[Alex Murphy]

But, according to Protestants, the Catholic Church was corrupt and idolatrous by the fourth century and so had lost whatever authority it originally had.

Goota love those Catholic make-it-up-as-we-go-along apologetics!

[Quix]

But, according to Protestants, the Catholic Church was corrupt and idolatrous by the fourth century and so had lost whatever authority it originally had.

Gotta love those Catholic make-it-up-as-we-go-along apologetics!

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Works for me . . . they were corrupt shortly after creating themselves in the 4th century. I can believe that quite easily.

[lastchance]

This is an argument used by many Protestant churches but not all. Most of the mainstream Protestant chuches such as Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican believe the Church became corrupt during the Middle Ages. They did not reject the teachings and councils of the early church.