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How old is the roman Catholic faith?

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Catholics believe that the church was founded in the year 33 and that Jesus appointed Peter as the first pope. Around the year AD 45 Peter went to Rome and assumed control of the church. This was in the time of Nero and the persecution of Christians. Peter was imprisoned and scourged. Paul was also beheaded the same day outside of Rome. Peter was led to the top of Vatican Mount to be crucified, but he saw himself as unworthy to die in the same position of Jesus so he asked to be crucified upside down. Two hundred and sixty popes have succeeded Peter since. For the next 300 years Rome persecuted Christians and they would meet behind closed doors. In 306 Constantine became emperor of Rome and made Christianity the state religion. Today there are 1.038 billion Catholics in the world.

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