for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Isaiah 47:5
The Roman Catholic Church is thought by some to be the mother church of the Protestant and other churches that broke away from it over time. Prominent among these are Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican churches and other Christian faith communities formed over time from these. Wikipedia
And from the News-
"03 Sep 2000 (AP) VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of Pope John Paul II's closest aides
has written to bishops worldwide declaring that the Catholic
church is the ``mother'' of other Christian churches..
VATICAN CITY, Sept 5 (Reuters) (Condensed) - The Vatican on Tuesday rejected
the concept that other religions could be equal to Roman Catholicism and ordered
its theologians not to manipulate what it called the truth of the faith. The Vatican's restatement of its position was outlined in a complex theological document, the English title of which was ``Declaration The Lord Jesus -- On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church'' .
Some other Christian churches, while not in ``perfect union,'' remained united to Catholics by close bonds, it [the statement] said. ``The Church of Christ is present and operative also in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the Catholic Church since they do not accept the Catholic doctrine of the primacy, which, according to the will of God, (the Pope) objectively has and exercises over the entire Church,'' it said. While other Christian churches ``suffer from defects,'' the document said they had not been deprived of what it called ``significance and importance in the mystery of salvation.''
