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Who is the true Vicar of Christ?

I truly believe that the seat of divine authority on earth is the Holy Spirit. Cardinal Newman entered the Roman Church because he sought for ultimate authority, and he found a species of rest in the purported authority of the RCC. But he forgot that the one abiding center of authority in matters of faith and doctrine and administration is the Holy Spirit. That "Jesus is the Lord" is the ultimate center of all Christian doctrine. Everything else grows out of it, but "no man can say, that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost." 1 Cor.12:3. This Lordship of Christ is the basis of all our latter-day doctrine.

"To this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living." Rom 14:9

The distinctive feature of the Papacy, without which there would be no Papacy, is the claim that the pope is the vicar or successor of Christ. The distinctive feature of Protentatism--without which there would be no Protentatism--is that the Holy Spirit is the true vicar or successor of Christ on earth. To depend on organisation, or leaders, or wisdom of men, is to put the human in place of the divine, and in effect to adopt the RCC principle. In my humble opinion, it is unscriptural, and is designed to lead the unsuspecting flock astray.