What was that Church called? What is it called now?
2007-12-11 03:42:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, up until the reformation in the, what... early 1500s? It was (still is) called the Roman Catholic Church.
2007-12-11 03:45:49 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it began with the 12 apostles and all the disciples; they were filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (after Jesus' resurrection). You can read all about it in the New Testament. From the apostolic letters to the various congregations you will see that problems arose when Gentile converts became Christians; some Jewish Christians thought the Gentiles must be circumcised and hence obligated to keep the Mosaic Law. Paul had to deal with this error and show how such thinking leads to bondage, not 'the glorious freedom of the sons of God'. Then there were gnostic attempts to claim Christ as a gnostic with a hidden knowledge that only the initiated could learn. All this within the first 50 years of the Christian church being established!
But there is no need to pin a name on the one, unified Christian Church, either then or now. The Church is the Body of Christ - those individual members who belong to him by the grace of God. Denomination is a red herring. Paul wrote to Timothy about two professed Christians who wandered far from the truth, saying the resurrection had already happened: 'Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.' (2 Tim 2:16-19)
2007-12-11 12:15:21 · answer #2 · answered by Annsan_In_Him 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one church mentioned in the New Testament and that is the church of Christ. That is the ONLY church that Christ established and the only name that the church can "wear". All other churches are denomination started by men and usually wear their names, (LUTHERan, etc.) The catholic church, although they claim to be the original, was not founded until about 500 years after Christ established his church. Many of the practices of the catholic church and other denominations are contrary to the scriptures. There are many reasons why the catholic church is NOT the church of the New Testament as established by Christ. See source for info.
To answer your questions, the church of Christ is still in existence today and worships in the same way that the early disciples did over 2000 years ago.
The church of Christ is not a denomination founded by man nor a part of any religious organization founded by man. It originated in Heaven in the mind of God and was set up on earth in the city of Jerusalem on the first Pentecost following the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lord (Ephesians 3:8-11; Acts 2). Instead of working with denominations, members of the church of Christ plead that all believers in Jesus Christ heed His prayer for unity and become one in His body, the church (John 17:20-21; Ephesians 4:4-6; Acts 20:28).
"The churches of Christ salute you." Romans 16:16
2007-12-11 11:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by TG 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Church today is the Catholic Church which always was the one unified Christian Church.
There have always been schisms, heretical beak-off and the like but there is only one institution founded by Christ and I am convinced that that is the Catholic Church of the Papal Communion,which has grown and developed from the mustard seed Jesus planted.
Other Trinitarian Christian Churches share real but incomplete and impared communion with the Catholic Church and can be true channels of Jesus' grace and virtue. We a re all One Mystical Body of Christ
2007-12-11 11:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by James O 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Shortly after the Death and Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, the Jerusalem church was founded as the first Christian church with about 120 Jews and Jewish Proselytes..It became
The Roman Catholic Church...
1517-Martin Luther, begins German Protestant Reformation, he was a Catholic priest seperated from the Church and he and his followers became Lutherans...
1525 the Anabaptist movement begins..
1534 king Henery the 8th establishes the Independant Church of England...
etc...etc...etc....
2007-12-11 11:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes between 325 CE and the reformation, the Roman Catholic church was the only Christian church on this planet.
2007-12-11 11:46:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
In the beginning (the time of the savior YAHOSHUA) His followers were called Nazarenes. The "Christian" church outlawed true following of the Scriptures. Salvation is received only by those receiving His name and following His rules. Hence no one in "Church" qualifies, for that is "Babylon" which we are told to come out of! It is now called Nazarene Judaism, or some variation of that theme.
2007-12-11 11:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the cult of christianity was first turned into an organised religion by the roman empire, so yes Roman Catholic Church is the first Christian Church.
Doesn't make it true though, that myth book they put so much stock in.
2007-12-11 11:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really but it actually started in Constantinople...there were actually 5 Christian churches that split into 2 different groups...Roman Catholic headquartered in Rome and the Orthodox Christian headquartered in Russia...
2007-12-11 11:53:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The moment Christ ascended into the heavens things started breaking up.
2007-12-11 11:47:47 · answer #10 · answered by Old guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