[Buggman]

The Catholic Church descends in a direct line from Peter.

Only if you a) consider descent more important than obedience to the Scriptures, which God never has, and b) ignore all the simony.

Besides, every Protestant minister has had hands laid on him by a minister of his denomination, who had hands laid on by his minister, in an unbroken line going back to the Reformers--most of the originals of which, like Luther, were Catholic priests before recognizing the conflict between Catholic tradition and Scripture. By that standard, we can claim "lineage" from Peter as well.

[whispering out loud]

It's about time someone else on this thread started making some sense.

[Conservative til I die]

Besides, every Protestant minister has had hands laid on him by a minister of his denomination, who had hands laid on by his minister, in an unbroken line going back to the Reformers--most of the originals of which, like Luther, were Catholic priests before recognizing the conflict between Catholic tradition and Scripture. By that standard, we can claim "lineage" from Peter as well.

You are ignorant. At some time in the past, any Protestant ministers that might have had some claim to apostolic succession have had their orders invalidated at some point, for a variety of reasons. Hence, no Protestant ministers have valid orders today. They're basically laymen playing dress-up. No more a priest than I am.