Because there is only one man that we follow. FRoman Catholics can’t seem to get their mind around the fact we don’t have a corporate headquarters in Wittenberg with a CEO that parades around wearing Prada shoes.
I get that. You follow Jesus or a church that is loyal to Jesus. My problem is with your statement that Catholics, “even when challenged, refuse to cite anything from any ‘Protestant’ writing.” I do not know what you mean by that.
Can you provide an example of when a Catholic who, when challenged, could have or should have cited a “Protestant” writing when responding to that challenge?
I think you provided a nice litany of confessions and catechisms. Citing one of those would be a breath of fresh air over the constant barrage of anti-Protestant memes we are constantly exposed to.
(BTW, if you read them you might be surprised that there is a lot more unity than FRoman Catholics think.)