“The Church traces its beginning to Pentecost AD 33 in Jerusalem, described in Acts 2.”
Nope. “The Church”, meaning the Roman Catholic Church, started substantially after that and is a man-made organization. Now, if you’re referring to the THE Church, you MUST mean all Christians, called by The Father to the Son and saved by Christ’s shed blood — i.e. Christians — of which there may be some in the Roman Catholic Church.
Hoss
The Church is the Catholic Church, both east and west that holds to the Catholic Faith which comes to us from the Apostles. It is the Body of Christ on earth and has been given authority by Christ Himself to teach and to baptize. There are those that take the Catholic Scriptures and call themselves Christian that do not believe this Catholic Faith that comes from the Apostles and are responsible for much confusion and error in the world. No man is authorized to start another church in opposition to The Church. There was a visible Church in Paul’s day, as there was in the 2nd century, 4th century, 8th century, 11th century, 16th century and the 21st century. There is only one Jesus, therefore the bread is one and the Church is one. It’s really pretty simple, how many different faiths were there in Paul’s day?
Nope. “The Church”, meaning the Roman Catholic Church, started substantially after that and is a man-made organization. Now, if you’re referring to the THE Church, you MUST mean all Christians, called by The Father to the Son and saved by Christ’s shed blood — i.e. Christians — of which there may be some in the Roman Catholic Church.
Amen!