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.
ROFLO! You better check out the Greek and Eastern Orthodox who are also of the Catholic persuasion.
I'd say something like that too, if I were in your shoes. LOL
While reading the Church fathers and the first three hundred years of Church history, I came to the conclusion, as a Protestant, that all the oldest churches were Catholic. That's one of the main reasons I became Catholic.
-A8
The body of believers was not referred to as "Christians" until the Gospel had been taken to Antioch, years after Pentecost. According to your reasoning, therefore, there were no Christians until the believers were called Christians in Antioch.
-A8
Don't forget these churches:
Rev 1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
None of which were named Rome or Catholic.