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>>First Christians were Catholic, deal with it, it’s fact.<<

Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians (Christianos) first in Antioch.,P Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian (Christianos).

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian (Christianos), let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Christianos - follower of Christ

There is no word "Catholic" in the New Testament. Deal with it. It's a fact.

12 posted on 12/13/2014 9:17:09 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear
There is no word "Catholic" in the New Testament.

This is semantics. Do some research into the writings of the earliest Church Fathers ( Jurgens Faith of the Early Fathers) and the Didache, writings that predate the canonization of the New Testament. See what the earliest Christians believed, not what Martin Luther believed.

One doctrine you won't find in the early Church is Sola Scriptura. (You won't find it in the New Testament, either.)

"Listen to the Church." --Jesus

14 posted on 12/13/2014 10:03:21 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: CynicalBear
<>I>There is no word "Catholic" in the New Testament. Deal with it. It's a fact.

No word Trinity either. It is still a fact, deal with it.

57 posted on 12/14/2014 4:49:10 AM PST by verga (You anger Catholics by telling them a lie, you anger protestants by telling them the truth.)
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