Where and when did the Catholic Church start?

Answer 1

The Catholic Church is the Bride of Christ, and was "born" from the New Adam, who is Jesus the Christ, from His side as it was pierced as He was "asleep" on the cross and water and blood issued forth. The Church then got her "legs" when the Spirit of God was breathed into it at Pentecost.

AnswerWhen Jesus told Peter that he was his rock and on him he would build his church. The Catholic Church started in the time of Jesus. Jesus Christ Himself founded this Church. The Catholic means "Universal" and it means that this Church is the absolute church. Meanwhile, the Church means the gathering of the people of God. Therefore it means the gathering of People of whole world. Today, there are many who claim that their church was founded by Christ, but there is a church before the creation of their sects. Their founders were really human and many of them were not righteous men. They denied the teaching of the Catholics without investigating its whole reality.

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Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church was born from the side of Our Blessed Lord, when He hung dead on the cross and blood and water flowed out from His pierced side, it was shown to the world on Pentecost, fifty days later. Pentecost is thus considered the "birthday of the Church". That first Pentecost was around 33 A.D.
Catholicism started sometime between AD 33 and 325 A.D. We have to thank emperor Constantine who had, supposedly a vision and got all religious about it. No one told him of the true church that Jesus had already established. But even among Christians there were many theological disagreements, and the ones that are now followed by the Catholic Church were not everywhere, all the time. In 325, the First Council of Nicaea met and hammered out many of the irregularities. Some people have said that this council was when Christianity was "invented", and the actual teachings of Christ were not what the council said. However, the gospels were all written long before this. Another answerCatholics believe that Catholicism started with the Apostle Peter and that Peter was the first Pope. Because of this Catholics feel they are the One True Church. They trace back their religion to about 29AD when Peter preached in Jerusalem and converted 3000 people. But if you talk to any Christian they can give a time line back to the Apostles as well. For instance even though Martin Luther was the beginning of the Lutheran denomination could it not be said that he could trace his beliefs back to the apostles?

St. Ignatius of Antioch was the first to use the term Catholic on a visit to Rome.

With Constantine I; he merged the Church and the State.

Another answerWhen Jesus told Peter that he was his rock and on him he would build his church:

Mathew 16, 13-20: When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philip pi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

Another answer

It depends on the point of view of the source you are consulting. If you examine the proponents for the Church you will find the following:

The Catholic Church considers itself the true and original Christian Church, the word "Catholic" being but an adjective. Early in Church history many sects broke off claiming to be Christian, but they were usually small cults based around a charismatic heretic and localized to a particular area. To distinguish Itself from these the Christian Church choose one of the four marks of the Church that none of these sects could simulate, Its catholicity (the fact that the Christian Church could be found everywhere) by which to identify Itself.

Christianity points to the Last Supper for its inception. Christ inaugurated the New Law by fulfilling the symbolic ceremonies and sacrifices of the Pasch and instituting in their place the sacrifice of the New Law, the Holy Mass. As well, he appointed His disciples as the new ordained priesthood over the hereditary ministers of the Old Law. He also set up Himself up as the new high priest, with St. Peter to represent Him on earth in that capacity when He would ascend. Christ built an entire institution with hierarchy, ceremonies and doctrine. However, it was merely in place and not effective. When Christ died upon the cross, the foundation for the New Law which He had laid became effective by virtue of His blood and the redemption He effected. Upon His resurrection, He activated Peter's primacy as well as giving the Church its mission to go and preach to all nations. Christianity/Catholicism was born then, 37AD, the date Christ died (the exact date of Christ's death is disputed, but 37AD is often referenced).

There is the position that Catholicism was a highly regulated form of Christianity which departed from Christ's beginnings. In 325, the First Council of Nicaea met and hammered out many of the irregularities in Christianity, forming a canon of doctrine and disciplines that were then imposed upon the Christian faithful. Some people insist that this council was when Catholicism, if not Christianity, was invented and the actual teachings of Christ were not preserved in their integrity. This view is difficult to defend since all that authoritatively existed was Oral Tradition handed down since the New Testament, though written, had not yet been assembled nor was the canon of inspired scripture determined from the many books in circulation. The main accomplishment of Nicaea was the condemnation of Arianism , a widespread movement that taught, among other things, that the Son was not equal to the Father. This condemnation could not have been made unless there was a body empowered and recognized to make and diffuse such a proclamation throughout the Christian religion. The council also accomplished the formulation of the Nieces Creed.

