No, not a reach. I'll give you two examples. Do you recognize the distinction between biship, presbyter, and deacon? St. Ignatius of Antioch (died in 107 AD) did. Do you accept that the Eucharist becomes the Body and Blood of Christ? St. Ignatius did. I could go on, but it would just be more Catholic stuff that you reject. St. Ignatius was a Catholic (he himself uses the term 'Catholic'), and he died (as an elderly man) in 107 AD. The Apostle John died around 100 AD. So either (1) the Church fell into complete error in the seven years after John died, or (2) John knew about all this apostasy in the Church but couldn't or didn't do anything about it, or (3) what St. Ignatius says is exactly what the Apostles were teaching. Which is it?
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I could go on, but it would just be more Catholic stuff that you reject.
We consider ourselves to be catholics.