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It depends on whose perspective you're asking for.
* According to the Catholic Church themselves, they have been around since the mission of Jesus Christ, more or less around 30 AD. A good catholic priest will tell you that it started when Jesus Christ chose Saint Peter to be the first pope.
* According to history, organized Christianity started with the first council of Nicaea in 325 AD. This can be seen as the origin of Roman Catholicism. * According to the Orthodox Christians, the Roman Catholic Church is created during the Great Schism, taking place between 1054 and 1484.
* Some protestants might argue that the Roman Catholic Church started during the reformation era, when Christianity is split into Protestantism and Catholicism. This occurs between 1517 and 1648. ---- A Catholic answer The first answer suggests that the Christian church had no organized structure prior to the 4th century. This in not entirely true; Christianity was organized but necessarily in way less formal than its later development, because the Roman pagan State was determined to stamp out the new faith. Christians met secretly; when they were discovered by the Roman authorites, history has recorded accounts of the trials and martyrdoms of dozens of Christians in Roman dominions throughout the first, second, and third centuries. (It strains credulity to imagine substantial numbers of persons willing to undergo violent and horrific deaths for a cause they had never heard of or didn't really believe in.) These martyrdoms would appear to be stong evidence of a highly effective - but necessarily covert - organization, one which operated effectively for hundreds of years until the persecutions ceased.
What else can I help you with?
Who ruled the Roman Catholic Church?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church has always been ruled by Jesus Christ through His Word, and His Vicar.
In the Roman Catholic Church have there been any ordinations of a female deacon in eastern Canada or was this the Eastern Church?
A female has never been ordained to "major orders" deacon/priest in the Roman Catholic Church, the Uniate Churches (Eastern Catholic) or Orthodox Church
What effect did the Roman Catholic Church have on society?
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. The Catholic Church served to preserve learning throughout the "Dark Ages." It also tended to provide some cohesion to the disparate European states as well as an important arbiter of political disagreements.
Home of The Catholic Church?
Please note that the question has been changed to "home of the Catholic Church" as there is no "Roman Catholic Church. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. . As has been said many times - Heaven. But, while on this earth The Church has its home in Rome where St. Peter's successor resides.
Is it Holy Catholic Church or Roman Catholic Church?
Catholic AnswerIt depends on whom you are talking to. The Church has many names for various reasons, the Creed refers to her as "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic". Nowhere does the Church refer to herself as "Roman" that is an appellation that has been attached since the protestant revolt. The Church has been called "Catholic" which means "universal" almost from the beginning. Holy Catholic Church is appropriate for most things.
Which South American countries are Roman Catholic?
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The majority of people in all of the countries in South America are Catholic, obviously none are Roman Catholic. The overall percentage is around 70% Catholic.
How is the Roman Catholic Church structured in America?
Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. . Thus there is not Roman Catholic Church in America, you are probably referring to the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is structured exactly the same as it has been since the beginning. The "local" Church is wherever the Bishop is. All parishes under him constitute a diocese. The diocese, under the Bishop, is responsible to the Pope.
Is Sarah Palin a former member of the Roman Catholic Church?
YES, SHE AND HER FAMILY WERE ROMAN CATHOLIC, THEY LEFT THE CHURCH WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG TEEN TO JOIN A BIBLE NON DENOMANATIONAL CHURCH.
Is It true that the Illuminati is one and the same with the Church of Rome the Roman Catholic church?
No. Actually, just the opposite, the Illuminati have been condemned by the Catholic Church for centuries.
What church was later known as the Roman Catholic Church?
There is really no "Roman Catholic Church", although that name, in English, usually refers to the Catholic Church. It came into popular usage in England following the protestant revolt, and has become widespread in its usage especially in protestant and secular English speaking countries. It is rarely used in the Catholic Church and never in official documents.
What church did Antonio Vivaldi go too?
He would have been Roman Catholic.
What does St. Michael Roman Catholic mean?
St. Michael Roman Catholic sounds like the name of a Catholic Church which has been named after St. Michael the Archangel.
