And yet, Christendom ultimately rests not on doctrines but on the person and promise of the Lord. This is a difficult thing for evangelicals to grasp, but once they do they will have more respect for the Roman church even while disagreeing with the things it teaches.
Who is arguing doctrine? The subject of this thread is Roman priests as “fathers.” The book of Acts is not doctrine, it is real recorded history. If the leaders of the early church, apostles, elders (Bishops), deacons, or whatever, were called priest or father, we would see evidence of it in Acts. Likewise, the prominence of Mary. It is NOT there.