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To: marajade
Where is the name "Catholic Church" in the Bible?

Where is the name Baptist, where is the name Lutheran, where is your name? Historically, you won't find a Baptist or Lutheran church that was originally in the Holy Lands. All of the oldest churches were, you guessed it, Catholic.

525 posted on 10/22/2006 6:41:12 PM PDT by FJ290
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To: FJ290

I'm neither Baptist or Lutheran. Try again.


529 posted on 10/22/2006 6:43:06 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: FJ290; marajade; Zuriel; kerryusama04
All of the oldest churches were, you guessed it, Catholic.

This is a very common error made by those of the Roman persuasion.

The Church mentioned in the New Testament is mentioned twelve times....Acts 20:28/ I Corinthians 1:2, 10:32, 11:16, 11:22, 15:9/ II Corinthians 1:1/ Galatians 1:13/ I Timothy 3:5, 3:15/ I Thessalonians 2:14/ II Thessalonians 1:4. The Church of God.

It is referred to as the Churches (plural) of Christ once in Romans 16:16. In John 17:11 Our Saviour prayed that the Father would keep the Church in his own (God's) name. Christ is the head of the Church and John 1:1 tells us he is God also. The name "Christian" is used only three times....Acts 11:26/ Acts 26:28 and I Peter 4:16.

The body of believers is never called "Catholic" (Roman or otherwise) in scripture. That organization came about officially hundreds of years later. By this time much false doctrine had entered the early Church and it bore little resemblance to the New Testament Church began on Pentecost.

578 posted on 10/22/2006 7:08:01 PM PDT by Diego1618
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