Questions about the Catholic faith?

To understand Catholicsm vs. Christianity, we must understand the history. After Jesus Christ, Peter and Paul were the leaders of the Church in the first century. After them, Chrisianity spread to Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome. In Antioch, a leader named Ignatius was the first to use the Greek word katholikos, which means universal. Katholikos is where the word “catholic” comes from. In Rome, Christianity was banned until Constantine legalized it in 313. He then integrated the pagan beliefs of worshiping Mary, the saints, sacraments, lent, etc. This made “Chrisianity” more aceptable to the general public and where “Catholicism” was born. Over the years, Rome has used their followers of “Catholicism” to give them political, military, and social power. On the other hand, other groups of “Christianity” disagreed with their pagan beliefs as well as their use of religion to gain power. This is why we get so many Christian denominations. All of this is explained in detail in my articles: a href="http://www.bible-study-lessons.com/Catholicism.html" rel="nofollow"http://www.bible-study-lessons.com/Catho…/a and a href="http://www.bible-study-lessons.com/Christian-Denomination-Beliefs.html" rel="nofollow"http://www.bible-study-lessons.com/Chris…/a God Bless.