I don't know what you mean by muddying the waters. On the day of Pentecost when the church began, they were all Jews. The gospel was then preached to the gentiles. You said that the first Christians were Catholics. They weren't. They were Jewish. They were Jews who believed in Jesus.
You missed it then. It's right in front of your face. Anyone who believes that Jesus is Lord and Savior is...a Christian. Jesus only instituted one Church and desired unity. Universality. Catholic-ness. Or do you want to deny that Jesus instituted only one Church?Thinking I missed something somewhere, I went and read through the first chapter of Acts again. You must have one of those newer versions- mine doesn't mention Catholics, just Jewish people who believed in Jesus. Can you quote me the chapter and verse that you are referring to? (the one that mentions Catholics). Thank you
Who cares what they were called? They practiced Catholicism...Who cares what they were before? They were Christians when they became believers. It's funny how you get hung up on words, what they meant vs what they mean. The truth is, they still mean now what they meant then, regardless of what people say they mean now. Jesus made his Church universal, and that's what Catholic means.
Does that mean that Jesus was wrong about goats and wolves in sheep's clothing?Not sure if you are aware, you only have 2 posts as of the time of this reply. Christian Forums generally discourages the type of questions you have posed here. Not that you are right or wrong, just not an ideal thing to go around questioning other believers faith. Jesus did after all say whoever believes in Me will live. No distinction between Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, or whatever. Denominations are just man made organizations in his view anyway. Just be aware if you haven't already gotten one, that such questions generally result in messages from the leadership that are not pleasant.
This is low quality anti-Catholic diatribing nonsense.
