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Gladly. More than you know. Although, it would be nice to open a Catholic-informational thread without those uninformed about Catholic matters lying in wait just chomping at the bit to take out a Papist. Don't fool yourself into thinking that this kind of thing is instructional, because I was never trained to try and trip up a protestant. I was taught to respect you for your beliefs and for what we may have in common.

Don't bother to call back.

To get back to my "invisible church" argument.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you folks generally believe that Christ founded an "invisible church," or an invisible church of those who "confess Jesus as personal Lord and Savior."

I have pointed out the passage in which Jesus tells his followers to take their disagreements "to the church" after they have taken their disagreements to "several witnesses" without satisfaction.

I also assume that you believe that "the church" mentioned in this passage is "the invisible church."

Now, suppose one of you members of the invisible church accuses a Catholic, a Christian who "accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior," another member of the invisble church, of propagating an heretical doctrine. To which invisible church should we go to settle our disagreement?

If a Baptist accuses a Calvinist of propagating an heresy, to which church should they go to settle their disagreement?

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It's obviously an impossible situation that Christ did not intend to create. He commanded his followers to settle their disagreements in His Church, a visible Church, the Church that he founded, the Church that the gates of hell would not prevail against and the Church that has been in existence since Pentacost.

If you know of any churches, other than the Catholic and Orthodox churches, that have been in continuous existence since Pentacost, please provide the evidence.