Any religion that changes the text of the Bible to fit their practices should be avoided.
The 10 commandments were changed ti fit the Catholic Church's Idolatry. Red flag.
The Bible doesn’t number the Ten Commandments- Roman Catholics and Lutherans use a numbering sequence devised by St. Augustine- Protestant denominations other than Lutheran use a sequence of commandments devised by English & Swiss reformers in the 16th century. The Catholic/Lutheran version has the first commandment prohibiting idolatry- the Protestant version separates false worship & graven images into the first & second commandment. The Catholic/Lutheran one commandment forbids coveting your neighbors wife and one for coveting neighbors goods while the Protestant version combines all forms of coveting into one commandment. That’s literally the difference.
"The entire world was Catholic for 1500 years"
What? No.
Jesus didn't set up the Catholic Church.
Any religion that changes the text of the Bible to fit their practices should be avoided. The 10 commandments were changed ti fit the Catholic Church's Idolatry. Red flag.
The Catholic Church is the continuation of the apostolic (apostles) succession.
Aka Jesus and His apostles.
But I admit, 70,000 different Christian denominations would agree with you.
The Bible doesn’t number the Ten Commandments- Roman Catholics and Lutherans use a numbering sequence devised by St. Augustine- Protestant denominations other than Lutheran use a sequence of commandments devised by English & Swiss reformers in the 16th century. The Catholic/Lutheran version has the first commandment prohibiting idolatry- the Protestant version separates false worship & graven images into the first & second commandment. The Catholic/Lutheran one commandment forbids coveting your neighbors wife and one for coveting neighbors goods while the Protestant version combines all forms of coveting into one commandment. That’s literally the difference.
Catholicism removes the commandments not to commit Idolatry.
It’s the first commandment for Catholics- I am the Lord your God, you shall not have strange gods before me.
And yet, the Catholic Religion is riddled with Idol worship.