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Is there a specific year that the Roman Catholic Church was established?
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#59257. Asked by LeakyPickle.
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lanfranco
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This is a tough one, LP, because you will get different answers from different people.
The Church itself might date its foundation to Matthew 16:18, the point in Jesus' ministry when he names Peter as the rock on which he will build his Church. Other Catholics claim that the Church began with Jesus' conception, with his birth, with the point when, at the age of 10 or 12, he first preached, when he assembled the apostles as the first, more or less episcopal hierarchy, or when he established the Eucharist at the Last Supper. Or when he died.
These are theological arguments. A good historical argument involves the Edict of Milan, issued in 313 CE, when Constantine proclaimed the tolerance of Christianity, ended the persecution of Christians, and disestablished paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Milan
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