[kosta50]

Actually many such posters seem to think that the Church has been in apostasy since the 300s

Yes, some do. In fact qua went a step further: he called the Church what amounts to being a Greek pagan cult, decorated with Christian symbols.

[Cronos]

In fact qua went a step further: he called the Church what amounts to being a Greek pagan cult, decorated with Christian symbols.

That seems to lead from Gnostic teachings of which that work of fiction: the Da Vinci code is filled with -- seeming to suggest that the very idea of Christ's divinity is some kind of Pauline conspiracy grabbed from Greek philosophy.