Some point to 313AD when the Roman Emperor Constantine attributed his military victory over the eastern empire to the intercession of the Christian God. However, Constantine merely legalized Christianity and did not found anything, much less a religion, as can be noted by the fact that the Catholic institutional hierarchy was already in place along with sacraments and doctrines.

Things might better be put in perspective by quoting St. Vincent Lerins, a 5th century monk and Father of the Church, who wrote in 434AD concerning the early Christian Church:

"Therefore, because of the intricacies of error, which is so multiform, there is great need for the laying down of a rule for the exposition of Prophets and Apostles in accordance with the standard of the interpretation of the Catholic Church.

Now, in the Catholic Church itself we take the greatest care to hold that which has been believed everywhere, always and by all. That is truly and properly 'Catholic,' as is shown by the very force and meaning of the word, which comprehends everything almost universally. We shall hold to this rule if we follow universality, antiquity, and consent. We shall follow universality if we acknowledge that one Faith to be true which the whole Church throughout the world confesses; antiquity if we in no wise depart from those interpretations which it is clear that our ancestors and fathers proclaimed; consent, if in antiquity itself, we keep following the definitions and opinions of all, or certainly nearly all, Bishops and Doctors alike." The Vincentian Canon, in Commonitorium, chap IV, 434

This example is just one of the many concordant voices that are found among and down through the writings of the earliest Church Fathers. Lerins speaks of the Catholic Church as the Christian Church, which has always existed. He references established hierarchy (he mentions bishops here, as well as much more in other passages) and portrays the word catholic in its true sense. The Catholic Church has perpetuated the priesthood, the papacy, the doctrine, the Institution and the Faith of Christ since He founded the Church and made it efficacious by His death and resurrection.

On Pentecost, shortly after Jesus death, around 33AD or so. At that time it was ONE church, the Church of Christ. Then divisions arose and different branches broke off, but the one Church of Christ is the Catholic Church, descending from the apostles at Pentecost.

Non officially at the birth of Christ; officially at the council of Trent.

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Catholic AnswerOfficially at Pentecost when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit on the Apostles to lead them and guide them.

St. Clement of Rome, who died in 101 A.D. and was the fourth Pope (third after St. Peter) left behind several writings, most famous of which is his First Epistle to the Corinthians in which he speaks of the bishops, the Catholic Church, and schisms, this is from chapter 46 of that Epistle:

Chapter 46. Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife is Pernicious.

Such examples, therefore, brethren, it is right that we should follow; since it is written, "Cleave to the holy, for those that cleave to them shall [themselves] be made holy." And again, in another place, [the Scripture] says, "With a harmless man you shall prove yourself harmless, and with an elect man you shall be elect, and with a perverse man you shall show yourself perverse." Let us cleave, therefore, to the innocent and righteous, since these are the elect of God. Why are there strifes, and tumults, and divisions, and schisms, and wars among you? Have we not [all] one God and one Christ? Is there not one Spirit of grace poured out upon us? And have we not one calling in Christ? Ephesians 4:4-6 Why do we divide and tear in pieces the members of Christ, and raise up strife against our own body, and have reached such a height of madness as to forget that "we are members one of another?" Romans 12:5 Remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, how He said, "Woe to that man [by whom offenses come]! It were better for him that he had never been born, than that he should cast a stumbling-block before one of my elect. Yea, it were better for him that a millstone should be hung about [his neck], and he should be sunk in the depths of the sea, than that he should cast a stumbling-block before one of my little ones." Your schism has subverted [the faith of] many, has discouraged many, has given rise to doubt in many, and has caused grief to us all. And still your sedition continues.

(translation from the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia)

One of the interesting things about the Christian faith is that often things were believed for many centuries, commonly held by all, but were not defined, as doctrines were, say at the Council of Trent, UNTIL someone objected to them. Church Councils through all the centuries from the Council of Jerusalem, which is recorded in the book of Acts, up through Vatican Council I did not define doctrines until someone tried to deny them. One of the reasons that Protestants always seem to reach back to the Council of Trent, because it was their heresies that were denied by that Council. Before then, all the other Councils were dealing with heresies which are no longer extant.

The Council of Trent had absolutely NOTHING to do with the start of Catholicism, it was already around for fifteen and half centuries by that time.

