The Catholic Church came before the gospels. End of subject. Move on.
The Catholic Church came before the gospels. End of subject. Move on.
I wish you would hold at least half the reverence for Jesus that you have for the Catholic Church.
Where your heart is you’ll find what you treasure.
>> “The Catholic Church came before the gospels. End of subject. Move on.” <<
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In your dreams?
The gospel of Matthew was written before Paul was anointed an apostle.
The ‘catholic’ church came 300 years later.
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Wishful thinking isn't proof. All of the gospels were written mid to late FIRST century, were copied, distributed, read and studied by the early Christians. The word "catholic", meaning "of the whole" or "universal" wasn't even used as an adjective to describe the Christian faith until the SECOND century.
The earliest recorded evidence of the use of the term "Catholic Church" is the Letter to the Smyrnaeans that Ignatius of Antioch wrote in about 107 to Christians in Smyrna. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_term_%22Catholic%22)
I know that Roman Catholics think they are the ORIGINAL Christians and that they OWN the word "catholic" or even Christian, but they are wrong. Those who know Jesus as Savior and Lord are part of His church, his bride, His spiritual house, no matter what "church" they choose to worship together in.