For discussion purposes only I also bring about the point that the RCC was the first "Protestant" Church per Kosat50's wording above. It is a point I have also made in the past.
"Well a Greek would say that. :)"
Well, yes, I suppose you're right. On the other hand, with Iroqois ancestors and English ones who came to Massachusetts in 1623, my qualifications as a "native" aren't all that bad, either! :)