Metmom answered you about “appointing” a successor to Judas. I didn’t know that the College of Cardinals shot craps to determine the next pontiff!
As far as schismatic - Council of Trent. The Roman Catholics are the splinter, not the Eastern Orthodox. Sorry, but that’s the fact. And they have as much claim to the “See of Peter” as the Bishop of Rome has.
Previously you said "the requirement of Apostolic succession isn’t found in the Bible." Apparently you are now saying that "the requirement of Apostolic succession is found in the Bible, but it was just a mistake by the Apostles and metmom knows better than they."
As far as schismatic - Council of Trent. The Roman Catholics are the splinter, not the Eastern Orthodox. Sorry, but that’s the fact. And they have as much claim to the “See of Peter” as the Bishop of Rome has.
You doubt the historical record of Peter in Rome? Then your dispute is with secular historians as much as with Catholics. The schism between Rome and the East Orthodox happened well before the Council of Trent and has nothing to do with it. Mainly, the East resents the Venetian sack of Constantinople (against the orders of the pope). Eastern Orthodox take the Catholic side in the doctrinal disputes with Protestants.
Pretty much the same thing...They claim that God picks the popes but yet they are picked by a majority vote of the Cardinals...
Poor saps...They each must feel God is leading them to cast their ballot...Some must spend the rest of their lives wondering why God talked them into voting for the loser...