The Catholic Church (and "Catholic" means "unity" or "one") is the first Christian church.
The first "pope" was supposedly Peter the apostle. (St. Peter)
And I have to say that the Christian religion certainly helped mankind plunge into a thousand years of backwards movement: The Dark Ages
Hell...humanity only recently in history was able to catch up with the technology of the Roman Empire. Thanks Christianity!
And during the Renaissance Period, guys like Da Vinci had to hide their work from the church or they would have been killed.
I've thought about it before...civilization would be 1,000 years into the future RIGHT NOW if not for the Dark Ages.
