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To: bkaycee
>>They lost their way a couple hundred years after Constantine married the church to the state.<<

I would contend there was no Roman Catholic Church or any such entity other than the universal “church” assembly of God until that time. It was then that the so called pope gained his authority and incorporated many of the pagan practices and beliefs. Simon Magus the sorcerer was a great influence in starting the RCC as well.

593 posted on 08/28/2013 5:38:17 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: CynicalBear
I would contend there was no Roman Catholic Church or any such entity other than the universal “church” assembly of God until that time. It was then that the so called pope gained his authority and incorporated many of the pagan practices and beliefs. Simon Magus the sorcerer was a great influence in starting the RCC as well.

Certainly, there was no universal Papacy until 7 or 8 hundred years after Christ.

Many off the novel doctrines are said to have been adopted from lay grass roots, not from the Magesterium?? huh?

Like the Assumption of Mary, 400 years after the resurrection, which originated from a heretical document, condemned by a Pope.

599 posted on 08/28/2013 6:06:58 PM PDT by bkaycee (John 3:16)
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To: CynicalBear
"Simon Magus the sorcerer was a great influence in starting the RCC as well."

Chapter and verse? Evidence? Or, could it be this is slander?

604 posted on 08/28/2013 6:18:56 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("In Christ we form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5)
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