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Debunked - Catholic Church the original church

Q: What is the most solid proof that Roman Catholicism is NOT the "original church or faith", history to show that Catholicism came along later, after the Christian faith?       A: For an online listening source to get acclimated may I suggest  Church History by Dr. James White . 69 free lessons about an hour each.  Part of it is also comparing what the early church believed versus what the modern Roman Catholic Church believes and they are not the same at all. If anything you could argue that the Bible IS the proof of what the true church believed.  Remember Catholics have to to prove to you that their oral tradition goes back all the way to the apostles themselves. The Bible does prove what the Apostles taught. Literally with manuscript evidence.  He has also written extensively on the Roman Catholic Church, so thats another resource. And John MacArthur also dives into the Roman Catholicism religion, his series is good to go through also. We sh...

Resources on Bible canon and Church History

Looking for some good books on church history, as well as books talking more about how the Bible was compiled (how and when what books were decided to be cannon when others were not). I do not have a lot of knowledge on this subject but would like to grow in it. A: Well these can be good resources 1. Canon & Reliability (deep dive - lower link) 2. Church history (25 hrs) Part 1 .   Part 2  * Yes it is church history 😅, see description 3. On church history  (69 hrs) Books -Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley is the best church history book you can start out with. -Invitation to Church History by John Hannah would be really good too. Scribes & Scripture   -From God to Us: How We Got Our Bible by Norman Geisler and William Nix.  -How We Got the Bible by Neil Lightfoot is also an excellent book on the subject Forerunners of the Faith Teacher , Student books  Hope this helps. There's a bit more  here too for answers on things...