[Campion]

He pointed out that the catholic church didn't even come into existence for several hundred years

It's a truism of logic that you can't prove a negative. Care to show me how you'd prove that particular negative? How do you know there was no Catholic Church in AD 120?

Here's how I know there was: Ignatius of Antioch, who was the third bishop of Antioch after St. Peter, called himself the "bishop of the Catholic Church in Syria" in AD 110.

Your move.

[Syncro]

Here's how I know there was: Ignatius of Antioch, who was the third bishop of Antioch after St. Peter, called himself the "bishop of the Catholic Church in Syria" in AD 110.

Thank you for posting that.

Can you link us to where he called himself "bishop of the Catholic Church in Syria?" I would like to see the original quote from history.

Thanks

[WXRGina]

Your move.

My "move" was to post this column by Mr. Bresciani. I have no interest in arguing with die-hard catholics, because we will never agree. There have been false teachers and false prophets since the Garden, and the apostles even noted that there were those among the early church that went out from them but were not of them.