And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. So Clearly the Bible denies that Peter was the Founder of Church in Rome. I’ve been going back to the Acts for sometime now, and I still have to find one that Paul actually started from a first soul “saved”, and another church “planted”. However, the honest and objective student of the Scriptures and history soon discovers that the foundation of the Roman church is none other than the pagan mystery religion of ancient Babylon. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

(1) Our Lord said: “I will build My church” (Matt. by Matt Slick 12/03/08 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it," (Matt. It began immediately after Jesus returned to heaven. At God’s behest, Peter admits the first gentiles to the Church (Acts 10-11). Peter and the Church in Rome Catholic belief that the church in Rome leads the entire Christian church is based on the belief that Jesus gave this job to Peter who, in turn, founded the first Christian church in Rome. 16:18]. Peter preached to the crowds of Jerusalem and 3,000 were added to their number that day (Acts 2:41). In fact, it was Peter himself who spoke against "being lords over God's heritage" in I Peter 5:3. The Christians did not side with the Jews in their revolt against Rome beginning in 66 A.D., and by the end of the first century the church had largely separated from the synagogue. Crusaders of the First Crusade who captured Antakya in 1098 lengthened the church by a few meters and connected it with two arches to the facade, which they constructed. When a "church" wasn't a building These early believers did not have church buildings to meet in. In Acts 10, God gave Peter a vision that helped him understand that the message of salvation was not limited to the Jews but open to anyone who believed (Acts 10:34–35, 45). When the church began is an age old debate. The Roman Catholic Church claims to have started in Matthew 16:18 when Christ supposedly appointed Peter as the first Pope. But what is meant by “when did the church begin?” To ask when the church began is not to ask when the church was first in the mind of God. From this belief they proclaim that the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church because Peter (and the Catholic Church) were given the "keys", so to speak, to the kingdom of God and no other church has been given those keys.

As for Peter, as far as I know, no one claims that he began the church in Rome. The whole structure of the Roman Church is built on the assumption that in Matthew 16:13-19, Christ appointed Peter to be the first Pope and so established the Papacy. BACK TO CATHOLICISM And Peter (unlike James son of Zebedee) is miraculously delivered from prison and martyrdom (Acts 12:1-18). The first church buildings did not start to appear until the early 200s. Several lines of evidence support this conclusion. The Roman Catholic Church Puts a great deal of emphasis on Peter and claims that Jesus said he would build his church on him. The start of the church involved Jews in Jerusalem, but the church soon spread to other people groups. 16:18). You may have found a Roman Catholic friend who claims that Peter founded the church in Rome.

You have no definite answer to the question of “how many churches did Paul start on his journeys” because the fact is that he DID NOT START ANY as in “started from scratch”.

The Catholic church teaches that Peter was the first Pope and the earthly head of the church, but the Bible never says this once. When a "church" wasn't a building These early believers did not have church buildings to meet in. And all who believed were together and had all things in common.

Popes do not marry, although Peter did (Mat. Below, read about the role of Peter, Paul, Constantine and the overall process of the Catholic Church's … The Samaritans were evangelized by Philip in Acts 8. Acting on orders from Pope Pius IX , Capuchin Friars restored the church and rebuilt the facade in 1863; French Emperor Napoleon III contributed to the restoration. The church in Rome was started rather early–probably by AD 50 and there is no evidence that Peter came to Rome before AD 63. On that day, the 120 followers of Jesus in the upper room of Jerusalem were empowered by the Holy Spirit.