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Yes - you might see a "Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church" and a "St. Cecilia's Melkite Catholic Church". They are BOTH Catholic and in full communion - but are simply different Liturgical Rites, which are largely cultural. When people refer to the "Roman Catholic Church" - they are doing so...

And therein lies your folly, if that's what you actually believe . . . The Catholic Church as around before there every WAS a New Testament Canon - let alone a different translation. As for "Roman" Catholic Church - not sure what you're talking about. There is ONLY the "Catholic Church"...

Why do you bother posting this nonsense with the weight of Scripture, linguistics and history against you? The fact is that the Septuagint WAS used by Jesus and the NT writers - and it is easily provable by Scripture itself. There are some TWO HUNDRED references, quotes and allusions to the...

No - "All one has to do" is to do their homework as I did - and YOU didn't. I shot Scriptural, historical, geographical and linguistic torpedoes through your woefully-ignorant anti-Catholic drivel. And the BEST you can do is a childish, 'It's true because I say so!' response? REALLY?? As I...

That's fine 0 and I will comply. However - I'm NOT the one who went on the original anti-Catholic tangent. I was simply setting the record straight.

And they STILL are. We call them "Dioceses" and "Parishes".

It's "quite sketchy" because YOU disagree with it. I could say the same for ANY Protestant source - and it would be equally irrelevant . . . And this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the name of the Catholic Church. Besides - Biden and Pelosi, et al, are Catholics in NAME ONLY. And you have...

Because it's NOT a Melkite Catholic Diocese or a Maronite Catholic Diocese or a Byzantine Catholic Diocese or a Coptic Catholic Diocese, etc. It is a Roman Catholic Diocese. This simply identifies the LITURGIUCAL RITE. As for your second question - exactly what do YOU think the Lord God wanted...

Actually – NO. The Church was being CALLED the "Catholic Church" by the end of the first century. We see this in the Letter to the Smyrnaeans by St. Ignatius – who was a student of the Apostle John and appointed Bishop of Antioch by Peter. He wrote the following – while the Apostle John was...

Actually - I don't doubt that. I agree that Easter and Christmas were being celebrated in the Early Church. MY problem with your claim was that this happened "BEFORE" the formation of the Catholic Church, wh9ch is silly. The Catholic Church WAS the only Church of the first several centuries...

And that would STILL be wrong. It's the Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church. "Roman" is simply ONE of twenty Liturgical Rites.

No - perhaps YOU can shed ore light. If YOU make a claim - then YOU had better be prepared to back it up. As for "RCC" - time for another lesson . . . “Roman” or “Latin” simply refers to the Liturgical Rite – of which there are some twenty that comprise the ONE Catholic Church. There is also...

Okay - sooooo, WHEN was it first observed and WHAT is the "RCC"? Also - are ever going to answer my question from post #33? I asked you: As for Sola Scriptura - are you telling me that you DON'T consider the Scriptures to be our "Sole Authority"?? If not - what other Authority do YOU believe...

To your statements in RED - I STILL never stated definitively that Jerusalem is the Whore of Babylon. Once again - you don't pay attention. I was making the case that the Scriptural similarities fit apostate Jerusalem's relationship with Pagan Rome FAR more closely than the Catholic Church...

No - you're missing the point because you don't pay attention. I gave an example of ONE city - but I backed it up with actual Biblical and Historical evidence. His post hade NONE of that - just conjecture and the usual anti-Catholic bias. That's nonsense. The Spanish Inquisition was...

Because I also pointed to NINETY-THREE other cities built on "7 Hills" in my previous post. AND I pointed to the glaring Scriptural comparisons between the "Whore" and apostate Jerusalem. First of all - study your history. Most of the incidents you speak of were matters of STATE, including the...

Not sure what you’re getting at. I was arguing against the position that the Catholic Church is the "Whore of Babylon" because Rome has “7 hills”. This is far-fetched and silly, as I showed that Jerusalem is also built on "7 hills". Apostate Jerusalem has the blood of God’s holy people on her...

Uhhhh, no. What I DID do was obliterate your "Catholic Church/Whore of Babylon" nonsense by giving you a solid Biblical and geographical argument as to why it is probably apostate Jerusalem. Vatican hill is NOT one of the Seven Hills of Rome. I was simply wondering when you were going to try...

Gee, @Hobie - I was hoping for SOME sort of an attempt at a response. Funny how you're constantly on the attack - until somebody gives you a solid Biblical and Geographical argument you can't handle . . .

Time for a history lesson . . . Prior to the declaration of the Canon of the NT - there were numerous Books that were read aloud from pulpits an were considered to be "Scripture" for some 300 years. Some of these Books include, the Epistle of Clement, Epistles of Barnabas, The Shepherd of...