"which merited throwing off the authority of the successor of Peter..."
You talking about the church of pedophile priests, the one now selling off a whole bunch of its properties 'cuz it couldn't restrain its priests' predatory personal propensities for pedophilia?
What an authority. Peter would be pissed.
Gotta say, no way are MY children coming anywhere close to such as these.
Some priests are sinners. That doesn't change the truth of the doctrine or the apostolic origins of the Catholic Church. Sneer all you want to -- it must feel good to have a church in which each and every cleric is a saint with a completely unblemished character.
Yeah that's it.....the one all the Anglicans are turning to in ever increasing numbers.
The one which attracted as many new converts after the scandal broke as it did before. About 100,000 last year in the US.
The one which, in spite of prevailing political correctness, still insists on celibacy for its clergy, the sinfulness of homosexual acts and the evil of abortion.
That one.