No, because Scripture says so.
Prior to the ‘reformation’ there was no need to refer to the church established by Christ as the Catholic Church, because there was only one Church, as Christ commanded. It was only the wise guys of the reformation who decided, 1,500 years after the Apostles, that they knew better because they had a book.
But this is not what Scripture says:
“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Mat 6:18
Here Christ says his Church will not be destroyed.
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” John 16:12-13
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” 1Tim 3:15
Here Christ says, and Paul reaffirms, that the Church will always teach the TRUTH.
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."Mat 28:18-20
Again, here Jesus assures us that He is always with us, to the very end.
So Christ says His Church will not be destroyed or fall away from him, that the Holy Spirit will guide the Church to always teach the Truth, and He will always be with us. The Church is much more than a collection of nice people who read a Bible and believe anything they want.
No it doesn't...The scriptures says the church is the 'body' of Christ...Is it Jesus' physical body??? Of course not...If it was Jesus' physical body, we would see Jesus' physical body...
Is the church a building??? Nope...The first thing we have to do is ignore what your religion thinks the church is because the scriptures tell us and describes what the church, the body of Christ is...And it in no way matches the definition your religion has come up with...
Put simply, the bible tells us the church is/are those who have been added to the groups of people who believe...Are any added to the church who are baptized but do not believe??? How about those who make a public profession but do not actually believe??? Nope...That's why the real church, the people, are invisible...Only those with a 'right' heart are members of the church and no one can see inside another's heart so their heart is invisible to others...Hence, and invisible church...
No one can say with certainly that your pope belongs to the church...Only he and God know...
Prior to the ‘reformation’ there was no need to refer to the church established by Christ as the Catholic Church, because there was only one Church, as Christ commanded. It was only the wise guys of the reformation who decided, 1,500 years after the Apostles, that they knew better because they had a book.
Now that's funny...It was the book of the Catholic religion they were trying to adhere to...
You are ignoring history or just didn't bother to learn the truth...
There were churches right from the get go...Your religion references them by calling them heretics and murdering and slaughtering them...They had no means of defense...Your religion had the world-wide ruthless Roman Army to do its dirty work for it...
They had scriptures and they worshiped God...Their sin was that they refused to bow down to your popes and your religion...So you slaughtered them and burnt their bibles...
The Reformation was not started by those groups of Christians...The Reformation was started by Catholics who saw that their/your religion perverted its own scriptures ao badly that they chose to go back to the bible...
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” 1Tim 3:15
There are scholars who say it is God who is referenced as being the pillar and ground of the truth...Since it is the church of God, I would suspect that would be right since we have other scripture to back that up...
Again, here Jesus assures us that He is always with us, to the very end
That promise is not to the Catholic religion...It is to only 'believers', the body of Christ...
So Christ says His Church will not be destroyed or fall away from him, that the Holy Spirit will guide the Church to always teach the Truth, and He will always be with us.
I don't believe it says the Holy Spirit will guide the church to teach the truth...It says the Holy Spirit will teach the truth to the church...And looking at Peter for inspiration, the church(es) may not always tell all of the truth...We know that is true of your 'Church' as well as any others...
You guys always add words that are not true...The bible says there will a great falling away before the man of sin is revealed...If there isn't a falling away in your religion, more proof that your religion is not the church of Jesus...