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To: Theoden
Who preserved the Word of God and the Holy Bible during the Dark Age(476A.D. - 1000A.D.), after the fall of Rome?

God (Christ)

What was the only church from 37A.D. - 1054A.D.?

Christ's Church

Who started this church, and where was it started?

Christ

29 posted on 06/14/2006 10:40:53 AM PDT by colorcountry (Life isn't fair, it isn't unfair either. It just "is.")
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To: colorcountry
TheodenWho preserved the Word of God and the Holy Bible during the Dark Age(476A.D. - 1000A.D.), after the fall of Rome?

colorcountryGod (Christ)

Yes, God preserved his Word through the Body of Christ, The Universal Church, the Catholic Church.

TheodenWhat was the only church from 37A.D. - 1054A.D.?

colorcountryChrist's Church

Correct, Christ's Church is the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, and was the only Church in existence for a thousand years, and took the name Universal Church after Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the empire. Catholic, meaning "Universal" from the Greek word êáèïëéêüò; (Katholicos-Spelling?).

TheodenWho started this church, and where was it started?

colorcountryChrist

Correct again, the Catholic Church was started in the year 37A.D. at Pentecost in the city of Jerusalem by our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is a liberal tactic to change the name of things, in order to blur their reality, but that still doesn't change their meanings, definitions, or factual base. Ex. Liberal --> Enemy Combatant /// Conservative --> Islamic Terrorist. Same thing, different names. Here, the Church of Christ is the Catholic Church, and no other.

31 posted on 06/14/2006 11:20:37 AM PDT by Theoden (Liberate te ex inferis)
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To: colorcountry; Theoden
Who preserved the Word of God and the Holy Bible during the Dark Age(476A.D. - 1000A.D.), after the fall of Rome?
God (Christ)

Yes, through His Church.

What was the only church from 37A.D. - 1054A.D.?
Christ's Church

The first Christians had no doubts about how to determine which was the true Church and which doctrines the true teachings of Christ. The test was simple: Just trace the apostolic succession of the claimants.

Apostolic succession is the line of bishops stretching back to the apostles. All over the world, all Catholic bishops are part of a lineage that goes back to the time of the apostles, something that is impossible in Protestant denominations (most of which do not even claim to have bishops).

Who started this church, and where was it started?
Christ

Matthew 16:18: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church."

32 posted on 06/14/2006 11:28:21 AM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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