Rocket SCIENCE I have heard of, rocket SURGERY is new to me.
It's a malapropism.
It is true that all Greek letters were capital until 9th or 10th century, therefore the one holy catholic and apostolic church would have been in capital letters in the creed, but that does not negate catholic meaning universal. Relating an Invisible Church to Gnosticism is a real stretch.
The "Catholic Church" is a proper noun, hence it is capitalized. It is the one started by Jesus and
in fact it its name is explicitly stated in Scripture. In Acts 9:31, it states:
Αἱ μὲν οὖν
ἐκκλησίαι καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχον εἰρήνην οἰκοδομουμέναι καὶ πορευομέναι τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνοντο
The word "Catholic" comes from two Greek words:
καθ (katah) - Meaning throughout; according to
ολης (holos) - All; whole; completely
Εκκλησια (ekklesia) - A gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place; an assembly; church
Thus, "ekklesia kata holos" = The Catholic Church
Incidentally St. Luke is the only one who wrote a conclusion to the Gospel with his
Acts. The book of Acts details the Church's growth from Pentecost in Jerusalem and concludes with the arrival of the faith in the city of
Rome, from whence it would go out to all the world. "First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,
because your faith is proclaimed in all the world." (St. Paul to the first
Roman Catholics, 1:8)
The first to advocate the concept of
pneumatological / “invisible churches" were the Gnostics. In fact many of the earliest Church Fathers spent their lives combating such beliefs amongst the Gnostics. (e.g. St. Irenaeus)
Apostolic succession is the ultimate trump card against this heresy.
The angel in Bernini's depiction sure doesn't have much of Habakkuk' s hair to carry him by, what could be a container of stew is possibly portrayed.
With God, all things are possible.
In any case, you think there were two separate incidents of Daniel in the lion's den, apparently.
Yes.
You have made me into a POSITIVE REJECTOR of many churches/assemblies/DENOMINATIONS, but I maintain that I do NOT reject Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Presbyterians, etc.
I do positively reject Gnosticism.
If you don't reject them, wouldn't you be professing their beliefs and hence be a member of them? The reason you don't is obvious: Catholicism and Orthodoxy are incompatible with Lutheranism and Reformed churches. Likewise Lutheranism too is incompatible with Reformed churches.
If you do not in fact positively reject all of these, then I presume you are a baptized member of one?
