The Gospel was not written by Abraham or Moses. Mathew Mark Luke and John were Catholics who were born Jewish and became Followers of Christ. What’s your point exactly? Upset that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus but that whatever Protestant sect you belong to was not?
Can you show us in the NT where the following practices of the Roman catholic church are found:
A papacy
Worship of Mary
Indulgences
the current leadership structure of the rcc
the catechism
annulments
works based salvation
teaching the roman catholic church is necessary for salvation
baptizing infants
the merit of Mary
purgatory
we need to wear a scapular to avoid hell as noted by apparitions
where it tells us to devote all of our soul to mary
where we're to pray to Mary
that she remained perpetual virgin
she was assumed into Heaven
penance for salvation
where the Word calls her the "mother of the members of Christ"
where the Word calls her Mediatrix, Helper, Benefactress, advocate
the list can go on and on
Scripture was written by all those... and others. Not a single one was Catholic. Not a single one. Catholicism didn't come on to the scene until ~300 AD. I can't help it if the Roman Catholic Cult's brainwashing is preventing the ability to see actual history for what it is. Centuries of mis-interpreting a verse doesn't make it so; Christ founded his church ON HIMSELF. It's called CHRISTianity, not CATHOLICianity. Like it or not, believe it or not, makes no difference -- facts are facts.
It's absolutely obvious to me that a Church that can't even agree with Scripture -- or worse yet, claim that Muslims and Catholics worship the same 'God' (which, by the logic of the CCC would be Allah) would push a lie the claims that Christ founded his church upon any one other than Christ himself.
My point is that Christ's Church consists of ALL those who are saved and have faith in Christ -- Roman Catholicism is not the "one true church" or the "one true faith." Yet, there may actually be Christians in the RCC; I hope so. But a Christian is a Christian, not a denominational name. And it's certainly not found in the Roman Catholic Cult.
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It'a unclear who Mathew is. So they were Catholics that were born Jewish and THEN became followers of Christ? OK.
There is no Biblical support of there being any Catholics around then.
A couple of centuries later (when Catholicism started) history was rewritten and popes were "created" to conform with modern day deception
Upset that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus but that whatever Protestant sect you belong to was not?
Jesus did not found the Catholic Church, he founded His church.
The body of Christ.
You will find that most if not all non-Catholics posting here belong the that church.
There are only born again Christians in the body of Christ.
One reason why it is false that Catholicism encompasses the body of Christ because some members are not saved.