at first, yes, but we were discussing what they were known as in subsequent years...in the year 234 they were known as Catholics......and Catholics are Christians
Actually, we were discussing your insistence that the Catholic Church has always existed (2,013 years, you said) and that the first Christians were "Catholics". I realize that the Catholic Church must retrofit history to their view of reality, but it was not so and there is plenty of proof both historicaly and Scripturally to demonstrate that. But, regardless of what name or label believers in Jesus Christ used - and there were many (i.e., Followers of The Way, Christians, Sect of the Nazarenes, etc.) - it is the faith that unites us all.
We can compare the beliefs of the early Christians as was written in Scripture and see who really holds the faith more closely today if you want, but your dogmatic insistence that all the Christians are Catholic (as in Roman Catholic, per you) is not factual nor is it possible. To add to this error by saying all Catholics are Christians, you only further confuse the terms and end up contradicting yourself.
In a previous post, you stated that even though Catholics didn't witness the tearing of the curtain, that the next day they knew about it.Nope! The people who followed the Savior Jesus Christ, were known as "Christians":at first, yes, but we were discussing what they were known as in subsequent years...in the year 234 they were known as Catholics......and Catholics are Christians
You statements contradict each other. Nothing new there.
A broad brush statement that "Catholics are Christians" would seem to include all Catholics.
Only those that are born again from above and have a personal relationship with Jesus are Christians.