Sorry, but the European view on the RCC being The Church is just hogwash. Several Followers of the Way were around far before the creation of the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, by way of example, the St. Thomas Christians in India (pre-Portuguese influence) is far older than the Catholic Church and traces itself to 52AD.
Who the heck cares about the European view? I follow Jesus. Not European men who changed the Church 1,500 years after the Jewish carpenter founded HIS CHURCH!