Sermon: The Church of "Acts" is the Catholic Church
The Church of the Acts of the Apostles is the Catholic Church. For the past few weeks we have been hearing about the life of the Apostles and their followers in the early days of Christianity. This period, from Pentecost until the legalization of Christianity in 313 AD is often known as the “early Church.” But what is the relationship of the Church that we call “the Church” to this “early Church” we see in the Book of Acts? Protestant polemics hold that the “early Church” was