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Catholicism is not a denomination because it's the Church Christ instituted. Other Christian sects arose from it.

The Catholic Church is a sect that arose from the Church that Christ established. The Reformation is an event that broke away from that sect.

29 posted on 10/27/2015 3:11:25 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)

30 posted on 10/27/2015 3:27:26 PM PDT by ealgeone

The Catholic Church is a sect that arose from the Church that Christ established.

Scripture says otherwise: Matthew 16:18

32 posted on 10/27/2015 3:49:35 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)

The Catholic Church is a sect that arose from the Church that Christ established. The Reformation is an event that broke away from that sect.

First Mention

Αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησίαι καθ' ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχον εἰρήνην οἰκοδομουμέναι καὶ πορευομέναι τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνοντο

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Acts, Catholic chapter nine, Protestant verse thirty one,
Greek from Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550,
English as authorized, but not authored, by King James,
bold emphasis mine

35 posted on 10/27/2015 4:19:23 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)

That is totally wrong. Christ established the Catholic Church on the twelve Apostles, the first Bishops. There were no other religions until Luther did his thing. Everyone was CATHOLIC!

36 posted on 10/27/2015 4:23:09 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

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