[af_vet_1981]

ou cannot show the modern Roman Catholic church in the New Testament....hence it was a later development.

The Reformation was an attempt to correct the errors of Rome.

We're still trying after all of these years.

The New Testament contains a book from the Apostle to the Gentiles to the church at Rome in the First Century.

You cannot show any of your Reformation faith communities in the New Testament, which leaves them without legitimacy or provenance.

I agree that such are still trying after all these years to re-form, recreate, or reconstruct a religion. There are thousands of such attempts without revelation, without apostles.

[ealgeone]

The New Testament contains a book from the Apostle to the Gentiles to the church at Rome in the First Century.

You mean the one where Paul wrote about all have sinned...which would include Mary (Rms 3:23).

The one where he talks about salvation through faith in Christ (Rms 5) and through Christ alone and which is a free gift (Rms 3:24) by which is not dependent upon works? (Rms 3:27-28)

The one which teaches the Holy Spirit is always praying for us? Rms (8:26-7)

The one that Paul wrote to saying:

8But what does it say? “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

10for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

11For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.”

What Paul does not say is very telling. Romans contradicts so much of Roman Catholic theology.

As I noted...the Roman Catholic church is not found in the New Testament.