To: pbear8
With all due respect, the Catholic church is not 2000 years old. Perhaps 1700 years, but there is nothing to suggest Catholic doctrine and tradition was present in the early church after the death of Christ.
It gradually evolved later.
89 posted on
04/16/2005 8:03:51 PM PDT by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: rwfromkansas
Read the Didache (a first century cathecism) and the letters of the early church fathers, some written while the apostles were still living. Eucharist, bishops, etc., they all existed from very early on.
108 posted on
04/16/2005 8:57:02 PM PDT by
pbear8
(Please,Lord, make the new pope really, really Catholic)
To: rwfromkansas
You can believe that all day long, but you KNOW it's not factual. Jesus gave Simon Peter the "keys to the Kingdom" and made him the ROCK on which I will build my Church. Hence, Peter is the first POPE.What denominiation are you and I will tell you who and what year our religion started. Mine started in 33 AD.
113 posted on
04/16/2005 9:18:27 PM PDT by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: rwfromkansas; pbear8
With all due respect, the Catholic church is not 2000 years old. Perhaps 1700 years, but there is nothing to suggest Catholic doctrine and tradition was present in the early church after the death of Christ.
Nonsense. See the quotes I posted above. BTW, what denomination do you claim as your own?
136 posted on
04/17/2005 7:25:32 AM PDT by
narses
(St James the Moor-slayer, Pray for us! +)
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