when did the catholic chruch began???
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The Catholic Church is a Church of sinners and much suffering. It is also a Church of saints and scholars. The story of the Catholic Church is a divine and human story. The Church is divine in its Founder, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the only founder of a religion who claimed to be God, and proved that claim by rising from the dead. The Catholic Church is also human - afflicted with all the frailties of human nature - the sin and suffering, but also the saintliness and scholarship. When the Church was failing God, God raised up prophets or reformers. A reformer is one who changes people's hearts, not revealed doctrine. There have been thousands of great reformers in the Catholic Church, like St. Francis of A$$isi, St. Clare, St. Benedict, St. Teresa of Avila, etc. The Catholic Church and the Bible have not, in 2000 years, changed any of the many truths revealed by God; among these truths: \n\na) that Holy Communion is really and truly the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, \nb) devotion to Mary, \nc) confession, \nd) praying for the dead (Purgatory), \ne) the Pope is the visible head of the Church on earth. (Christ of course, is the invisible head of the Church.)\n\nThe following is a brief chronological listing of some of the significant events in Church history from its beginning:\n\nc. 32 Jesus Christ promised to found His Church. "... you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church..." Matthew 16:18\n \nc. 33 Jesus, the Good Shepherd, fulfills His promise to Peter by commissioning him to "Feed My lambs... Tend My sheep... Feed My sheep." John 21:15-18\n \nc. 33 Pentecost - The Holy Spirit came upon Mary, the Apostles and about 120 Disciples. Three thousand came into the Church that day. Jesus' followers took Him seriously. They preached the Gospel.\n \nc. 34 Judaizers begin teaching that one must become a Jew before they can become a Christian. The Council of Jerusalem answered the Judaizers in c. 50 (Acts 15).\n \nc. 45 The Didache, an important record about the beliefs, practices and rule of early Christians, was in existence. We have it today.\n \nc. 67 St. Peter and St. Paul were martyred (killed for their faith).\n \n70 The temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans.\n \nc. 50-313 Emperors Nero, Domitian, Decius and Dioletian persecuted the Church.\n\nIn Rome, the Church had to meet in secret to worship, receive instruction, and receive the Sacraments.\n \n96 Clement of Rome settles a dispute in the Corinthian church by exercising his papal authority as successor of Peter. St. John is still alive.\n \n108 St. Ignatius of Antioch, on his way to be martyred in Rome, was the first to call the Church "Catholic".\n\n370-405 The Catholic Church decided what books were inspired by God, and put them into one book, "The Bible". The list of the 73 inspired books, as we have them today in the Catholic Bible, was first compiled by St. Athanasius (c.297-373). This list was confirmed by the Council of Hippo (393), Council of Carthage (397) both in North Africa (St. Augustine was active in both councils), Pope Innocent I (405), and the Council of Trent (1545-63). The Bible was preserved by the monks, who copied it over and over again in handwriting for the next 1000 years until the printing press was invented in 1450.\n\n1450 Printing was invented by Johann Gutenberg, and the first book to be printed was the Catholic Bible. It is called "the Mazarin Bible" which was printed in 1452 in Mayence, Germany, at the request of Cardinal Mazarin.
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Catholic. Every week and on holy days of obligation. I"m even planning on spending First Friday adoration there sometime (an hour of prayer before the eucharist that lasts all night. YOu sign up for your hour so the church knows to not lock the doors) and I used to be an active member of the League of Mary (a charitable prayer group)
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The membership of the Catholic Church is growing in the United States and world wide.\n\nFor US statistics: http://www.usccb.org/comm/cip.shtml#toc2\n\nFor World Statistics: http://www.adherents.com/\n\nWith love in Christ.
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catholicism is one of the two major branches of christianity, the other being protestantism. protestantism was founded by martin luther in the 15th century as a rebellion against what he perceived as the corruption of the then-current christian church. he wanted christianity to focus more upon the teachings of the bible rather than those that the church had built upon them. this was called the reformation. the church responded to this with the counter-reformation, which gave rise to catholicism.\n\nthe current differences are that the catholics have a far greater canon than protestantism, for instance they believe in the power of the saints, the authority of the pope, and the divinity of mother mary, none of which is written in the bible. the pope is the highest authority for theological questions. the protestants, on the other hand, tend to keep their canon far simpler, and consider the bible to be the highest authority, and that it should be interpreted individually by each person. they also tend to view religion as more of an individual, personal affair -- a personal relationship with god, while for the catholics it is more of a structured, community affair.
