Why do they hate being called Christians

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He {Jeremiah) made two special contributions to the truth as understood in his time. (1) The spirituality of religion. He saw the coming overthrow of their national and formal religion and realized that, to survive that crisis, religion must not be national, but individual and spiritual. (2) Personal responsibility (31:29-30). If religion was to be a spiritual condition of the individual, the doctrine of personal responsibility was a logical necessity. These two teachings constitute a great step forward.
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All it shows is a list of popes n9o more no less.Speeling error included.
That's absolutely incorrect.
R*E*A*D the words of Ignatius, written while the Apostle John was still alive:
Ignatius of Antioch

Follow your bishop, every one of you, as obediently as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Obey your clergy too as you would the apostles; give your deacons the same reverence that you would to a command of God. Make sure that no step affecting the Church is ever taken by anyone without the bishop’s sanction. The sole Eucharist you should consider valid is one that is celebrated by the bishop himself, or by some person authorized by him. Where the bishop is to be seen, there let all his people be; just as, wherever Jesus Christ is present, there is the Catholic Church (Letter to the Smyrneans 8:2 [A.D. 110]).

In like manner let everyone respect the deacons as they would respect Jesus Christ, and just as they respect the bishop as a type of the Father, and the presbyters as the council of God and college of the apostles. Without these, IT CANNOT BE CALLED A CHURCH. I am confident that you accept this, for I have received the exemplar of your love and have it with me in the person of your bishop. His very demeanor is a great lesson and his meekness is his strength. I believe that even the godless do respect him (Letter to the Trallians 3:1-2 [A. D. 110]).

Ignatius of Antioch
Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God. . . . They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2-7:1 [A.D. 110]).


This shows the structure of the Early Church is exactly like the structure of the Catholic Church today.
It illustrates how they celebrated the Holy Eucharist and professed it to be the glorified Body and Blood of Jesus Christ - something that MOST Protestants vehemently reject. This is 2000 years of unbroken Succession of clergy and doctrine.

Maybe you should enroll in a history class to go along with that much needed spelling class . . .
 

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poor guy. So could you do us a favor and point to the kingdom a little more specifically? I mean is it that specific tax-free State called Vatican over there that has a deal with Italy, or what? And do you think they became the Church only after the Inquisition failed, and they were forced to stop selling salvation for money, or were they beforehand?

You are comfortable with the implications of "Holy Roman Empire," obviously; how do you differentiate that from "the world?" I mean, you gotta be kidding, right.
Careful - your abject ignorance is showing again . . .

First of all - the Church NEVER sold salvation for money. This is just another anti-Catholic fairy tale that you've all swallowed hook, line and sinker.
The selling of Indulgences was an abuse by men like Johann Tetzel. It was NEVER sanctioned by the Church.

Secondly - I see that you utterly failed to produce even ONE other entity that has the same unbroken line of Apostolic Succession other than the Catholic Church. Good job.

Do your homework before making these embarrassingly moronic claims . . .