I have said time and time again, Catholicism was before Protestantism, therefore its still closer to the church Jesus founded.
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Whether this is true or not proves nothing. Evangelicals did not all descend from Catholicism. Even if Catholicism began in the first century AD, it still doesn't prove its the "true church" It could be just a heretical as Mormonism or JW's.
Even in the first century Paul said the church was in heresy. Jesus message to the 7 churches also explains this. Which of the seven Churches in Revelation were Catholic?