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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raw Cadet: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [qb] <blockquote>"Wasn't the Catholic Church founded by some of Jesus' original disciples?"</blockquote> Well, not exactly. The Roman Catholic church claims that Simon Peter was the first pope, and that all subsequent popes are his direct successors. But I wouldn't think that the earliest Christians would have had so much organization.[/qb][/QUOTE]If I am remembering my Church history correctly, Peter can be verified (through external, secular contemporary documents) as the first bishop of Rome, thus, since the bishop of Rome is today the head of the Catholic Church it can be said Jesus' apostles founded the faith. However, that is not evidence of "so much organization," because, in the very early Church the bishop of Rome was not regarded as its supreme leader; he was just one of many bishops, Church leaders in areas with large concentrations of Christians. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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