Who was the founder of Roman Catholic Church?

Question

The RCC claims that the founder was Jesus Christ,...but in reality,their corruptions,abuses were not came from Jesus Christ..but started during the time of Emperor constantine,except the doctrine of "Holy Trinity" which originated by 4th Century....please, i need your info's together with corresponding source(s)..

Answer 1

The Catholic Church has consistently referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD, when the term appears in the writings of St. Ignatius of Antioch

The new Anglican Church in England started using the term “Roman” in the 1500s as one of many ways of demeaning and demonizing Catholics.

Catholics accepted this late coming adjective without too much protest. Today “Catholic” and “Roman Catholic” are interchangeable terms. Both terms are even used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

To add a little more confusion, some apply the term “Roman Catholic Church” only to the Latin Rite Catholic Church, excluding the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same Church, under the Pope.

The term “Roman” neither increases nor decreases the faith, hope and love of the Catholic Church.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Your mistaken concepts of Catholicism only go back to about the early 1800's when these very interesting, but false theories first surfaced.

Jesus Christ founded only one church, the Catholic church, on Peter, the first pope, and on the rest of the apostles.

Jesus promised to protect his church from the forces of evil and he also promised that the Holy Spirit would be its' full-time truth advocate.

The doctrine of the Trinity was already in regular use by 180 AD.

God inspired Constantine to promote the growth of his church, just as he inspired the OT King Cyrus of Persia to finance the rebuilding of Jersusalem and the temple, in time for his incarnation.

Anyone who thinks God is not more than a match for any earthly ruler simply lacks faith.

It was God who caused the Roman emperor to be converted. It was God who empowered the Catholic church to convert the pagan world, and it was God who allowed the Roman empire to fall, leaving his holy church fully intact.

Your reality doesn't match up with the historical facts.

Try using some unbiased sources in your next research project.

Answer 3

No, its Jesus Christ. It is the first Christian religion, and most likely the closest to the closest real Church, if not THE church.

Faith Group Founder Date (CE) Location
Roman Catholic Jesus, Paul 1 Circa 30 1 Palestine

-from Religious tolerance.
Take a look:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_den1.htm

Answer 4

Constantine seems to have induced the eastern orthodox division and not the actual ROMAN papacy; the papacy looks like it developed over a period of 461 years. After Jesus' death, Peter and the rest of the apostles established Jewish christian (Nazorean) communities by converting the jews; Paul concentrated on non-Jews, converting them and establishing communities throughout the roman empire. Nazorean Christians and Paulean Christians differed in some areas of belief plus Paul wanted to separate from jewish law/customs (whereas nazoreans didn't). Each community was led by a local 'bishop', with the apostles having final say over matters of belief. After the apostles died, the church first became more structured and organized via its bishops who led local communities; subsequently the bishops would meet to decide, as a group, issues of belief.
This organization of bishops turned more political w/ bishops in more powerful cities establishing themselves with more authority; Rome, of course, was perceived as the most influential. In 384 CE, Siricius is the first bishop of Rome to be called Pope (father). In 440 CE, Leo (bishop of rome) says that the bishop of rome is the highest ranking one. This gradually develops into where by 461 the papacy is fully developed (this needs more research to show how exactly the beliefs of papal infallibility were developed, etc.). A belief is incorporated that provides biblical support for Jesus making Peter the first pope. A line of popes is established all the way back to Peter. In order to make this work for the period of time when there was no single authority, the early leaders of nazorean communities and then the pre-papacy bishops of rome are identified as popes.

Answer 5

"upon this rock, I will build my church" were Jesus' words when He gave Peter the keys. that started the "apostolic succession" where only one man at a time is chosen by God to carry the Anointing, the power over heaven and hell, per generation. this has been handed down to the Pope within the Church (now called the Roman Catholic Church) for centuries. this has never been altered by Jesus. any corruption, abuse, etc. committed by man does not null and void the post originally assigned by Jesus.

man has always erred. look at Moses, David, Abram, etc. That doesn't disqualify them from the fact that they were given an assignment by God. whatever mistakes they made along the way, they ultimately will be judged by whether or not they carried it out. and certainly no foul up by man will invalidate the institution of His Church. that's His future bride, ya know.

Answer 6

I'm sorry I can't provide any proof to substantiate this claim, but a pastor told me that Paul, of New Testament fame started the Catholic church. After his death, a lot of papers that he had dissapeared, only to reappear 50 years later, and it's very possible that some of these items may have been changed, to more fully reflect the beliefs of the people who were then in charge. I can't remember the name of the book he got this from, say I guess that only makes it heresay, but you may be interested into checking that out too. Also, the Holy Trinity idea may have possibly come from a pagan people. In order for the Christians (really catholics) to make the idea of converting more palatable to them, they took some of their beliefs, and allowed them to worship the same way but called it by different names. Like Easter is not really about Christ at all, but the pagan goddess Ishtar. The eggs and rabbits are fertility symbols. And Christmas is really the pagan holiday Saturnalia, worshipping the rebirth of some pagan god, but cath. substituted the name of Jesus. You might be able to get some of the Holy Trinity info from the Ted Garner Armstrong foundation. I hope you find the info you were looking for, good luck!

Answer 7

Roman Catholic Church was not founded. The Church of Christ was founded by Christ himself. Then the apostles had the task to spread it through out the world.

Then, the church split, it was divided because of internal discrepancies. Protestants left the Church, and the people that stayed called themselves, CATHOLIC

Answer 8

I don't think you're going to get any other source from the Catholic Church than Jesus Christ himself as the founder. As a matter of fact, I don't know that you'll get any other "founder" from any mainstream Protestant denomination, either.

Answer 9

it was founded by Jesus. some priests have acted very unchristian at times but that doesn't negate the founder being Jesus.priests sin the same as me and you and pastors etc.....let god judge them and take care of them. if we and they repent we can be forgiven. you need to look at an impartial history source and one from catholics on the Constantine thing etc......

Answer 10

I think the burden of proof is on you to show that Constantine invented the "abuses" of Catholicism. Catholicism predates Constantine - it was founded by Jesus.