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To: dangus

Prove that the church right after the death/resurrection of Christ taught RCC doctrine. I love how you guys always say "we are the real church" and can't point to anything in REAL early church history. I note the early church creeds don't teach your doctrine.


537 posted on 04/14/2005 7:31:44 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: rwfromkansas
Prove that the church right after the death/resurrection of Christ taught RCC doctrine. I love how you guys always say "we are the real church" and can't point to anything in REAL early church history. I note the early church creeds don't teach your doctrine.

Are you back again? LOL

547 posted on 04/14/2005 7:48:40 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: rwfromkansas

From 500 to 1500, the Catholic doctrine was the only doctrine expounded by Christianity. That is the thousand years I referred to. I could probably have added a couple hundred years and pulled that to as early as 300.

Before 300, the historical record is quite scarce, due to the persecution of Christians. Also, doctrines did become more defined as time went on. But there was no successful dissent from these doctrines until the Reformation. The Reformation doctrines simply were never expressed until then. Yes, various individual doctrines were expressed, but the argument made was that the Catholic doctrines were false enough to make Catholicism insufficient for salvation. The doctrines which would do so would be numerous, and no population held none of the doctrines called false by such preachers. Ergo, if the preachers' claim is true, not one soul was saved between 500 and 1500 AD. That viewpoint is not able to be reconciled with the promises of the bible.


826 posted on 04/15/2005 6:34:43 PM PDT by dangus
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