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It's really ironic that Catholics have the nerve to say things like this when they've tacked on/contradicted a lot of history themselves, like the very early judeo Christian tradition of not creating images to pray to. There were even councils that banned it like the council of Alvira. I think the only reason anyone believes the RC or Ortho are genuinely apostolic is literally because it gets told to them repeatedly and they are older than the protestant churches so it just gets taken at face value. The protestant formation, while having some negative outcomes, was definitely necessary and it wouldn't have been good for the rc church to have as strong as a grip as it does now. I like being able to read the books I want to read.
Pic related is evagrius