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To: boatbums
Help me out here...was first century Catholicism (technically NOT in the first century) the "true form" or the one that exists under that name today? Because they are definitely NOT the same. In fact, the word "catholic" (lower case c) wasn't even used for the first time until the early second century and it was talking about the universal faith of the Christian community made up of local assemblies whose members were part of the body of Christ, His bride.

Basically, and officially, the early first century Catholic and the one that exists today teach the same truths...they never change. While the officiaal name Catholic did not exist from the beginning, you weren't Boatbums until 9 months after you existed....and the Christian communities in those days became known a Catholic and have been so for 2,017 years....

1,010 posted on 06/20/2017 6:59:41 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVERALL)
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To: terycarl
Basically, and officially, the early first century Catholic and the one that exists today teach the same truths...they never change. While the officiaal name Catholic did not exist from the beginning, you weren't Boatbums until 9 months after you existed....and the Christian communities in those days became known a Catholic and have been so for 2,017 years....

There you go with your "funny" math again!

No, you really can't claim that the "Catholic" church today is the same as the catholic churches from the start. There are many, many things that are different both doctrinally as well as practices. I know that this so-called history is what the Roman Catholic church likes to cram down everyone's throats as the truth but even though some of the doctrines are unchanged, many have been and many have been ADDED that were not held as Apostolic teaching (i.e., Pope; Mariology; Purgatory; Indulgences; prayer to/for the dead, etc.).

I already know you will dispute this but you will have nothing to prove what I said is wrong. We know what the Apostolic teachings are because they wrote them down in Scripture. God ensured that we would have a more sure word than man's opinions, interpretations, myths, legends and mysterious "oral" traditions.

1,016 posted on 06/20/2017 7:30:54 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages)
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To: terycarl

Lol in what year was Jesus crucified? some of your assertions are hilarious


1,021 posted on 06/20/2017 8:30:06 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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