>>22970601Hierarchies Cardinals did not exist for the first few centuries of Christianity. we do need a Hierarchy but a hierarchy can be replaced with a new one
>Matthew 7:15-20: 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.this is a divine mandate from Christ himself us to use our reason to see which hierarchy to follow if the pope is a bad tree who produces bad fruit then he should not be followed. if a man say we'll go with spain rises up gathers followers galvanises them declare some self Pope and sets up arrival hierarchy like during the Western schism and produces good fruit then he should be followed
