QUIZ: when was the BEGINNING of the Church?

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Christ was also Divine. I said that the responses are related to the answer in some way.
 
Yes, He was, but you’re ignoring the fact that your question specifically demands a temporal answer. You cannot claim that the temporal answer is only part of the answer when it is the only dimension you addressed in the question.
 
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I never outlined ‘beginning’ as being temporal. The answer, answers itself.
 
Hail, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee Blessed are you among woman.

Here “The Lord” - of “The Church” is first recognized in creation.
 
As I said, “to begin” is a concept that is limited to the temporal dimension. There is no beginning or ending in eternity. The wording of your question precludes discussion about eternity.

Either way, it is unimportant. Many correct answers have been given here. If you really think you have the answer, stop playing games and actually present it so it can be discussed.
 
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Mijoy2 said:
Hail, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee Blessed are you among woman.

Here “The Lord” - of “The Church” is first recognized in creation.
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I have to say again, this is the most correct answer. The Church is founded at the entrance of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity into human flesh. Because He is the Church. And His incarnation brings Divinity and humanity together.
 
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Very nice, indeed! I really like the way you phrased that. There is a document that is from the Church that states something that one person here (whom you might know well), defines in lucid terms.
 
To add to the Pentecost answer, the beginning of the Church was AD 27 - 29, accounting for calendar mistakes. Jesus was born between 6 - 4 BC, and 33 years later at Pentecost puts us at AD 27 - 29 depending on the exact year of His birth. Ultimately, though, we don’t know the exact year, month, and day of Pentecost.
 
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When the OP claims that through the r ssurection we were saved (completely ignoring Christ’s death) we can see that his theological inowoedge is lacking.

The Church began at the Church’s birth. Period. That is Pentecost. That is the answer according to Church teaching. Again, we have Jesus speaking in the future tense when he is addressing Jesus. The Catechism tells us that Pentecost initiated “the time of the Church”. We have St JP II saying Pentecost is the birth of the church.

The answer is Pentecost.
 
Because it is both! This is WHY people get it wrong and don’t immediately see it.
 
Incorrect. What I mean by Resurrection is when Jesus says in St. John’s Gospel:

“It is accomplished”.

(John 19: 30)

After His Crucifixion, the Resurrection was always going to happen (although it was always going to happen) and it is through the Resurrection that we can get to Heaven. He died so He could rise again, saving us.
 
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True, from the perspective of eternity, but his question wasn’t about eternity, it was about when it began in time. The answer to that is Pentecost.
 
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