Yes, Jesus established the Roman Catholic Church that one time He visited Italy. Huh?
No, Christ established His Church, which includes all those who have repented and follow Him.
Why do you Roman Catholics have such a hard time fellowshiping with those who follow Christ, who love Him as their Lord and Savior? Why so antagonistic toward Christians. I just can’t figure out your vitriol toward other Christ-followers. Maybe that’s how you get your identity — you’ve become more of a Protestant Protestant, and less of a Christ-follower.
No vitriol, my friend. Perhaps the language barrier is more challenging to penetrate. Peter was directly commissioned to head up the Church. He established the Church at Antioch and made his way to Rome where he was martyred. Paul was also martyred in Rome.
Why do you Roman Catholics have such a hard time fellowshiping with those who follow Christ, who love Him as their Lord and Savior?
We love our Lord and proclaim Him through these discussions. We are equally confounded as to how so many christians can believe that all churches are equal. According to Scripture, Christ wanted us to be one (John 17:22-23). We are all as a Church to be of one mind and to think the same (Philippians 2:2; Romans 15:5). There is only to be one "faith" (Ephesians 4:3-6), not many. For the Church is Christ's Body and Christ only had one Body, not many. The word "truth" is used several times in the New Testament. However, the plural version of the word "truth" never appears in Scripture. Therefore, there can only be one Truth. So how can there be over 20,000 non-Catholic Christian denominations all claiming to have the "Truth"?
“Why do you Roman Catholics have such a hard time fellowshiping with those who follow Christ, who love Him as their Lord and Savior? Why so antagonistic toward Christians.”
As a thankful convert to Catholic Church, I can’t say I have had ANY difficulty in experiencing fellowship with any believers of Christ, Catholic or not.
Christ established the Apostolic Church — that is the Orthodox, Orientals, Catholics and Assyrian Churches. We are 4 part of the ONE Catholic and Apostolic Church