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Because there is no grace imparted by reception of the Protestant "sacrament". You can march a million-man army through that chasm. Apostolic succession preserves the supernatural composition of RC sacraments.

I defy any Catholic to show me a teaching of Jesus that shows the participation in a sacrament to be a "sin" because of the time and place of the ceremony.

Silly. That's the equivalent of asking you to point out the word "trinity" in the Holy Bible. For that matter, point out the word "bible" in the bible.

Jesus didn't declare slavery a sin, either. What's your opinion on slavery?

I would just like to respectfully point out that in the Ancient Hebrew texts there was always a trinity! Y'shua came to fulfill The Law (The Word)! Prayers were said every morning by Aaron - The High Priest - in the Tabernacle for the Creator (Father), Sublime Truth (Jesus stated "I AM the Truth") and the Mysterious Holy Power of YHVH (The Holy Spirit).

"Apostolic succession preserves the supernatural composition of RC sacraments."

And you have the stones to call someone else's comment "silly"?

Sounds like you could use a little historical instruction on your own church. Or is this somewhat imprecise "succession" one of those issues where the RCC performs contortions to work around difficult questions.

My point is simple - apparently too simple for the dogma-bound RCC. According to certain tenets of the Church, a believer in Christ who attends a church on the Sabbath and wants to open his/her heart and worship Christ according to the sacrament taught by Jesus is committing a "serious sin" by doing so - IF the Church happens to be one not designated as the "right" Church by a worldly authority.

Of course, this is the same Church that sold salvation in the form of trinkets passed off as sacred relics, but I guess it is still "inerrant", huh? Of course, if all those really WERE pieces of the true cross, the Cross must've been about 1500 ft. tall.