"Think about it - in terms of the Catholic Church. In our view, all other denominations came after the formation of the Catholic church. Lutherans, Baptists, Presbys and Methodists were all born of movements and persons working years after the establishment of the Catholic Church."
This is a false statement. The true church of the Bible which was founded by Jesus and preached by his apostles predates the Catholic church by several hundred years.
This is a false statement. The true church of the Bible which was founded by Jesus and preached by his apostles predates the Catholic church by several hundred years.
Amen. The RCC is part of our history, but I too feel that it is more often than not farther from it's true apostolic mission than many other Christian faiths. It is our strongest candidate for centralizing our Christian faith, and I am often at more odds with the anti-Catholics than I am with the Catholics. However, your simple statement is quite true. The true mission of ouf faith is our relationship with God and our membership in His church.
No. Your statement avoids the core of what I said. The other denominations came well after the establishment of the Catholic Church - regardless of what your position is on Peter as the first Pope.
How can the true church of the bible, which the Catholic Church assembled, predate Catholicism, when the founding of the Catholic Church is documented in the Acts of the Apostles?