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"Protestants cannot explain the fact that the early Church, spread all over the known world, held to the same Catholic faith."

Well, Protestants are Catholics that left the Catholic church for one reason or another...But as far as I can see, they're still Catholic...

But you didn't mention that Constantine basically joined your church with the Pagan worshippers of Diana when he took charge...That's the group that worshipped the Queen of Heaven...That's why you celebrate Jesus' birthday on the winter solstace, the worship of the Sun God...

It's a matter of your same history that your church burned as many copies of scripture that didn't line up with your church as they could find...And killing many 'heretics' in the process...

But the fact is, a lot of these groups survived the onslaught by Rome...And they grew and branched out...And they made copy after copy of the scriptures and passed than on, to be copied some more...

And bucketloads of manuscripts survived that were passed on to different groups dating from around 4 AD and for hundreds of years to follow...

These make up the majority of manuscripts that the King James bible was created from...Your church didn't invent, or create, or write the bible I use...There's no connection between my bible and your church...

"Protestants cannot explain the fact that the early Church, spread all over the known world, held to the same Catholic faith."
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You've confused me with another poster who didn't want to answer questions and then accused me of ad hominen attacks.

The point I was trying to get across was the idea that Christianity was totally unified is a myth. There have been all types of different sects, including RC, from the beginning. Tertullian is just one example, he is not a St. in the RCC because he became a Montanist (similar to Pentecostals) later in his life.

The same mythology applies to the idea that Peter was some kind of "super" Apostle, or the belief that the RCC founded the Canon.

Well, Protestants are Catholics that left the Catholic church for one reason or another...But as far as I can see, they're still Catholic...

How so?

But you didn't mention that Constantine basically joined your church with the Pagan worshippers of Diana when he took charge...

That is simply not true, and there is no evidence to support it.

.That's why you celebrate Jesus' birthday on the winter solstace, the worship of the Sun God...

Again, not true.

But the fact is, a lot of these groups survived the onslaught by Rome...And they grew and branched out...And they made copy after copy of the scriptures and passed than on, to be copied some more...

What is your evidence for this claim?

-A8

This is simply false, as any Protestant scholar would acknolwedge.

-A8