I didn't know Moses was a Roman Catholic. I actually don't think he was.
ECT "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH"---not "churchES"
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I didn't know Moses was a Roman Catholic. I actually don't think he was.
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Jesus, too!
By faith Moses when he was come to years refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. (Hebrews 11:24-26)
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The "RCC" is not the subject of the OP. The OP's subject is specifically the Catholic Church.
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Neither do I, nor does my previous statement suggest any such thing. (Again, the subject of the OP is not "Roman" Catholicism, but specifically the Catholic Church.)
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The point is that Christian assemblies did not begin in NT times. Moses was indeed a Christian and the "Catholic" church is a replica of Judaism.
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Of course they did. The Greek term "ecclesia" ("church,""assembly," or "congregation") is used several times in the New Testament to describe Christ's one historic Church.
Not properly speaking. It could be imagined that he was a sort of "retroactive 'Christian'," but the testimony of Scripture is that Moses (and other pre-Christian saints) lived under the the Old Covenant, not under the New Covenant initiated by Jesus Christ.
While the historical and theological roots of Christianity are Jewish, the New Covenant Church is not itself Jewish. The Church had entirely separated from the Synogogue by the late 1st century.
Gaudium de veritate,
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Located at the southern end of the Vatican Museums and just north of St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel is of no great architectural interest. It is a barn-like simple rectangle, 40.93 meters long by 13.41 meters wide - the exact dimensions of the Temple of Solomon as given in the Old Testament.
The New Testament fulfillment of Old Testament "types" is a common theme in Christian theology and church art, but in the Sistine Chapel there is another layer of meaning. Pope Sixtus IV wished the entire cycle to illustrate the legitimacy of his papal authority, running from Moses, via Christ, to Peter.
(http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-sistine-chapel)
The New Testament fulfillment of Old Testament "types" is a common theme in Christian theology and church art, but in the Sistine Chapel there is another layer of meaning. Pope Sixtus IV wished the entire cycle to illustrate the legitimacy of his papal authority, running from Moses, via Christ, to Peter.
(http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-sistine-chapel)
But what you don't realize is that Jesus' God is God of Jews and Gentiles.
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That's very interesting, but in no way alters my statements in Post #50 above.
You said, "Of course they did. The Greek term "ecclesia" ("church,""assembly," or "congregation") is used several times in the New Testament to describe Christ's one historic Church."
Pope Sixtus IV said his authority came from Moses through Christ.
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Yes, the People of God encompasses both the Old and New Covenants. But that does not mean that an Old Covenant Jew (Moses) is a New Covenant "Christian." :nono:
Back to Post #50.
By Christian you seem to be saying Moses was not a Catholic.
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Moses was a member of the Old Covenant Church (Jewish), not of the New Covenant Church (Christian) founded by Jesus Christ.
Jesus is a Jew. Why would he found a Roman church?
Is it because the Romans subjugated his nation?
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Who said anything about a "Roman" Church?
