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In the book of Acts, there was one holy catholic apostolic church.

In which (or anywhere in the rest of the NT):

ZERO prayers to anyone else in Heaven but the Lord, despite a host of angels and ascended saints in Heaven.

ZERO mention of Mary after Acts 1.

ZERO manifestation of the church looking to Peter as the first of a line of exalted supreme infallible heads, and providing the final judgments in major matters (including in Acts 15).

ZERO NT pastors distinctive called "priests" because their primary distinctive active function was that of offering the elements of the Lords supper as a sacrifice for sin, to be consumed in order to obtain spiritual life.

ZERO manifestation/description of the church engaging in such. (See post 55) by God's grace.

ZERO distinction btwn the office of presbuteros (senior/elder) and episkopos (superintendent/overseer). Same office; Titus 1:5-7: Acts 20:17,28)

ZERO manifestation/description of a normative celibate clergy.

ZERO examples of apostolic succession (though James was martyred: Acts 12:1,2), except for Judas which was in order to maintain the foundational number of apostles (cf. Rv. 21:14) and which was by the non-political Scriptural means of casting lots. (cf. Prov. 16:33) Only presbuteros/episkopos - not priests - are shown and taught as supplying leadership by continual ordination of them.

ZERO description of actual apostolic successors being chosen by means of voting, versus the non-political Scriptural means of casting lots. (cf. Prov. 16:33)

>ZERO description of pastors being given such grand titles as "Most Reverend Eminence," “Very Reverend,” “Most Illustrious and Most Reverend Lord,” “His Eminence Cardinal,” “The Most Reverend the Archbishop,” etc.), or who made themselves distinct by their ostentatious pompous garb. (Matthew 23:5-7

ZERO description (not by conjecture) of infant sprinkling or any baptism without repentant personal faith, that being the stated requirement for baptism. (Acts 2:38; 8:36-38)

ZERO preaching of a gospel message salvation which begins with becoming good enough inside to be with God (due to removal of "original sin" and "infused" charity) effected by the act of sprinkling (RC "baptism") in recognition of proxy faith. And which thus usually ends with becoming good enough again to enter Heaven via suffering in purgatory, commencing at death.

ZERO separate class of believers distinctively called “saints.”

ZERO manifestation/description of a normative celibate clergy.

ZERO restriction of personal reading of Scripture by laity.

ZERO teaching in which the experience of some/most believers immediately after this life will be in Purgatory in order to atone for sins and become perfect in character, versus all believers forever being with the Lord after death or His return. (Lk. 23:43 [cf. 2Cor. 12:4; Rv. 2:7]; Phil 1:23; 2Cor. 5:8 ["we"]; 1Cor. 15:51ff'; 1Thess. 4:17

ZERO teaching that the deity Muslims worship (who is not as an "unknown god") is the same as theirs.

In short, ZERO manifestation/descriptions of the Roman Catholic distinctives. Trying to read them into Acts and the NT examples how RCs abuse Scripture as their servant.