The World's Religions
How did the Roman Catholic church view itself from the time it became the official religion of Rome?
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The Roman understanding of the church held that it was a teaching authority and a sacramental agent. As a teaching agent, the church saw itself as the means of keeping the door of salvation open to all the generations following the Pentecostal beginnings of the church.