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Your post that I replied to:

John wrote this approximately in the year 100. I do not believe it is referring to medieval happenings but rather the blood of the Catholic martyrs who were being killed by Nero of the Roman Empire

Your response:

What protestant martyrs in the years 68-100?

If there were "Catholic" martyrs in the first century, there could just well have been Protestant ones also.

As has been explained over and over here on the RF, Catholicism did not exist back then.

Those that were martyred were CHIRITIANS, they had no "denominations" such as Catholicism or Protestantism at that time.

Catholicism started it about the 4th century, and immediately used the "ex post facto" method to bestow Catholicism upon 1st century Christians.

The Roman Emperor Constantine established himself as the head of the church around 313 A.D., which made this new "Christianity" the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Ex post facto is "with retroactive effect or force" or more simply "after the facts."

In other words, rewriting history. Which is the case with Catholicism.

I have seen Catholic posters post that the first Christians were Catholiocs. When no such desigination existed, except that ALL Christians were "catholic" Christians, Biblically "universally" the Body of Christ. (All born again believers believing Jesus for salvation and turning to following Him.)

As an aside, did you know that the Catholics were the first "protestants?"

Several hundred years after Jesus walked the earth, they protested against simple Christianity and "made" themselves THE "Church."

And excluded everyone else.

And then what happened?

The "dark ages" came upon the world.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

Daaniel, did you enjoy the crickets? LOL.

Thanks for attempting to help out poster Salvation with some simple Christian truths!

Catholics, the ORIGINAL PROTESTANTS!