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It already did start -- over 60 years ago!\n\nVery, very generally, I suppose most would say that it began when hitler invaded Poland in September 1939.  It isn't quite that simple, and many factors occurred that led up to that act, but that's the accepted answer for when it actually began.
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In 1408 a czech guy named Huss protested against the catholic church saying it had strayed from the letter of the law, ET is an allegory for the life of Christ (yeah, I'm not kidding). Maybe there could be a connection there? Good luck,
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If you are looking for the first breakaway from the Catholic religion, it wasn't the Protestants that hold that distinction, but Islam, then the Eastern Orthodox. The East-West Schism, known also as the Great Schism (though this latter term sometimes refers to the later Western Schism), was the event that divided Chalcedonian Christianity into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Though normally dated to 1054, the East-West Schism was actually the result of an extended period of estrangement between the two Churches. The primary causes of the Schism were disputes over papal authority—the Pope claimed he held authority over the four Eastern patriarchs, while Eastern Orthodox today claim that the primacy of the Patriarch of Rome was only honorary, and thus he had authority only over Western Christians—and over the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed. There were other, less significant catalysts for the Schism, including variance over liturgical practices and conflicting claims of jurisdiction.\n\nBut for the origins of other Christian denominations and their roots...\n\nReligion:         ANGLICAN\nYear instituted:  1534 A.D. \nInstituted by:    King Henry VIII (Because he was refused a divorce)\nLocation:         England\n\nReligion:         ASSEMBLY OF GOD\nYear instituted:  1914 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Developed from a revival movement in the early 1900's\nLocation:         Hot Springs, Arkansas\n\nReligion:         BAPTIST\nYear instituted:  1607 A.D.\nInstituted by:    John Smyth\nLocation:         Amsterdam\n\nReligion:         CALVINIST\nYear instituted:  1533 A.D.\nInstituted by:    John Calvin (former Protestant)\nLocation:         -----\n\nReligion:         CHRISTIAN REFORMED\nYear instituted:  1857 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Separated from Dutch Reformed Church\nLocation:         -----\n\nReligion:         CHRISTIAN SCIENCE\nYear instituted:  1879 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Mary Baker Eddy\nLocation:         Boston, Massachusetts\n\nReligion:         CHURCH OF NAZARENE\nYear instituted:  1919\nInstituted by:    Union of General Assembly\nLocation:         -----\n\nReligion:         CONGREGATIONALIST\nYear instituted:  1582 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Robert Brown\nLocation:         Holland\n\nReligion:         DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH\nYear instituted:  1628 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Michelis Jones\nLocation:         New York, United States\n\nReligion:         EASTERN ORTHODOX\nYear instituted:  1054 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem\nLocation:         -----\n\nReligion:         EPISCOPALIAN\nYear instituted:  1789 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Samuel Seabury\nLocation:         United States\n\nReligion:         EVANGELICAL\nYear instituted:  1803\nInstituted by:    Jacob Albright\nLocation:         Pennsylvania, United States\n\nReligion:         EVANGELICAL REFORMED\nYear instituted:  1934\nInstituted by:    Union at General Assembly\nLocation:         Cleveland, Ohio\n\nReligion:         FREE METHODIST\nYear instituted:  1860 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Separated from the Methodist Church\nLocation:         Niagara Country, N.Y., United States\n\nReligion:         ISLAM\nYear instituted:  600 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Mohammed\nLocation:         Saudi Arabia\n\nReligion:         JEHOVAH'S WITNESS\nYear instituted:  1872 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Charles Taze Russell\nLocation:         Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States\n\nReligion:         LUTHERAN\nYear instituted:  1517 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Martin Luther (ex-monk)\nLocation:         Germany\n\nReligion:         MENNONITE\nYear instituted:  1525 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Grebel, Mantz and Blaurock\nLocation:         Switzerland\n\nReligion:         METHODIST\nYear instituted:  1744 A.D.\nInstituted by:    John & Charles Wesley\nLocation:         England\n\nReligion:         MORMON (LATTER-DAY SAINTS)\nYear instituted:  1830 A.D.\nInstituted by:    Joseph Smith\nLocation:         Palmyra, N.Y.,
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Christianity officially began in 325 AD.  That is when the Roman Emperor Constantine made it legal.
