See also: Protestant Reformation, Christianity in the 16th century, Roman Catholic Church and colonialism, and Catholicism and the wars of religion...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH is the world's largest, and Christianity's oldest, religious body. Her 860 million members inhabit the width and breadth of the earth, comprising almost one-fifth of This uncaused cause we call ``God.'' (The theory of evolution, even if it could be proved, would not explain the origin of anything;
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www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/a/faq-cc.html
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Answer: The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ in approximately 30 A.D. The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the Church that Jesus Christ died for, the Church that was established and built by the Apostles.
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www.gotquestions.org/origin-Catholic-church.html
www.gotquestions.org/origin-Catholic-church.html
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This is the sad origin of the Roman Catholic Church. Below are the highlights of what Catholics believe concerning their source of authority; God, Christ,
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www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/Catholicism/catholic...
www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/Catholicism/catholic.htm
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The Roman Catholic church was a fully functioning organization with authority centered at Rome, as early as the middle of the 1st century. "History proves that from that time [of Peter] on, both in the East and the West, the successor of Peter was acknowledged to be the supreme head of the [Christian] Church." 2...
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www.religioustolerance.org/chr_hirc.htm
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Beliefs concerning the origin of the Roman Catholic Church differ: According to the Roman Catholic Church, the church was founded by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, some 50 days after Jesus' execution by the Roman Army, circa 30-APR CE. Peter moved to Rome, and became the first pope of the Christian movement.
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www.religioustolerance.org/chr_den1.htm
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Catholics contend that the whole world is indebted to the Roman Catholic church for the existence of the Bible. This is another of their attempts to exalt the church as an authority in addition to the Bible.
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www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm
www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm
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Following are my notes on a sermon that I preached shortly after I was converted from the Catholic Church back in 1962. It was the first sermon that I preached. Word Of God Injurious To Roman Catholic Church The Origin Of Catholicism: One-Man Rule...
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www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm
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The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church top page A digital resource created and produced by Salvador Miranda, consisting of the biographical entries of the cardinals from 955 to 2009 and of the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historical evolution.
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www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/cardinals.htm
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