There’s no Scripture to support it.
It’s irrelevant how many people believed it for how long.
It’s wrong and right and wrong do not change in God’s economy.
Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins.
“Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins”
So all those Catholics that were murdered during the Reformation had no sin and went straight to heaven. You’re smarter than I thought.