Judged by a modernist and un united in the faith of many anti Catholic's that believe as you do
Thankfully, we have the Bible to illustrate what the early church was like
This is an illustration what scraps that are left of originals,the rest comes from the Church you say is riddled with heresy and Gnosticism.
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The reality is that you are putting your faith in the NT in that Church you bash
The NT text has far better support than you indicate. See this OLD thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2316798/posts