“Surely you aren’t suggesting there were no Christians outside of the Roman church”
Surely you aren’t claiming they were protestant.
“If you aren’t aware of them perhaps it’s because the popes drenched the soil of Europe with so much of their blood.”
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Were these the same popes of whom the first twenty five were martyred?
“So it’s not surprising Rome has worked to extinguish their memory”
Are you saying that Protestants are the modern Nestorians?
“We need look no further than the molestation scandal for proof that Rome still hides her many sins.”
Oh wow. Something nobody’s ever brought up. Unfortunately for you, molestation is actually less frequent in the Catholic church than in a secular environment (schools) or with pastors (since our standards are more stringent).
Why don’t you familiarize yourself with the Waldenses and the Albigenses? That would be a good place for you to start. God has always had a faithful witness outside of Rome. However, despite all her apostasy and wickedness through the centuries, it was Trent where Rome actually declared in writing her apostasy. At Trent she anathematized believers in the gospel of Jesus Christ in an official way. Before that they weren’t teaching the gospel, but I don’t believe they had ever declared it accursed in a official way.