The word Catholic (katholikos from katholou - throughout the whole, i.e., universal) occurs in the Greek classics, e.g., in Aristotle and Polybius, and was freely used by the earlier Christian writers in what we may call its primitive and non-ecclesiastical sense. Thus we meet such phrases as the "the catholic resurrection" (Justin Martyr), "the catholic goodness of God" (Tertullian), "the four catholic winds" (Irenaeus), where we should now speak of "the general resurrection", "the absolute or universal goodness of God", "the four principal winds", etc. The word seems in this usage to be opposed to merikos (partial) or idios (particular), and one familiar example of this conception still survives in the ancient phrase "Catholic Epistles" as applied to those of St. Peter, St. Jude, etc., which were so called as being addressed not to particular local communities, but to the Church at large.

The combination "the Catholic Church" (he katholike ekklesia) is found for the first time in the letter of St. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, written about the year 110 AD. Found at the link below.

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from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

# 763 The Church was instituted by Christ Jesus. "The Lord Jesus inaugurated his Church by preaching the Good News, that is, the coming of the Reign of God, promised over the ages in the scriptures." To fulfill the Father's will, Christ ushered in the Kingdom of heaven on earth. The Church "is the Reign of Christ already present in mystery."

#766 The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. "The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus." For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the "wondrous sacrament of the whole Church." As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross.

# 771 "The one mediator, Christ, established and ever sustains here on earth his holy Church, the community of faith, hope, and charity, as a visible organization through which he communicates truth and grace to all men." The Church is at the same time:

- a "society structured with hierarchical organs and the mystical body of Christ;

- the visible society and the spiritual community;

- the earthly Church and the Church endowed with heaven riches."

These dimensions together constitute "one complex reality which comes together from a human and a divine element"...

Another answerIn the same year that Lord Jesus Christ died, rose from the dead, and sent the Holy Spirit to be with the Apostles so that they might go out and preach the Good News. Church historians believe these events took place somewhere between the years 28 and 33 AD (Anno Domini.)
roughly 300 AD It is said that Christ walked the Earth about 2000 years ago.
The Catholic Church herself considers Her origin to be on the day of Pentecost, around 33 AD, when Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit upon the apostles and disciples in the Upper Room. It was this Spirit that gave the Apostles the courage to preach the Gospel with boldness and to establish local churches wherever they traveled.

Others have attempted to give the origin of the Catholic Church a later date, such as the rise of the Emperor Constantine in 312 AD, or the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. But, such later dating becomes problematic once one considers that Christians of a much earlier date were believing and worshiping in distinctly Catholic ways.

It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church was founded on Pentecost in the year 33 AD.

Answer 2

Pentecost.

A man known as Jesus Christ began the one true only Holy Catholic and Apostolic faith.

==Jesus Christ founded the Church, setting up its sacraments, hierarchy and doctrines while on Earth. At His death, he opened to the Church the graces made available through his redemptive death. On Pentecost, after Christ had risen, He formally empowered the Church and thus Pentecost is known as the birthday of the Church. Answer33 AD,{give and take a year or so} and the place was probably the Room where the First Eucharist was celebrated of that First Maundy Thursday before the Crucifixion.

Answer 3

According to Catholic doctrine, the Church was founded by Jesus. The New Testament records his appointing of the twelve Apostles and giving them authority to continue his work. One of these apostles, Simon Peter (Saint Peter), was made their leader when Jesus proclaimed "upon this rock I will build my church ... I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven ... " Saint Peter was appointed by Jesus to lead the Church and all the subsequent popes are considered direct descendants of Saint Peter.

Historians are less adamant in their opinions and there are different historical interpretations that consider dates between 1AD and 150AD as the beginings of the Church. There is clear evidence that popes existed by 150 so this date is considered the latest the Church could have begun.

Where the Church began is also in dispute. Catholic Doctrine would imply that the Church began in and around Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified, and where Jesus appointed Saint Peter to lead the Church. The traditional view is that Saint Peter then went to Rome (even though The Bible says nothing about Simon Peter ever being in Rome) where he continued his ministry, founded the Church and was later crucified.

Catholic Answer

The Catholic Church considers Pentecost Sunday in about 33 AD as its birthday. Had the Holy Spirit not been sent to the Apostles, the Church would have gone no further and would have quickly died away.

Answer 4

The Catholic Church was born in Jerusalem at the Crucifixion of the Christ at Calvary, with Jesus total self-giving for His Church. The Church which is the Bride of Christ was born as blood and water issued forth from the pierced side of the New Adam (Jesus) as He was "asleep" on the cross, just as the bride (Eve) of the first Adam was taken from his side in a deep sleep.

