That’s right- just as God saves us. I don’t recall any guidelines being laid down for the Roman Catholic Church to use in God’s name!!
You prove my point.
Hoss
True, the Roman Catholic church is not mentioned in the bible. However, Christ does explicitly affirm Petrine authority.
You *could* claim that the Roman Catholics have strayed from St. Peter, but that would lead to two questions. One, Christ promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against his Church. This means that the Church must exist in some form today.
Two, as far as I’m aware, only one Church affirms Petrine authority.