[annalex]

you could substitute the word "priests" for "pastors" and "Roman Catholic" for "Protestant" and the statement would be entirely applicable and true. Self-aggrandizement, wealth, power, authority, submission of the "laity" were all sins the "Church" was steeped in

The difference is that the authority of the Church is given her by Christ (Luke 22:19, John 20:21-23, Mt 28:18-20). The Protestant pastors are usurpers of power who did not receive their authority from anyone other than the fool who put money in the donation box. They teach the traditions they themselves invented, often agains the clear verdict of the Holy Scripture.

[Quix]

NOPE.

That assertion is another exclusivist vain-glorious arrogant brazen falsehood from hell.