The Universal Church

 There is a Pastor who insisted that the Church was founded in Jerusalem and it does not started in Rome. Therefore the claims of the Catholics regarding the Matthew 16:18 is invalid. But this Pastor was definitely confused regarding the linkage of Rome and the Church that established by Christ.In Matthew 16:18 it is true that Christ established His Church in Jerusalem in 33 AD, Catholics won't deny it. But indeed in Matthew 21:43 stated that His Kingdom will be given to a Nation that will produce a fruit. What are these people or Nation?? Acts 23:11 cited "For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome." so it is clearly stated in the verse that Rome witness the testimonies from Jerusalem which is the Gospel of the Lord. And the fact that Church of Rome was called by God to evangelized the world a fact that it cant be denied that Rome played a much greater role. In Romans 1:7-8 "To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world." Therefore the Roman Catholic Church is indeed a Universal Church, granted that the Church has its large number of Saints a sign that the Christian Faith bear its fruits as what mentioned on Matt 21:43. Besides the Catholic Church is not only composed of a single Church which is the Church of Rome nor Church of Jerusalem but indeed it composed of Churches that in communion with Christ or rather united by the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:12 and Rom 12:5) and as stated in Acts 9:31 where the Churches of Galiea, Judea and Sumeria where united and spread "throughout"* (*"Katha'oles in Greek means Universal.)" In Romans 16:16 the Church of Rome greeted by its members from the other Churches.

Conclusion: The Protestant doesn't posses a Ecclessiology to link the historicity of the Church.

The Medieval illustration of the Church