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I'd say that the Catholic Church is an expression of man's desire to dominate and rule other men. If you look at the history, their claim starts with the 4th Pope. He wrote a letter to a church that was having problems. Nobody asked him to write the letter and no one yelled at him for writing the letter. Therefore, he had dominion over the church he wrote the letter to and therefore he was the head of the church and therefore the center of the church is Rome and therefore you salvation is in jeopardy if you disagree.

Many Catholics will mention the keys given to Peter, but this was a later justification.

What's really interesting about the letter is that it proclaims the Phoenix is a real bird and it states that we are justified through faith alone.