjective that translates to "universal."

At this point, the debate should rather be "How do we know the original Christian Church was Catholic?"

[murphE]

The Church existed before the bible, the bible is God's Word put in written form for the Church.

But you know - I looked all through my Catholic Bible (yes I still use it over the KJV,NIV) and cant find an epistle or letter or gospel to say we need to become Catholic.....everything I see says become a Christian

There is only one Church, the one Christ established, the one you are protesting as a Protestant minister.