Did Jesus found the church

AnswerThe church, recognized in The Bible as "the church" was already in existence since it was started by Jesus himself. Paul mentions this fact numerous times. The Word Catholic, from the Greek translation, means "Universal" and was used to describe the church in writings as early as 46AD. The Term Roman Catholic is simply a westerners term used to describe the fact that Catholics look to Rome as the head of the church. There is nothing in writing or from the Vatican that names the Catholic church "Roman Catholic. The bible was not even produced until the first Nicaean Council in 325AD. But by then, the Catholic/Christian church was well established and growing throughout the world. The church was the only Christian church until Martin Luther started Lutherism in 1517AD. Shortly after that, John Calvin founded Calvinism in 1536. Lutheran and Methodists both stem from the original break from the Catholic Church. 90% of the other Protestant churches were splits from the Calvanist. Martin Luther's main question/objection to the teachings of the church was "sola scriptora" meaning "scripture alone". He believed, like most protestants today, that the bible is our only source for what we need to believe. Unfortunately, this mistake is due to a lack of scripture knowledge. Jesus told his disciples to go forth and teach all the nations. He did not say, sit down and write a book and that should do it. John stated that if they were to try and record all that Jesus did and taught, the world would not be able to contain all the books. The church recognized that there was a lot of teachings both verbal and traditional in reverence that were passed down to the next generation. That is why it was difficult to decide on which books would be included in the bible and which would not. Our final version was agreed upon because it contained most of the teachings that the church believed should be recorded. Again however, the church was well established long before the bible although the Catholic church adheres to the original writings of scripture without question more than any other Christian religion and has continued with the same teachings for almost 2000 years.