[kawaii]

So, to bring it all together, you're pointing to differences in practice between the early church and some current Protestant churches as proof against their claims of being true churches of Christ, but are dismissing differences in practice between the early church and the present day Roman Catholic churches as valid because of their claim of being true churches of Christ.

you've got it backwards mate. protestants have always accused the Catholics and Orthodox of not being true churches on account of practices (like the Eucharist and beleif that it's really the Body and Blood of Christ, like Confession, like icons, etc) if i had a dollar for every time some protestant zealot accused the Apostolic churches of idolotry I could afford to debunk it with a documentary and pay to air it.

[Frumanchu]

you've got it backwards mate. protestants have always accused the Catholics and Orthodox of not being true churches on account of practices (like the Eucharist and beleif that it's really the Body and Blood of Christ, like Confession, like icons, etc) if i had a dollar for every time some protestant zealot accused the Apostolic churches of idolotry I could afford to debunk it with a documentary and pay to air it.

Congratulations. You missed the point completely.