Catechism of the Catholic Church 766 includes "For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church'" (Sacrocilium Sanctum 5). As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross (St. Ambrose, In Luc. 2,85-89:PL 15,1666-1668).

The Catholic Church became active on the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem, when the Holy Spirit was given to the Church. Two important foundations were laid before this - Jesus' promise to build his Church on the Rock of the man Christ named Rock (changing Simon's name to Kepha (Rock in Aramaic, which is Peter in English), and the Last Supper where Christ instituted the Lord's Supper with the Sacrament of His Body and Blood that would be offered as a total self giving of the Bridegroom (Christ) for His Bride the Church.

Answer 5

I'm not sure about an actual building for church, but there is only one Catholic Church and it was started by Jesus Christ when he told Peter the apostle (which Catholics believe to be the first Pope) " He *said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.""

Answer 6

The Catholic Church, the Bride of Christ was "born" at Calvary from Jesus' total self giving for His Bride, as water and blood issued forth from His pierced heart through His side as He (the New Adam) was "asleep" on the cross. Later, His one Church got her "legs" at Pentecost, when receiving the Holy Spirit.

Just as the first Adam's bride was taken from his side as God put him in a deep sleep, the bride of the New Adam (Christ) was taken from his side as he slept the sleep of death on the cross. Catechism of the Catholic Church 766 includes "For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church'" (Sacrocilium Sanctum 5). As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross (St. Ambrose, In Luc. 2,85-89:PL 15,1666-1668).

The Church born from Christ's side at Calvary is the one Church built by Christ. By 105 AD at the latest in Antioch (the same place as the word "Christian" started to be used), this same Church began calling itself Catholic as it was evident it was spreading to fulfill her worldwide mission, according to St. Ignatius of Antioch. The words Christian and Catholic were used interchangeably.

Jesus described the Church He was to build, and its authority. Jesus took His Apostles to Caesarea Philippi, a backdrop where people worshiped the false gods at a temple built on a massive rock, to reveal the true God and His True Church. Jesus asked His Apostles who they say He is, and only Simon answered correctly. Jesus told Simon that the Father had revealed this to Simon (only to Simon and not the others). Jesus then changes Simon's name to Kepha (Aramaic for "Rock", as Jesus spoke to them in Aramaic). It is the first time in recorded history that a man is called "Rock". We know that God changes someones name when He has a specific mission for them, like was done with Abram to Abraham. Immediately after Jesus renames Simon to Rock, Jesus tells Rock that He will build His Church on this Rock, and gives the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven only to Rock (Kepha in Aramaic, Petros in Greek, Peter in English).

The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, . . . subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him (CCC 870). While Christ is the overall Head of His Catholic Church, He established the visible head of the entire Catholic Church as this office of Prime Minister, who acts as spiritual father to his people (Isaiah 22), and is popularly called Pope (from the Greek for father). So, the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church is headed by the Pope who is Bishop of Rome. The Roman Catholic Church was never just a "particular church within" the overall Catholic Church. in 1054, the eastern Catholic Churches broke away to become localized national affilitated Churches which are still Rites of the Catholic Church. There are 22 Rites in the Catholic Church, but the Roman Catholic Church is the original that began in 33 AD in Jerusalem, and which moved the heaquarters to Rome with the first Pope, St. Peter.

Why would Jesus change Simon's name to Rock? It's quite obvious for Simon's new mission as Rock of the Church.

Why would Jesus tell Rock (Peter) that Rock has the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, unless Jesus is specifically going to work with Rock to ensure that what is bound is that of God's will? The other Apostles were not confused about this. They knew from Isaiah 22 about the Prime Minister and the Keys representing authority in the Kingdom. So, we have Peter as the Rock of the Church, because Jesus will be working with Peter. Since Jesus tells His Apostles that the Church will last until the end of time, we know that Jesus also intended that these Bishops offices be filled throughout time. We know that the gates of Hell will never prevail against Jesus' one Church. God is able to teach infallibly and Minister His Sacraments through fallible men. It's not Rock's Church, but Christ's Church. Christ bears the responsibility for keeping His Bride spotless in teaching faith and morals and in ministering the indefectible Sacraments. Christ clearly shows that He will work with fallible man to teach and have His Sacraments administered infallibly. It's all because of Christ.

