[af_vet_1981]

You mean like the Catholic bishops claim? Even though they don’t meet the Biblical qualifications for apostles and cannot display the gifts of apostles? Like that?

I'll take that answer as a yes, that you, in fact, consider yourself an apostle, and blame the Catholics for it. That captures the essence of Protestantism/Protesters which cannot help but produce more variants. Rebels breed rebellion.

The first Christians had no doubts about how to determine which was the true Church and which doctrines the true teachings of Christ. The test was simple: Just trace the apostolic succession of the claimants.

Apostolic succession is the line of bishops stretching back to the apostles. All over the world, all Catholic bishops are part of a lineage that goes back to the time of the apostles, something that is impossible in Protestant denominations (most of which do not even claim to have bishops).

[Boogieman]

“I’ll take that answer as a yes, that you, in fact, consider yourself an apostle, and blame the Catholics for it.”

I never said that, I just asked you questions. Please don’t put words in my mouth, then argue against them. That’s a strawman argument.