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Were Muslims decieved to think Catholicism is Christianity?  Early on muslims encountered a false form of Christianity. They had no knowledge of the Gospel cuz they lacked the recognition of who/what true Christianity was/are/is.  • True Christianity: True Christianity is centered on the Gospel of Jesus Christ—faith in Him for salvation, grounded in Scripture. Any deviation from that gospel (including doctrinal errors or additions), that doesnt hold to the core Essential truths of Christianity [revealed by God in Scripture], is a corrupt false Christianity. • Islam’s Encounter: Historically, early Muslims in the 7th century encountered "Christianity" largely in the form of Eastern Orthodoxy and some local variations of Western ones (like what later became Catholicism). Islam’s view of Christians is that they are “People of the Book” (Ahl al-Kitāb), but since they didn't encounter true Christianity, they had no idea what the truth was. • Catholicism mislead: Because Cathol...

In a discussion about the timeline of errors around when heresy crept into the church, one topic was on end times, because of that view some grabbed hold of, a sect broke out and became known as the Roman Catholic Church.  Most historians, looking at church history, date the beginnings of RCC around late 500s to 606 AD.  During a Bible study on the history of end times error, RCC was brought up and we learn a bit more about that apostate religion. "There's a book called Israel and the Church by Ronald Diprose. This is a fascinating book and exceptionally well done. First printed in Italian; in 2004 it was translated into English. It shows the effects of this idea that the church was the new Israel and Israel was out. It had a very, very profound effect on the church in the Middle Ages on the church in the Dark Ages. Here’s how. Israel had altars, right? Worship in the Old Testament, Israel, altars, sacrifices, a sign at birth, a priesthood, a jubilee year. Israel had rituals...