Your post serves to demonstrate my point.
Mormons are far closer to you than to us...
They are similar ONLY in that they also reject sola Scriptura. But they do not have true Apostolic succession and do not have the authority to protect and preserve the true Deposit of Faith. That's obvious. Any idiot can claim to have spoken with Jesus and write a book. But only one Church can claim legitimately to have Apostolic succession. Even if you disagree with the concept of Apostolic succession, one must at least admit that the Catholic Church is really the only body of believers that has any historical claim to it.
I admit, I shouldn't say Protestant...I should say non-Catholic...The Episcos and Anglicans are Catholics without a pope...
Says a lot.
Even if you disagree with the concept of Apostolic succession, one must at least admit that the Catholic Church is really the only body of believers that has any historical claim to it.Not accurate at all...From the accounts of the scripture as well as the accounts of your Catholic history and non-Catholic history, there were many churches in the beginning...And these churches were far closer to the teaching of Jesus and the apostles than your church has ever been...
Your religion burned their scriptures, labled them as heretics and murdered a great many...
By looking at your current church and your church history, it's clear to very many that yours is the group that Jesus and the apostles warned us about...
Sure, your group has been there for a long time...
And you guys never mention your church split when half the bunch turned completely left and went with Rome and it Pagans with Constantine at the head...