Well, there's your first mistake. The "church" is not a "where" it is a "who" as in a spiritual body of believers in the Savior Jesus Christ. They are everywhere and in every place. It is those who boastfully claim to belong to "the One, True, Only" organization, relying upon this membership to be their salvation, that are NOT a part of the one, true, only SPIRITUAL body of Christ - and that is the REAL one.
you must have been very good a dodge ball, back in the day. you are the one that claims the Church teaches false doctrine, therefore it is not the true Church.
ok, if it isn’t, there must be another spiritual body of believers who did not call themselves Cathlolic, nor hold to the Catholic Faith from 95ad to 1517ad, correct?
well, who were they, did they have a name? did they have leaders?
your lack of specifics is deafening, because we both know no one existed who holds to your unorthodox beliefs before the 16th century.
i notice you never answered my question from a week or so regarding who has the authority to set the canon of Scripture.
also, you never answered my question on the murderer who is executed, but is baptized right before his execution, does the Catholic Faith teach he goes straight to heaven when he dies? this was to dispute your claim the Church teaches we are saved by good works, the murderer did not do any good works. if you answer yes, the Catholic Church teaches the murderer goes straight heaven, was it because of grace alone he was saved or by his nonexistent good works?