Was Catholicism the main form of Christianity in the beginning ?

Answer 1

Just about.

The Church has referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD (about 10 years after the last book of the New Testament was written), 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

We do not know how long they had been using the term "Catholic" before it was included in this letter.

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.

Answer 2

Absolutely not.

And if it was, then why were the first meetings of christians at Constantinople and not Rome?

Please don't say "because of Constantine". That simply doesn't wash. If Peter was really the first Pope than by 300 CE there is no legitimate reason why the christian churches couldn't have met. For if this wonderful claim of the Vatican were true, surely Rome would be as important a location as Jerusalem?

And why do you think the orthodox churches have considered the Vatican and Catholic Church a sect of lies for so many centuries?

The evidence is overwhelming, yet astoundingly Catholic still push the fable claiming they are first...

See the Supreme Bible of God for all the key texts and facts:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/bible_of_god.htm

Answer 3

Catholicism was established hundreds of years after Rome murdered the Apostles and millions of Christians. The original church established in Acts was Jewish not Roman. Nowhere in the early church will you find the name Catholic, nor doctrines concerning the Trinity, Holidays, or Holy Sacraments. These pagan ideas were en grafted by false apostle and bishops commissioned by Constantine(a High Priest in the Temple of the Sun God Ra) to appease all religions in Rome which was split due to corruption and the persecution of Christianity.

Constantine wanted to unite Rome under one religion which was his chief goal. Remember Caesar was worshiped as god. Even today the Pope has the title Vicar of Christ/the Incarnation of God to men.

Answer 4

The “first church” is the church that is recorded in the New Testament, especially in the Book of Acts and the Epistles of Paul. The New Testament church is the “original church” and the “one true church.” We can know this because it is described, in great detail, in Scripture. The church, as recorded in the New Testament, is God’s pattern and foundation for His church. On this basis, let’s examine the Roman Catholic claim that it is the “first church.” Nowhere in the New Testament will you find the “one true church” doing any of the following: praying to Mary, praying to the saints, venerating Mary, submitting to a pope, having a select priesthood, baptizing an infant, observing the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper as sacraments, or passing on apostolic authority to successors of the apostles. All of these are core elements of the Roman Catholic faith. If most of the core elements of the Roman Catholic Church were not practiced by the New Testament Church (the first church and one true church), how then can the Roman Catholic Church be the first church? A study of the New Testament will clearly reveal that the Roman Catholic Church is not the same church as the church that is described in the New Testament.

Answer 5

In the beginning the Christian faith was called "The Way". The Romans called them "Christians" as a derogitory term. They would say "Those crazy christians". Christians would refer to their belief as "The Faith". The Christians were known as the "Universal" church (Catholic in Greek means univesal) before Rome declared Christianity the offical religion. The term "Catholicism" was coined by the Romans in the 4th Century.

Answer 6

No. Catholicism came about when the church in Rome decided to adopt pagan beliefs and customs in order to draw more adherents. Catholicism is a blended religion and is far different from the early apostolic church.

Answer 7

The Catholic Church did not exist per se until approximately the year 330 A.D. when a unified version of Christianity was settled upon at the Council of Nicea. Before that, there were multiple competing groups spreading different messages about Christ. The Catholic Church spent many centuries trying to eradicate all differing views, and were extremely successful at it, though brutal. The infamous Inquisition was one of many campaigns to eradicate heresy from Christianity.

Answer 8

Nope.

Christianity originated in "Jerusalem". From there it spread to the rest of the world(Please read the book of Acts in the bible)

The "Roman Catholic Church" originated in Rome. It's a mixture of pagan customes and Christianiy.

Their are several branches of Christianity. Coptic Christians from Egypt and Ethiopia. Armenian Christians from the armenian church. Several Orthodox churches from Syria, Irak, Lebanon. Greek Orthodox(Which came out of a "Schism" of the Catholic church in 1054) There are more.

The closest to the original form of Christianity are "Evangelical Christians".

I hope I answered your question.

Answer 9

NO
the Apostolic Church started just as it is stated in the book of Acts 300 yrs before the Nicene council and just a week after Jesus ascended into heaven

and has not changed its doctrine at all,
we still follow ACTS 2:38 is salvation

Answer 10

There were many sects and many gospels. The Roman church won out and was solidified by the support of the Emperor Constantine for political reasons.