[papertyger]

And yet the Orthodox Churches not only deny it, they've never believed it - all the way back to the Apostles.

No argument from me. I just don’t agree with them. And it certainly doesn’t make them proto-Protestants in anybody’s book.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I just don’t agree with them.

More importantly, these churches that claim to equally descend from the Apostles, have never believed your claim. They claim to have been there on "day 1" and have never recognized your claim.

And it certainly doesn’t make them proto-Protestants in anybody’s book.

And yet Protestants and the Orthodox agree on this...