Hmm, I like Eusebius too.
“…Peter, that strongest and greatest of all the apostles, and the one who on account of his virtue was the speaker for all the others…”
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, 2:14 (A.D. 325).
"...And Peter, on whom the Church of Christ is built, ‘against which the gates of hell shall not prevail’”
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, 6:25 (A.D. 325).
“Hegesippus and the Events which he mentiones. Hegesippus in the five books of Memoirs which have come down to us has left a most complete record of his own views. In them he states that on a journey to Rome he met a great many bishops, and that he received the same doctrine from all. It is fitting to hear what he says after making some remarks about the epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. His words are as follows:
And the church of Corinth continued in the true faith until Primus was bishop in Corinth. I conversed with them on my way to Rome, and abode with the Corinthians many days, during which we were mutually refreshed in the true doctrine. And when I had come to Rome I remained a there until Anicetus, whose deacon was Eleutherus. And Anicetus was succeeded by Soter, and he by Eleutherus. In every succession, and in every city that is held which is preached by the law and the prophets and the Lord.'”
Hegesippus, fragment in Eusebius Ecclesiastical History, 4:22 (c. A.D. 180).
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If you want to believe that the RCC is the true church, I don't see anything wrong in that. Jesus wrote a letter to Thyatira, in Revelation 2. You should read it. The seven letters are 7 church ages, and the RCC/Orthodox has its own church age that extends to the end of time, so Jesus considers you guys as a legitimate Church. Thyatira is Church age number 4. The next church age is Sardis which is the age of the Reformation. Then Philadelphia which is the best; then Laodecia, which is the worst and where we are now. Jesus is coming soon.
Take heed to the warning in this letter. Jezebel is the representative of the Babylonian Mystery Religion. The real Jezebel, married to Ahab, was a high priestess of that idol worshiping pagan religion. They had a goddess and godchild in every country, and the pair went by different names in each country. Rome had Venus and Cupid. And the RCC changed their names to Mary and Jesus. And the goddess was called the queen of heaven. You MUST stop praying to and idolizing Mary; that is what is being referred to by "Jezebel." Take the sacraments, and only pray to the Father in Jesus name. All the sightings of Mary through the centuries are all demonic. That is why Jesus says "depths of Satan." Don't be angry. Just take heed if you want to go to heaven.
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,
‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and
as for your works, the last
are more than the first.
20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
24 “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. 25 But hold fast what you have till I come. 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—
27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star.
29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’
