11. THE QUESTION WAS: Fill in the blank for this famous comment of Augustine: “I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the ________________ did not move me to do so.”

 

1. Catholic Church
2. Christian Church

 

 

THE ANSWER IS…..A…..The Catholic Church.

 

The name of the official church of the early Christians was of course the Catholic Church, which has never changed its name to this day. From the beginning, the Catholic Church exercised its the authority to define doctrines and morals, to determine which books should make up the Bible, and to preserve that correct interpretation the Holy Bible

 

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mischedj/ct_apolosumm.html (A quick, quick summary of Catholic apologetics)

 

 

 

 

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