The Catholic Church has been here 1,982 yrs. I think it stands the test. This verse, Tim 3:16, does it say the bible is the sole authority? It doesn't does it?
But what did the description Catholic church mean when it was first used in 2nd century AD? It meant the total number of
independent churches around the world who were in fellowship with one another and had responded to the teaching of Jesus Christ and His unique Apostles.
There was no hierarchy. Once the Apostles died out they were not replaced because they had been replaced by the New Testament. Rome did not even have a sole bishop when Ignatius wrote to it. Clement of Rome knew nothing of a sole bishop. No church saw Rome as the final authority.
There was no Pope in Rome until 8th century AD As the Encyclopedia Britannica pointed out:
The Papacy was not organized until the second half of the 8th century. It broke away from the Eastern Church under Pippin III (in the Ency. Brit., 13th Ed., vol. 21, page 636). See also 'the Papacy', by Abbe Guette."
The Roman Catholic church seceded from the Catholic church in 8th century AD. So we who are still in the Catholic church have a much long record than you.
Of course we have to admit that your Popes exceeded us in murders, adultery, idolatry and such like. We preferred to follow the teaching of Jesus Christ and His Apostles as found in the New Testament AND NOWHERE ELSE.
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