The Blessed Virgin Mary, the first Christian, started believing in Jesus as soon as the Holy Spirit came upon her and she became present.
The early Christian Church referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD, when the term appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:
"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html
All of this was long before the Council of Nicea and the Nicene Creed from 325 A.D. which states, "We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church."
With love in Christ.
2007-04-15 14:12:45
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answered by imacatholic2 7
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The question has 2 incorrect assumptions.
1 - There were no 'catholics' before a belief in jesus. 'Catholic' is a label that certain believers began putting on the believers. I believe Ignatius is the first recorded use of the word catholic in this sense, and that was around the year 100AD. Some of these catholics were of Jewish ancestry, some of gentile (non-Jew).
2 - The majority of Jewish people in the alleged time of Jesus never believed in him. Those that did were, in general, not accepted by the mainstream, traditional Jews. Eventually, the group of radical Jews that followed the teachings of Jesus began to lose their ties to Judaism as the number of non-Jewish followers increased..
2007-04-15 13:38:02
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answered by admin@theIglesiaNiCristo.com 1
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Christians were originally Jewish people. After the crucifixion of Christ, Christians and Jews split, because Jewish people did not believe that Jesus was the messiah, and the Christians did.
Quite a while later, the Greek Orthodox (Easter Orthodox) and Catholics split over disagreements that involved the pope and whether mass should be conducted in the vernacular.
After that, Martin Luther broke with the Catholic church, and the various Protestant denominations were born. Baptists, Calvinists, Lutherans, ect.
There was also the split of the Anglican church with the Catholic church, but that was really in name only.
So that went quite a bit beyond what you asked, but that's how Christianity developed.
2007-04-15 13:35:31
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answered by Patty F 2
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Jewish people, who are adament in their religion, never believed that Jesus was the son of God. They believe that He was a good man, but that's about it. So I guess the answer to that is never because you can't stop something you never started. And Jesus was in the foundation of the Catholic religion, so I guess the answer to that would be from their very beginning, more specifically, around 300 AD... ish. You could probobly go as far as saying that Catholics started believing in Jesus the day that He was recognized as the Son of God, although, at the time, they did not go by the name "Catholic."
2007-04-15 13:35:16
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answered by ToYkaT04 3
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Christianity was proclaimed the state religion by the Roman Emperor in 325 AD,
The Catholic Church came into being in 388 AD.
The Jewish people as a nation, never believed in Jesus as the Savior.
Only a few, in comparison to a nation, did.
My people were Jews. They were from 1000 AD. They became Christians over time.
The inquisitions helped them along.
They became Catholics.
I became a Christian.
It only took 1000 years.
Most of my family is Catholic,
There are only three of us that are not.
One a Baptist under the law.
One a faith which is not well known, and me.
2007-04-15 13:43:12
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answered by chris p 6
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the Jews never believed in Jesus those that did were called Christians as a way of abuse. I am not sure when the catholic church was founded but I am sure they believed in Jesus from the start the problem is the also included the god's using Mary to replace Diana.
2007-04-15 13:29:45
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answered by Mim 7
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The Jewish people never started; they do not accept Jesus as the Savior. Catholics have always believed in Christ ever since Christ founded the Church 2,000 years ago.
God bless.
2007-04-17 21:49:54
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answered by Danny H 6
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Did you know that Catholic means(Universal) it comes from the Greek, `Kath`=according to
` Holos`= the whole
So before being called Catholic it was refered to as other things such as ,The Believers`, The Brethren, and finally Christians, so you can go as far back as the Apostles for your answer.
The Jewish authorities never accepted Jesus but the poor people did.
2007-04-15 13:35:42
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answered by Sentinel 7
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Contrary to the statements by Catholic theologians, apologists and religious, the Catholic Church has never believed in Jesus, but in the perpetual suppression of his true message (gnostic gospels) and church (the nazarenes).
The word Catholic comes from Greek "katholikos" meaning universal and was a particular sects of Pauline christians opposed to the original teachings of Jesus and his apostles, instead obsessed in the Paulist blood rituals, cult of hating women and promotion of homosexuality.
See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/end_of_darkness/evil/evil_0010.htm
The Jews who did believe in Jesus were called the Nazarenes and were the early church leaders, but in a serious of evil acts from the time of the murder of the blood brother of jesus (James the Just) from 62 CE onwards, the Paulist christians, the Catholics have been determined to destroy any group trying to live the message of Jesus- even today.
2007-04-17 03:31:23
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answered by Anonymous
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Catholics believed in Jesus since the religion was created, and Jews believe he's a prophet, just not the Messiah. Doesn't get any simpler than that.
2007-04-15 13:33:49
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't know about Catholics, but the Jews have always believed in Jesus. The know that Jesus really did live, they just don't believe that he is the son of God.
2007-04-15 13:30:10
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answered by John B 2
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