Posted by Steve from ppp-187.col.cableone.net on July 27, 2000 at 15:32:49:
In Reply to: Re: Side Note posted by Mikal C Johnson on July 27, 2000 at 14:23:16:
: >>As far as Peter is concerned, I may be wrong, but I thought he was by tradition the first leader of the Catholic church in Rome,and we get the tradition of the apostolic succession from him.
: Right, Catholic tradition is largely just stories made up in the Middle Ages. There is no proof at all that Peter ever left Jerusalem after the events in Acts.
: >>Do you agree that the Catholic was the first organized church, and all the other denominations have evolved from this?
: No.
: >>As far as the contradictions, I feel that your mind is set,and it would be a waste of time to point them out, as I have been through this before. An exercise in futility if you will.
: Ah, the classic cop-out of someone challenged.