Retroactive popes, retroactive "Catholics," there were only Christians until Catholics became a Christian denomination.
It's interesting that there was no need for denominations, all believers were Christians, until the Catholic denomination came along and "claimed" all Christians were Catholic.
Then of course other denominations sprung up to counter the denomination run by men, Catholicism.
Christians naturally balked at that idea, as they followed God, not men. (Shades of the Pharisees!)
Remember your post where you stated (quoting my post)Christians allow ONLY the Holy Spirit to interpret Scripture, Catholics use men.
There were no popes for hundreds of years, MEN saying there were by rewriting history is close to blaspheme.
It appears you are not ready for the meat of the Word of God, my mistake trying to teach you Biblical Truths apparently beyond your comprehension as you repeat the same false beliefs over and over.
Except I am so glad your realize that Christians allow ONLY the Holy Spirit to interpret Scripture, Catholics use men. One step at a time out of darkness into light!
I do indeed remember it, however you will notice that the statement was in italics which means that I was repeating your statement... I went on to say, however that god chose some men to interpret better than others....if you put 100 people in a room, give them a scripture to interpret, do you really think that all, even though all are Christians, will come up with identical interpretations.....I'd think not.
I, and most Christians rely on help from those taught to interpret scripture, they and others before them devote their lives to studying the bible and its writings...Catholics wrote the new testament and it is a wise choice to allow them to interpret it. God used mankind to bring forth His message, to write it and interpret it so that all could understand it. To suppose that you are as capable as the learned men of church history to do so is arrogant at best.