The Roman Catholic Church nor the 22 Catholic Churchs, bear any resemblance to what we read about in the scriptures.
I will not sit here and try to deconstruct every action of the Catholic church. I read the scriptures and see how the church conducted itself. That is what I try to follow.
I just shake my head when I see Catholics bow down and kiss the Pope’s ring.
Perhaps you are not understanding the scriptural passages that you are reading. It would help if you could cite some scripture where you find this supposed discrepancy. Is it the hierarchical structure that you find confusing?
Many people would be astonished to learn just how much we know about the first 300 years of christian history. We have, for example, much inspiring history about the founding of the Church's many congregations throughout the ancient world. We actually know the names of some of her earliest pastors, and in a few cases, we have their writings to read. We still have harrowing accounts of her persecution by the Pharisees and by the pagan Romans. We know what sorts of heresies attacked the early Church and the names of the heretics who stood against her. We have hymns and prayers and poetry preserved from this period. We have epitaphs from Christian tombs. We have doctrinal statements, Bible commentary, and sermons dating from these days. We have responsive readings used in Church; in fact, we have a good deal of information about how the Sunday services were conducted.
Luther and Calvin, who taught Sola Scriptura in the first place, knew and respected these venerable saints whom ancient custom has given the title Fathers of the Church. They quite often used the writings of early giants like Ambrose and Augustine. In fact, John Calvin not only affirmed the testimony of these Church Fathers but unequivocally declared that for the first 600 years of her existence on earth, the Church remained "pure and undefiled".
I just shake my head when I see Catholics bow down and kiss the Pope’s ring.
Kissing the pope's ring is a sign of respect for the successor of St. Peter whom Jesus Christ chose to head His Church.
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped [him].But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.- Acts 10-24-25
Not only was such displays to Peter not authorized by the scriptures, here it is explicitly forbidden.
The original Greek word translated "worship" here, proskuneo, is defined by Strong as:
"...(meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); to fawn or crouch to, that is, (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): - worship."