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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: AlaninSA
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.

Peter was never your first Pope, and was never in Rome. Like I said....the scriptures show the Church of God to be the first church.

722 posted on 03/05/2007 4:51:02 PM PST by Diego1618
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To: AlaninSA; Diego1618; Iscool

Matthew 16:18 And "I say also unto thee, That thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The name Peter does mean rock but he was not the rock the church was founded on. Peter was a movable rock.

"This", in upon THIS rock, is referring to Jesus Himself, The Rock, the foundation stone. Peter was neither the foundation nor the builder. Our church is founded on Christ, Son of God, not on a man.


732 posted on 03/05/2007 5:11:12 PM PST by Ping-Pong
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