One of the common misconceptions people have about the Catholic Church is exactly when it began. They distinguish between the original Christian Church and then explain that the “Catholic” Church is just one of the many divisions that came at a later date. One of the most common versions of this story is that Constantine [...]
It’s easy for Christians to forget that we were Jews before we were Christians. For some Christians, I think that’s because their expression of Christianity has not only cut loose from their Jewish roots, but sadly their Christian roots as well. For others (like we Catholics), we simply fail to recognize the Jewish soil all [...]
I recently had a very nice Mormon fella comment on another one of my posts regarding the Catholic Church. I started responding and just decided to make it a full post because it was getting a little long for the combox. Here were his questions: If the Catholic church is the original church of Jesus [...]
I think I want this. (check the video below) The epic story of the Catholic Church spans thousands of years. With an unlikely beginning in a remote outpost of the Roman empire, the Catholic Church now claims over a billion living members. The persecutions, martyrdoms, conquests, and triumphs all came together to shape Western civilization [...]
The first pope of the Catholic Church was St. Peter, the apostle. Since then, there have been a total of 266 popes in a continuous line of apostolic succession spanning almost 2000 years. The current pope (#266) is Benedict XVI.
