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Matthew 7:24 Two Kinds of People “Whoever hears these teachings of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. Matthew 16:18 So I tell you, you are Peter. And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death will not be able to defeat my church. Luke 6:48 They...

Brother Friend, you are quoting verses related to Local Church, NOt the Universal Church, which is what Catholic includes in its meaning.

catholic 1 of 2 adjective cath·o·lic ˈkath-lik ˈka-thə- Synonyms of catholic 1 a capitalized : ROMAN CATHOLIC Her son goes to a Catholic school. b often capitalized : of, relating to, or forming the church universal c often capitalized : of, relating to, or forming the ancient undivided...

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In Acts 9:31, the King James rendering of the plural word churches should actually be the singular church, which describes the universal church, not just local churches. Sometimes the universal church is called the “invisible church”—invisible in the sense of having no street address, GPS...

How many denominations were in the early church?

"Tens of thousands" discredits everything you say.

Challenge for you friend. Make a list of your doctrines (and that of your Church). Go to newadvent.org and see if you can find them in the early church fathers. They were taught by the Apostles. If you can not find a doctrine then the early church did not believe IT.

Augustine “All the Catholic interpreters of the divine books of the Old and New Testaments whom I have been able to read, who wrote before me about the Trinity, which is God, intended to teach in accord with the Scriptures that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are of one and the same...

Origen “For we do not hold that which the heretics imagine: that some part of the being of God was converted into the Son, or that the Son was procreated by the Father from non-existent substances, that is, from a being outside himself, so that there was a time when he [the Son] did not exist”...

Here are examples of what early Christian writers had to say on the subject of the Trinity: The Didache “After the foregoing instructions, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living [running] water. . . . If you have neither, pour water three times on...

Didache (90-110ad) Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 in living water. But if you have not living water, baptize into other water...

7. The Son explicitly said to exist "before all things": Col. 1:17, cf. 1:12-20 8. These statements cannot be dismissed as true only in God's foreknowledge a. We are all "in God's mind" before creation; yet such passages as John 1:1 and John 17:5 clearly mean to say something unusual about...

E. The Son existed before his Incarnation, even before creation 1. Prov. 30:4: This is not predictive prophecy; "prophecy" in 30:1 translates massa, which is rendered elsewhere as "burden." 2. The Son created all things: See VI.E.1 3. Jesus was "with" (pros or para) God the Father before...

4. "Name" need not be personal name, may be title: Isa. 9:6; Matt. 1:23. If a single personal name is sought, the name shared by all three persons is "Yahweh" or "Jehovah." B. Acts 2:38 and Matt. 28:19 1. Neither passage specifies that certain words are to be spoken during baptism; nor does the...

VII. The Holy Spirit Is God A. Equated with God: Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 3:17-18 B. Has the incommunicable attributes of God 1. Eternal: Heb. 9:14 2. Omnipresent: Psa. 139:7 3. Omniscient: 1 Cor. 2:10-11 C. Involved in all the works of God 1. Creation: Gen. 1:2; Psa. 104:30 2. Incarnation: Matt...

2. Sustains the universe: Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3, 11-12 3. Salvation: a. In General: See C.2.a. above b. Forgives sins: Matt. 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26; note that Jesus forgives sins not committed against Him. 4. All of them: John 5:17-29 (including judgment, cf. Matt. 25:31- 46; 2 Cor...

1. Titles belonging only to God a. The first and the last: Rev. 1:17; 22:13; cf. Isa. 44:6 b. King of kings and Lord of lords: 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 17:14; 19:16 2. Titles belonging in the ultimate sense only to God a. Savior: Luke 2:11; John 4:42; 1 John 4:14; Titus 2:13, cf. v. 10; etc.; cf. Isa...

8. Heb. 1:8. The rendering, "God is your throne," is nonsense - God is not a throne, He is the one who sits on the throne! Also, "God is your throne," if taken to mean God is the source of one's rule, could be said about any angelic ruler - but Hebrews 1 is arguing that Jesus is superior to the...