>>>That is a categorically false statement.<<<
I addressed this in post #389 and in a previous thread (On the Infallibility of Tradition, Scripture, Magisterium). The early Church was originally a sect of Judaism and kept the OC Law for about the first two decades until the council of Ac.15 where it was abandoned.
But I do not think you are addressing the discussion of this thread. It is about the validity of Roman Catholicism as the "one church". If your argument is that RCs should keep the Law, go tell that to the RCs. If you want to discuss all Christians keeping the Law, start a new thread.
Enter the church of this present age: the Church the Body of Christ. It was a secret which Peter and the eleven knew nothing about when they followed Christ as King and offered His kingdom to Israel at Pentecost.
We, as members of the Church the Body of Christ now know Him in a different way. Whereas Peter and the eleven knew Him as the King to reign on earth, we know him as the glorified Head of the Body (Eph. 1:19-23). "Wherefore HENCEFORTH.." Paul states in 2 Cor. 5:16. Meaning from this point on. Meaning a change in what had previously been happening.
Before Paul was saved, men were expected to trust in Jesus as "the Christ, the Son of the living God," the King to reign as God on David's throne. But with the raising up of Paul Israel's rejection of Christ was assumed and "Wherefore HENCEFORTH" we trust the rejected King as our glorified Lord and Savior.The Messianic Church was a prophesied church. The plans and specifications for THAT church are found in the Old Testament Scriptures.
The plans and specifications for THIS church (the Church the Body of Christ) were "kept secret since the world began" (Rom. 16:25), "Hid from ages and from generations (Col. 1:26), "in other ages...not made known" (Eph. 3:5) but NOW revealed to and through the Apostle Paul.
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No, the ‘church’ was never a sect of Judaism.
Judaism, an invention of men, was what was hung on the cross, in favor of Torah, the way of God.
That prevailed until the end of the apostolic age, with the death of John around 94 AD.
At that time the mystery of Iniquity began its march to victory over a period of two and a half centuries. It has been in control from that point onward.
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