The Rock of the Church is the office of Head Bishop, the Prime Minister to the King Jesus by which Christ would affirm His teachings. He called this office holder Rock because he would stand firm in teachings of faith and morals. This is exactly what has happened. If you want to learn about the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, please review Isaiah 22. Note what God says about the Prime Minister "I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father." The Apostles knew this very well, and understood how this related to Peter and future office holders of the Head Bishop, the Prime Minister in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Questions to ask and ponder:

Why did Jesus rename Simon to call him Rock? Recall God changes one's name to coincide with a new mission God has for you, like changing Abram to Abraham. Simon becomes the first man in history to be called Rock. Jesus renames Simon to be called Rock, to coincide with God's mission for this person.

Why did Jesus hand the Keys of the Kingdom only to Rock (Peter in English), and to no other Apostle? Recall that in Isaiah 22, the Prime Minister to the King receives the Keys symbolizing authority. God says that what this Prime Minister shuts, no one shall open, and what the Prime Minister opens, no man will shut. This tells us that God is with this Prime Minister guiding him and what the Prime Minister does has binding authority. The Apostles knew that Rock is now acting as Prime Minister to the King Jesus.

Why did Jesus tell Rock (Peter) alone and no other Apostle, that Rock would bind and loose in Heaven? The Apostles knew this meant that Jesus would be working with His Prime Minister Peter so that what Peter would bind would be from the King of Heaven and Earth. The Apostles knew that Peter alone would not be in charge of binding things in Heaven and earth, but that the King Jesus would be working with His Prime Minister Peter (Rock).

Why did Jesus say the gates of Hell would never prevail against His Church built on His Prime Minister Peter the Rock of the Church?. This shows too that Jesus would be working with Peter to never allow any pernicious error to be taught in Jesus' Church. Jesus is in Charge ultimately, and works with His Prime Minister to ensure His flock has the true and correct teachings for all time.

Some become fooled by the false "petros, petra" argument, but it's a ruse for the uneducated. First, Jesus spoke to His Apostles in Aramaic. In Aramaic, Jesus would say to the one Apostle whom He renames from Simon, "you are Kepha, and upon this Kepha, I will build my church." Kepha is Aramaic for Rock. The Gospel of Matthew was written originally in Aramaic, and later translated to the Koine Greek, which had feminine, neuter, and masculine words. The word petra (feminine) was proper to be used for rock, and the the translator used the word "petros" for the man since you could not use the feminine. In the Koine Greek of the first century, petra and petros meant exactly the same thing, just one feminine and one masculine.

The doubter below (contributor of "Wow. That's quite a long, detailed answer"), like all of us need to please read the official Church teachings (Catechism, Second Vatican Council documents, etc.), study truthful recorded Church history, as the truth is not up to our own private interpretation. We must use reason and intellect, which these Church teachings all stand up to. Jesus established His Church as the pillar and bulwark of the truth, so that we know the truth about Him. Jesus said he who hears His Apostles (Bishops) hears Christ, and He who rejects His Bishops, rejects Christ.

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Wow. That's quite a long, detailed answer.

But it is not correct.

The Catholic Church started on the first Pentecost, in the Upper Room, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles like tongues of fire. Up until that point, Jesus and His Apostles were schismatic Jews or something.

33 a.d when it was known as the Suburbicarian Church of Rome, a particular church within the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church!

and renewed again in 1564 at the Council of Trent when it broke with Holy Tradition giving more power and authority to the pope over the bishops!

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The "Wow..." response above claiming that the Catholic Church began at Pentecost is heretical in two aspects, and missing the essential idea of Jesus as the Bridegroom and the New Adam, and lacks a proper rendering of Christian Church history. The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, . . . subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him (CCC 870). Until 1054, the Roman Catholic Church was the only Christian Church in existence. It could not have possibly been a local Church within the overall Catholic Church, because it was the entire Catholic Church. A Suburbicarian Church is simply one that belongs to a Cardinal, of which a Suburbicarian Church is one of many Roman Catholic local Churches. The official visible head of the entire Catholic Church is the Pope, as this office of Prime Minister was created by Jesus for His entire Church. The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church is headed by the Pope who is Bishop of Rome. The Roman Catholic Church was never just a "particular church within" the overall Catholic Church. in 1054, the eastern Catholic Churches broke away to become localized national affilitated Churches which are still Rites of the Catholic Church. There are 22 Rites in the Catholic Church, but the Roman Catholic Church is the original that began in 33 AD in Jerusalem, and which moved the heaquarters to Rome with the first Pope, St. Peter. Next, a proper understanding of the Council of Trent regarding the papacy is that the Council reaffirmed what had already existed as established by Christ regarding the papacy because it was under attack by Protestants. This is what was commonly done in councils, to reaffirm something from the deposit of faith of Christ, that was under attack in society, and what had been held.
Jesus Christ is the founder of the Catholic Church, the one true Church.

