You wrote:
“You absolutely avoided the problem of the absence of a word which can be designated “Church”.”
That’s a complete falsehood. Again, the Catholic Church used the term “ecclesia”. It is only in English translations that it uses the word “Church” - which is ultimately from the Greek work “kyriakos”. What part of that do you not understand?
“And, its absence is conspicuous. If Rome claims a name or a spot which does not exist (the true “Church”) around 1500 years of self-aggrandizement goes down the tube. But, I understand how much is invested in making the party line work...perhaps a lifetime. That “Bible” doesn’t appear in the Bible is obfuscation, not explanation.”
No, it’s explanation. Do you know what the Bible is? I bet you do. Yet the word is not in the Bible itself as a definition or even descriptive term for what Christians commonly call the Sacred Scriptures. Thus, there can’t be anything wrong with using the term “Church” for the Church/ecclesia/ekklesia.
“If the Roman organization understood that Paul uses the term “ekklasia” in the common sense of “assembly”, it would also understand the plural, “assemblies” (I Cor.) removes it from the throne upon which it has propped itself.”
No. “Assemblies” is about a number of local assemblies, not different KINDS of assemblies. There’s only one Church. Christ did not establish competing Churches. And He certainly never established a single Protestant sect as is demonstrated by the fact that none of them existed until 1500 after Christ’s time on earth.
“There is no “Church” central, nor submission to a “pope” indicated anywhere in Scripture. There are many “assemblies” meeting all over the world. Some teach truth, others teach religion. Rome falls on the wrong side.”
No, scripture makes it pretty clear that Christ established ONE Church and only men with Protestant like tendencie could twist some Christians in a local congregation but none of them could overwhelm the whole Church - just as Christ promised it would be able to withstand even the gates of Hell.
“I didn’t say “nice”. But, not to worry...those remarks of yours were not nice, not kind, and certainly not charitable.”
They were charitable. The Truth hurts those who attack Christ’s Church as you do. Anti-Catholicism is a mental illness. It makes its adherents stupid, belligerent, ignorant, and arrogant. Speaking bluntly to such a person is charitable for he needs to hear the truth even though he hates it.
Those trapped in the darkness of Rome will discover on that last day how errant that demonic organization really is. We invite you out into the light of Jesus, alone...if He permits.