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Catholics have been praying 24-7 for centuries.\n\nThis is called the Liturgy of the Hours. \n\nPeople pray at certain times of the day. The prayer never stops with people in every time zone in the world \n\nHere are a couple of websites about the Liturgy of the Hours:\n\nhttp://www.universalis.com/-800/today.htm\nhttp://www.ebreviary.com/\nhttp://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/breviary.htm\nhttp://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWGILH.HTM\n\nWith love in Christ.
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some believe the catholic church
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Catholic Church routine mass & sermon! Blah! blah! blah!\nWhy?\ncoz i been a catholic before ^_^
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lol well i went to a catholic school when i was in first grade, went to a public school in 2nd and 3rd, then back to catholic on 4th and 5th grade [[i switched so much because i kept moving to different places from time to time]] ..from then on i stuck with the public schools. so yeah basically i began to comprehend pretty much everything when i was in first/third grade even, mainly because my family was i guess what you could call religious and prayed the rosary like at least once a month but..yeah. i also went to ccd, (its a school teaching about god and stuff just in case you dont know)but i didn`t relly learn from much there exept on my confirmation. i didnt learn much because all they do is play games and talk about god, (the basics) and like..yeah. but you can send your kids to ccd if you want, not my choice, but i recommend only in grades 7 and 8 for confirmation. make sure to go to church every week though and likee..pray. haha kthxbye..goodLuck!!
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Catholicism has been here a long time.  Since before the United States existed as a country.
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it all started with the protestant reformation brought about by martin luther.  you can read more details by typing in protestant reformation or martin luther into a search engine.  the catholic church took exception and thus the protestants somewhat broke off from the "non-catholic christians".  also, the christians do not acknowledge the apocrypha or "between the testaments" writing that the catholics do as holy scriptures as part of the canon used in worship.
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What is "the church" to which are you referring? The one true church described in the Bible (which BTW is NOT the catholic church, it wasn't around until about 600 AD) would condemn such based on 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.
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go to\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic
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Here is a copy of one man's explanation from catholic answers....\n\n\nMy epiphany came, in of all places, before the eucharistic Christ, exposed in a monstrance at perpetual eucharistic adoration.\n\nOut of convenience, I had started attending the Catholic Church with my wife. In September 1994, Bishop Harry Flynn instituted perpetual eucharistic adoration at the parish. A lazy person, not fully realizing what eucharistic adoration is, I signed up for an hour each week. I figured that the practice would give me some discipline in my prayer life.\n\nThe first time I went to adoration, I don’t remember genuflecting or even kneeling, but Jesus was working on me slowly. It didn’t take long for me to ask, "Who is this that I’m praying before?" Once I realized the answer to that question, there was nothing that could hold me back from entering the Church.\n\nI liken that experience to the risen Christ’s appearance to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Like the two disciples, I thought I knew Christ because I was familiar with his word. Yet, in the story, when Jesus uses the Old Testament to reveal himself, the disciples still do not recognize him. It is not until they reach Emmaus and he breaks bread with them that he is revealed in his fullness. Once he is revealed, nothing can hold them back. They return to Jerusalem immediately, running to tell the others of their encounter with the risen Lord.\n\nOnce Christ was revealed to me—body, blood, soul and divinity—my conversion was imminent. I approached the priest at the Catholic church I had been attending.\n\n"I cannot wait until Easter to come into the Church," I told him. "I believe everything that the Catholic Church teaches and believes. To wait feels as if I am somehow denying Christ."\n\n"Then let’s pick a date," he told me.\n\nOn March 19, 1995, the feast of St. Joseph, I was received into the Catholic Church, and for the first time I accompanied my wife to the eucharistic table of our Lord. Even now, ten years later and in this year of the Eucharist, I continue to keep my weekly appointment with Christ through not only the Mass but also the means by which I first came to know him: his veiled presence in perpetual eucharistic adoration, the "breaking of the bread"\n\nFor me personally, it is a way to be in his presence without focusing on the outside world.