[swmobuffalo]

Technically the word “trinity” isn’t there either but I certainly don’t reject the ample evidence of it in scripture.

I do however reject the notion that the first century church bore any resemblance to any of the churches in existance today and that includes the Catholic church. There were no Catholics in the first century, only Christians. No denominations, just believers.

[Petronski]

There were no Catholics in the first century, only Christians.

It didn't become necessary to refer to the Church as Catholic until the rebellious started heading for the hills.

No denominations, just believers.

The denominations were started later. See, for example, Martin, Cauvin, Zwingli, et al.

The Catholic Church is not a denomination. It is His Church, which He founded.

[Mad Dawg]

Who, looking at an acorn, would know that it had an oak in it? And acorn bears little resemblance to an oak after all.

The Church has had almost 2k years to grow. A body of around 1,000,000,000 members is bound to look different from body of at most a few tens of thousands of members. But it may not be reasonable to rely on appearances.

[narses]

I do however reject the notion that the first century church bore any resemblance to any of the churches in existance today and that includes the Catholic church.

How nice. Objective evidence falls to your opinion, at least in your mind. For those who have eyes and can read there is the historical record - some of it at http://newadvent.org/fathers/

[Marysecretary]

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!