What are your thoughts on the church of Rome?

Answer 1

All roads lead to Rome.

Answer 2

There is no other head of the Church, but the Lord Jesus Christ. The Pope of Rome, in any sense, can NOT be head thereof.

Colossians 1:18
And he (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Ephesians 1:22
And hath put all things under his (Jesus') feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Matthew 23:10
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

Answer 3

It is the oldest authentic Christian Church, founded by Jesus Himself when he appointed St Peter as the Head of God's Church on earth.
It is the largest Christian Denomination in the world with a membership of more than 1 billion people.
In its long history it has had problems and many splinters firstly with the Eastern Churches and later with the Western European Churches during the reformation.
However, as Jesus told us, "the gates of the underworld will never prevail against it".
It is still going strong 2000 years later.

Answer 4

If you are speaking of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it is the church Jesus established in 33AD and gave to Peter to lead and name.
The Catholic Church is the Church established by Jesus and has maintained a clear line of apostolic leadership to this very day. The Church has celebrated the sacraments and worshiped the Lord in essentially the same way since the time of Christ.

Jesus said his Church would be "the light of the world." He then noted that "a city set on a hill cannot be hid" (Matt. 5:14). This means his Church is a visible organization. It must have characteristics that clearly identify it and that distinguish it from other churches. Jesus promised, "I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return.


If we wish to locate the Church founded by Jesus, we need to locate the one that has the four chief marks or qualities of his Church. The Church we seek must be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.

The Church Is One (Rom. 12:5, 1 Cor. 10:17, 12:13, CCC 813–822)
Jesus established only one Church, not a collection of differing churches (Lutheran, Baptist, Anglican, and so on). The Bible says the Church is the bride of Christ (Eph. 5:23–32). Jesus can have but one spouse, and his spouse is the Catholic Church.

His Church also teaches just one set of doctrines, which must be the same as those taught by the apostles (Jude 3). This is the unity of belief to which Scripture calls us (Phil. 1:27, 2:2).

Although some Catholics dissent from officially-taught doctrines, the Church’s official teachers—the pope and the bishops united with him—have never changed any doctrine. Over the centuries, as doctrines are examined more fully, the Church comes to understand them more deeply (John 16:12–13), but it never understands them to mean the opposite of what they once meant.

The Church Is Holy (Eph. 5:25–27, Rev. 19:7–8, CCC 823–829)
By his grace Jesus makes the Church holy, just as he is holy. This doesn’t mean that each member is always holy. Jesus said there would be both good and bad members in the Church (John 6:70), and not all the members would go to heaven (Matt. 7:21–23).

But the Church itself is holy because it is the source of holiness and is the guardian of the special means of grace Jesus established, the sacraments (cf. Eph. 5:26).

The Church Is Catholic (Matt. 28:19–20, Rev. 5:9–10, CCC 830–856)
Jesus’ Church is called catholic ("universal" in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations" (Matt. 28:19–20).

For 2,000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, preaching the good news that Christ died for all men and that he wants all of us to be members of his universal family (Gal. 3:28).

Nowadays the Catholic Church is found in every country of the world and is still sending out missionaries to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19).

The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it probably went all the way back to the time of the apostles.

The Church Is Apostolic (Eph. 2:19–20, CCC 857–865)
The Church Jesus founded is apostolic because he appointed the apostles to be the first leaders of the Church, and their successors were to be its future leaders. The apostles were the first bishops, and, since the first century, there has been an unbroken line of Catholic bishops faithfully handing on what the apostles taught the first Christians in Scripture and oral Tradition (2 Tim. 2:2).

These beliefs include the bodily Resurrection of Jesus, the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, the sacrificial nature of the Mass, the forgiveness of sins through a priest, baptismal regeneration, the existence of purgatory, Mary’s special role, and much more —even the doctrine of apostolic succession itself.

Early Christian writings prove the first Christians were thoroughly Catholic in belief and practice and looked to the successors of the apostles as their leaders. What these first Christians believed is still believed by the Catholic Church. No other Church can make that claim.

Answer 5

The biggest cult in the world. Catholics are not saved Christians. Catholics teach a false gospel of works that leads to eternal hell.

And the first Christians were Jews, not Romans. Catholicism is a Babylonian pagan cult.

Answer 6

If you are speaking of the Roman catholic Church, it is a church that carries on the teachings and work of Jesus Christ. It is the sign of God present with His people and the means by which God brings His people to Him.

Answer 7

Old for a modern society

Answer 8

Hello, High....:

I'd be concerned if God had not previously told us in the Bible of Rome and Islamic perversion of the truth.

See: The Daniel 12 code reveals Antichrist: http://abiblecode.tripod.com

And: "The Rise, Decline, and death of Islam in Bible Prophecy" at www.revelado.org/islam.htm

Shalom, peace in Jesus, Ben Yeshua

Answer 9

the history channel states ; the roman church was founded with the sole purpose of scaring people with god to get them to pay their taxes,so they could fund their vast construction

Answer 10

It's fairly old