Roman Catholic AnswerRoman Catholic Answer

The Catholic faith emanated from God from the beginning of time, and was established on earth definitively from the side of Jesus Christ on the cross outside of Jerusalem when He side was pierced by a spear, around 33 A.D.. Then it was shown to the world at Pentecost with the coming of the Holy Spirit, fifty-three days later.

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

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The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. "The origin and growth of the church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.'" Sacrosanctum concilium 5) As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross. (Cf. St. Ambrose, In Luc. 2, 85-89: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 15, 1666-1668)

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"When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify the Church." (Lumen gentium 4; cf. Jn 17:4) The "the Church was openly displayed to the crowds and the spread of the gospel among the nations, through preaching, was begun." (Ad gentes 4) As the "convocation" of all men for salvation, the Church in her very nature is missionary, sent by Christ to all the nations to make disciples of them. (Cf. Mt 28:19-20; Ad gentes 2; 5-6)
Jesus Christ started the Catholic church. He said, "Peter, you are my rock, and on the rock I shall build my church, and the fires of hell shall not prevail against it. Whatever you bind, shall be bound in heaven." Pope Benedict the 16th is the successor of Peter. Catholics have the entire list of EVERY SINGLE pope since St. Peter. Look it up if you want to. The Catholic Church is the church originally founded by Christ, and all of the other branches of the Christian faith have broken off of the Catholic religion.
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Answer 7

The Catholic Church was founded circa 33 A.D. by Jesus Christ who appointed St. Peter as the First Pope: "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church; and the gates of Hell will not overpower it." (Matthew 16:18)

The term "Roman" or "Latin" rite began as a result of the Great Schism (1378-1415) in which the Christian Church was divided into the Western "Roman Catholic Church" or "Latin Rite" and the "Eastern Orthodox Church" or the "Greek Rite". Despite this, the Papal line of the Church remains unbroken, beginning with St. Peter all the way up to the current pope: Benedict XVI.

Answer 8

Nobody can be sure of excatly when Catholisism started. But According to the Catholic Church, when Jesus told Peter, "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it," he was appointing Peter as the first Catholic Pope and instituting the Church. If this view is accepted, the Catholic Church began around 32 BC. It can also be said that Catholosism started at around 312 BC or 380 BC. What we can say for sure is that Catholisism started in the period between about 32 BC and about 380 BC. Hope this helps you. :)

Answer 9

Catholic AnswerThe Catholic faith emanated from God from the beginning of time, and was established on earth definitively from the side of Jesus Christ on the cross outside of Jerusalem when He side was pierced by a spear, around 33 A.D.. Then it was shown to the world at Pentecost with the coming of the Holy Spirit, fifty-three days later.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994 759"The eternal Father, in accordance with the utterly gratuitous and mysterious design of his wisdom and goodness, created the whole universe and chose to raise up men to share his own divine life." (Lumen gentium 2) to which he calls all men in his Son. "The Father . . . determined to call together in a holy Church those who should believe in Christ." (Lumen gentium 2) This "family of God" is gradually formed and takes shape during the stages of human history, in keeping with the Father's plan. In fact, "already present in figure at the beginning of the world, this Church was prepared in marvelous fashion in the history of the people of Israel and the old Alliance. Established in this last age of the world and made manifest in the outpouring of the Spirit, it will be brought to glorious completion at the end of time. (Lumen gentium 2)

766 The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. "The origin and growth of the church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.'" Sacrosanctum concilium 5) As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross. (Cf. St. Ambrose, In Luc. 2, 85-89: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 15, 1666-1668)

767 "When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify the Church." (Lumen gentium 4; cf. Jn 17:4) The "the Church was openly displayed to the crowds and the spread of the gospel among the nations, through preaching, was begun." (Ad gentes 4) As the "convocation" of all men for salvation, the Church in her very nature is missionary, sent by Christ to all the nations to make disciples of them. (Cf. Mt 28:19-20; Ad gentes 2; 5-6)

Answer 10

The Christian Church is thought to have started around 30-33 CE, as the predecessor of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, as well as Gnostic Christianity. The Catholic Church, as we know it today, originated from the Great Schism of 1054, when the Christian Church split to form the Catholic Church in the west and the Orthodox Church in the east.