And yet it does and Rome teaches a syncretic paganism sacramental system...
That it can is part and parcel of what the Revisionists desired to establish in their goal of keeping Christianity, while getting out from under Rome.
Christianity didn't start under Rome, nor did the Apostles teach at least half of what Rome teaches.
Be that as it may, conflating practice with theology is a mistake.
When it comes down to it, the theological dividing line is “works,” and it’s only a line because Revisionists insist on a formula for works no where validated in Scripture.
Christianity didn't start under Rome, nor did the Apostles teach at least half of what Rome teaches.
No, but Christianity did grow into Rome, like it or not. And the apostles may not have taught half of what Rome teaches, but Newton didn’t teach half of what Hawking teaches, either.