[kerryusama04]

US emphatic? You are the one that mentioned it in the first place and challenged us on it. Why is it so important? Because it's the truth and truth is important.

FJ, you obviously have a lot of passion for your faith. I admire this zeal. The simple fact is that the Catholic Church, headed by one man, is not what is laid out in the scriptures. The Church you attend may be able to trace its roots to the Apostles, namely Paul, but Rome being the center of Christianity with a supreme Pontiff simply did not occur until the council of Nicea.

[Quix]

I think it's exceedingly unfortunate and sad when organizations-of-man-dogma rewrites history.

All the more so when such things obscure or hinder daily dialogue and priority for intimacy with GOD ALONE.

[adiaireton8]

The simple fact is that the Catholic Church, headed by one man, is not what is laid out in the scriptures.

Even if that were true, it would be an argument from silence, and that would beg the question by assuming the truth of 'sola scriptura'.

The Church you attend may be able to trace its roots to the Apostles, namely Paul, but Rome being the center of Christianity with a supreme Pontiff simply did not occur until the council of Nicea.

The church at Rome always had primacy, as the Church fathers even in the first two centuries attested.

-A8