Ok. Give me just one.
It's really unnecessary. It's better to just do historic genealogy. Just because my son disowns me doesn't mean that my grandfather is no longer his great-grandfather. They left your church saying that THEY were the true expression of it. The point being....they're a BRANCH of you. Your grandparents are their grandparents. If you came from the apostles, so did they.
Your reasoning does not apply here. We are talking about the Church spoken of in 1 Timothy. This has nothing to do with genealogy. It has to do with Truth. You cannot trace your Church back to the time of the Apostles therefore your Church cannot be the one that Christ established.
They left your church saying that THEY were the true expression of it. The point being....they're a BRANCH of you. Your grandparents are their grandparents.
So you would have me believe the Church that Christ established went into apostasy. That would also mean his promise to protect and be with the Church for all time is invalid. Sorry, I don’t buy it.
Also, we've not traced the history of the other patriarchates nor of independent groups.
What patriarchs and independent groups are you speaking of.
I will also point out that you have yet to directly answer any of my questions which leads me to believe you have no good answers.
Yep, the exact point I was trying to make.