How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of Peace.
The Early Church and the Catholic Church are one and the same.
It is a family of love.
My understanding of the practices and teachings of the Roman Catholic church through history tells me that it has little resemblance to the early church. The genesis of the church is 120 disciples in the upper room endued with Holy Spirit power on Pentecost. At that time, there were no cathedrals or church buildings, no vestments, no rosaries, no relics, no altars, no holy water, no ash Wednesday, no Sacraments except for Baptism, Communion and Marriage, no preaching of Mary as a co-redemtrix, etc., etc., etc.
The rituals and doctrines embraced by today's Roman Catholic church are a result of changes and teaching that were added by councils and evolving tradition over many centuries.
HMMMmmm…
'Tain't how the angel described it to John in the first three chapters of Revelation.
But then, Torqemodo was kind a lovin' fella hisself!