[AdamBomb]

Catholicism = The Real Thing

Everything else = Sam’s Club Cola......introduced 1639 years later.

[bogusname]

LOL! Even though that’s 100% false it is very funny.

[papertyger]

Remarkable how similar jihadists are in the invincibility of their ignorance.

[Free Vulcan]

Yeah and the Greek Orthodox, Copt and Chaldean churches are Johnny-come-lately. Sure, ok.

[Señor Zorro]

Sola scriptura, Sola fide, Sola gratia, Solus Christus, Soli Deo gloria.

[Theo]

Spoken like someone who loves Rome more than he loves Christ.

[SQUID]

Adam:
Rome changed many things in the Church that do not resemble the original unified medieval church. That is, when the Eastern Orthodox Christians were together with the Western Church.

So, with all due respect the Catholic Church as she is today doesn't go farther back then the 12th century. Prior to that priest could marry, the wedding band was worn on the right hand, the Trinity was defined differently, salvation was defined differently, the Eucharist, frequency and witnessing of confession, repentance was all different. These are some of the things that led to the schism aside from power structure.