Eternally Grateful
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you rely on words of men, and menI don't know if you just made that up, or you read some polemic, revisionist history about the Catholic Church, but it's not often I see this level of error. I don't know what to tell you, other than try to go to a secular library and do some honest historical research. Then you can speak to the issue intelligently.
The Catholic Church is the original Church founded by Christ. We have written evidence from very early on. St. Ignatius of Antioch, the bishop of Antioch ordained by St. Peter, was captured by the Romans. While they were transporting him to Rome to be martyred for the faith, he wrote a letter to the Smyrnaeans around 107-110 A.D., referring to the "Catholic Church," not in such a manner as if he were coining the term, but in such a manner in which he fully expected the Smyrnaeans to understand what he was talking about.
It says in paragraph 8, "Where the bishop is present, there let the congregation gather, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
See the entire letter here: https://www.orderofstignatius.org/files/Letters/Ignatius_to_Smyrnaeans.pdf
I rely on God and the book HE GAVE ME
I did not make anything up. I stated what happens in real life. Imagine if Germany won WW2. History would look very much different today don't you agree?
You want to show me in the word where your doctrines are correct. I will gladly look. But otherwise, you can not prove your point..
You may be able to convince yourself. But you won't convince me.
just the fact that is was after the fall of the power of rome that the reformation took place (if the power of rome was not broken, Luther and All the others would have been executed and kept quite. and we would not have any of the things they believed in writing or in history) should convince you of this fact.. But only you can open your mind to that. I can't help you there