[iconoclast]

I fear you failed to understand what was posted

I fear your post was pointless.

Unless, of course, you're ambiguously trying to say that all "branches" of Christianity sprouted one way or another from the one true Church and therefore can trace their origin back to the apostles.

[muawiyah]

Apparantly there is a belief current in some quarters that ALL the Apostles served to found "one true church".

St. Thomas wasn't around when that happened, of course, and neither were some others.

Many Christian groups claim their orgins all the way to the beginning in the First Century, exclusive of Peter and Paul.

That's just the way it is. Absent a time machine, I see no reason to accept some claims and reject the others.