Disregard any PROTESTANT theology PHDs. Do you actually think they would say anything that proved the early Church was Catholic. I think not. Look to Pope Benedict 16, probably the greatest Christian historian in the world, and no one else.
But if you don’t want to get former popes involved, former Prysbyterian minister, and now Catholic apologist, Dr. Scott Hahn is second to none.
Hahn received his B.A. degree magna cum laude in 1979 from Grove City College in Pennsylvania with a triple major of Theology, Philosophy, and Economics.[2] He obtained his M.Div. degree summa cum laude from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982. In May 1995, he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Systematic Theology from Marquette University (Phi Beta Kappa). His dissertation, entitled Kinship by Covenant: A Biblical Theological Analysis of Covenant Types and Texts in the Old and New Testaments, is an example of contemporary covenantal theology.
NKP_Vet:
Actually, you don’t know how true you are. If you read P. Schaff’s Church Father work, his notes does all kind of mental gymnastics to get round the Catholicity of those letters. It kind of reminds me of the Planet of the Apes when Charlton Heston was being interrogated by the orangutan’s. They put their heads in the sand!
“Disregard any PROTESTANT theology PHDs.”
Oh I see. You’re changing the end zone now that it is demonstrated your statement was false. Sorry, you didn’t require denominations, just familiarity with church history.
“Do you actually think they would say anything that proved the early Church was Catholic. I think not.”
Well, the ones I know are both truthful and objective. Your new vacillation does point out that to support your false claim requires a roman historian! Oh sure, the roman guy will be the only unbiased source! Not!
“Look to Pope Benedict 16, probably the greatest Christian historian in the world, and no one else.”
So to summarize your position:
1 you have to avoid non-Catholics who read history
2 you have to pick a roman guy or better yet a people.
What a delusional point of view you are espousing.