Jesus started the First Church which was the Catholic Church. Martin Luther started the Lutheran Church.
The Catholic Church was started by Jesus Christ when he said And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, in Matthew 16 verse 13.
Roman Catholic AnswerNo. The Catholic Religion started with Jesus and the twelve apostles. Orthodoxy started about ten centuries later when they broke away from the Catholic Church.
Because it is the Church that Jesus Christ established as necessary for salvation.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church remained the Catholic Church. It cannot "become" anything else, as Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to guide it until the end of time. It will remain His Body, it will remain One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. The Orthodox Church became schismatic (they are in schism from the Catholic Church).
In Jerusalem, because Jesus Christ himself started His one true Church.
No. The holy roman church was started long after Jesus the Christ was dead and ascended to heaven. Jesus was a Jewish rabbi, not a christian.
The sacraments are not biblically based. They are the product of the Catholic Church.
According to the Catholic Church, Jesus Christ.
The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus' father is God. That is why the Church teaches that Jesus is the Son of God. Joseph was Jesus' step-dad.
Catholics believe that Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church.
It was the Roman authorities that killed Jesus, not the Roman Catholic Church.