You are right. Christians don’t believe in the diety of of the apostles...nor do we believe in the priesthood. The bible teaches that believers are all priests. Catholics that use traditions of the church should be careful. The bible condemns those that add or take away from it.
Jesus sent out the apostles so that they could make more disciples. In John 20 Jesus is teaching us to go out and share the gospel. Share the law with the sinner...and share grace with truly repentant.
I reject the apostolic descendents arguments. Is it not self-evident that this line of thinking is incorrect? They just VOTED in a new pope!
So are you saying that you do not believe Paul’s letters to Timothy about how Bishops, deacons and priests should conduct themselves?
Why to non-Catholics not believe these parts of the Bible?
Clearly they show that Paul ordained Bishops and priests and gave the parameters for their conduct.
So why aren’t you believing St. Paul?