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To: stfassisi; metmom; Kolokotronis
“”Believers were called Christians first in Antioch. Not called Catholics.””

Yes they were called catholic’s,mm.

Please post other historical writings from someone who lived in Antioch that prove the following wrong?

“See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles. Do ye also reverence the deacons, as those that carry out the appointment of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic Church.” Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110).

...and Ignatius of Antioch believed in the True Presence in Eucharist completely opposite of protestant heretics denying it

You do know there is a vast difference in the meaning of "catholic" and "Catholic" don't you?

6,254 posted on 12/30/2010 9:44:23 AM PST by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE; stfassisi; metmom
"You do know there is a vast difference in the meaning of "catholic" and "Catholic" don't you? "

In the context of Christianity and the comments of our Holy and God Bearing Father +Ignatius of Antioch, those of us who are members of The Church, as in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, be it Orthodox, Latin Rite or Oriental Orthodox, with the exception of some very few, uninformed, Latin Rite members of FR, all deny that there is any distinction at all between those two words, capital "C" or not. This, by the way, has been the position of The Church since the first years of the 2nd century as is apparent from +Ignatius' warnings against the teachings of extra ecclesial heretics. I assure you that sfa shares these sentiments.

6,256 posted on 12/30/2010 10:52:59 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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