My step-father belongs to some cult, (Pentecostal I think), that believes that the Roman Catholic Church murdered the martyrs. He doesn't seem to know who "The Romans" were or what the Reformation was. If you describe the RC Church as the "mother church of Christianity", he denies it. If you repeat the Church teaching that St Peter is considered to be the first Pope, he says that, "Catholics killed Peter". Basically, I think he believes that it was Catholics versus Protestants pretty much about 15 minutes after Jesus ascended into heaven.
Is he right? Or if he is wrong, what is it that he read and misunderstood that gave him this opinion? Does his church teach this?
Help. Scholarly replies only, please.
2007-04-15
11:33:56
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