God did sort it out. He moved on. He does that, you know. The nation of Israel was so captured by Satan, that they killed the Son of God. The church in Rome was never supposed to become catholic (universal). There is a universal Church but it was expressed on earth as the church in a city (the church in Ephesus, the church in Antioch, etc). This is what the Spirit set up. However, the church in Rome sunk its roots in the world and became great by being joined to the Roman power under Constantine. Then the RC church leavened the apostles' teaching with idolatry and hierarchy and the evil things of Satan. God moved on with Martin Luther. There are real believers in the RC church, but God's word to them is, "Come out of her, My people (Rev. 18:4)."
God did sort it out. He moved on. He does that, you know. The nation of Israel was so captured by Satan, that they killed the Son of God. The church in Rome was never supposed to become catholic (universal). There is a universal Church but it was expressed on earth as the church in a city (the church in Ephesus, the church in Antioch, etc). This is what the Spirit set up. However, the church in Rome sunk its roots in the world and became great by being joined to the Roman power under Constantine. Then the RC church leavened the apostles' teaching with idolatry and hierarchy and the evil things of Satan. God moved on with Martin Luther. There are real believers in the RC church, but God's word to them is, "Come out of her, My people (Rev. 18:4)."