“There was a Roman Catholic Church in 200 AD.”
No. There was not a church that taught what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Even past 400 AD, the “Pope” was not thought of as Pope. Shoot, arguably the Orthodox have the real claim to continuity, with the Roman Catholics breaking off to follow their earthly leader.
The first pope didn't show up until around 600 AD...They didn't even know what a pope was until then...There was no single bishop in charge of all the churches...Many bishops existed...
There is no successor for Peter in the scriptures while there are successors for the apostle Paul...Peter's ministry kind of went by the wayside as far as bible history goes...
Mr. Rogers:
Really? Yes, they had churches teaching what the First this Baptist, Pentecostal Church of somewhere in Miisssssss sippppi or Allaaaaaabammma , or Tennnnnnesseeeeee
Yea right