The Catholic church is a highjacked, Satanic-decieved version of the church that Christ founded. Beginning around the time of Constantine, when it became the government church.ROTFLMAO!
So the gates of hell prevailed against Christ's Church?
Or did it transform into the First Baptist Church of Memphis?
Or is it now invisible?
But Christ didn't found an invisible Church, since He commanded His followers to take disputes "to the church." An invisible church can't settle any dispute.
This Church that Christ founded must teach with His Authority, since Jesus could have said, "take it to ME," rather than, "take it to the church."
Moreover, this visible church must possess a unified, non-contradictory body of teaching. Otherwise, it could not settle disputes among Christians.
And this visible Church must still exist, since Christ said that "the gates of hell" would not prevail against It.
There is only one visible Christian Church that can trace Its origin to Apostolic times.
It's the same Church that wrote, preserved and canonized the Bible. If you reject the authority of the Church, you reject the Bible, and you reject the authority of Christ.
And then, at the time of Constantine, the Church that Jesus said would last until the end of time CEASED TO EXIST. It came back into existence in the 16th Century.
I don’t see any place in the gospels where Jesus says His Church will cease to exist for thirteen centuries, and then come back into existence.