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To: DaGman; Iscool
The Catholic Church IS the church established by Jesus Christ.

Actually you're wrong here. the Church in scripture is always referred to as "The Church of God"....eleven times. It is referred to as The Church of Christ once.....never being referred to as "The Catholic or universal Church".

Jesus himself [John 17:11] prays that God The Father will keep the Church in His (God's) own name. He was never called Mr. Universal. The Church of God has been in existence from the Day of Pentecost. The Catholic Church came along much, much later.

717 posted on 03/05/2007 4:30:47 PM PST by Diego1618
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To: Diego1618

Straw man, son.

The Catholic Church, while not "named" in the Bible, was established by Christ Himself when He built His Church upon the rock known as Peter...our first Pope.


718 posted on 03/05/2007 4:39:47 PM PST by AlaninSA ("Beware the fury of a patient man." - John Dryden)
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To: Diego1618
"Actually you're wrong here."

No, actually I am quite correct. Jesus named Peter the first head of his church. There has been a very long line of successors that have continuously followed after Peter as Pope of the Catholic Church.

Jesus wasn't hung up on the administrative/marketing stuff. He let someone else name the church "Catholic". Jesus had a lot more important things to do.

756 posted on 03/05/2007 6:51:41 PM PST by DaGman
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