i am ready to learn about any non-Catholic Christians before the 16th century any time you wish to share your vast knowledge of Church History with us.
somehow i think i will be waiting a long time.
We’re all “catholic,” if we’re members of Christ’s Church. Catholic simply mean universal, the entire body of those whom the Lord has adopted into His family.
There weren’t any Roman Catholics until some time after Jesus ascended into heaven. The heirarchy was largely Roman for hundreds of years. At some point the Church heirarchy had grown so corrupt and heretical that God brought a revival, and drew a remnant back to Scripture, so that they might better understand Him and His will for them, and the fuller glory of His gospel.
Now we are free to consider heaven our home, with Christ as our high priest. No need to go “home to Rome” or “cross the Tiber.”