One tradition is founded by Christ, and all others are made up.
Does yours have an unbroken lineage of succession tracing itself back to Peter, on whom Christ said he would build his church?
Discussion
How do you know that Christ said that?
How do you know that Christ had the capacity to truthfully make such a claim (ie by virtue of divinity) ?
Presumably scripture, but then how do you know what is and is not scripture?
What is at the bottom of it, if not reason?
Talk to Descartes and tell me how far you get with pure reason.
I have indoor plumbing, so apparently pretty far
“You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.”
–G.K. Chesterton
*sighs*
I don't think that you really want to go there, considering how awful many of the popes have been and how very far from the path the catholic church has strayed, starting even before it became the Roman Catholic church.
The moral quality of the popes does not change my view about whether they are of the line that Christ established.
It sure the heck does for me since I don't recognize the church as needing any other centralized leadership aside from Jesus, since the church is the bride of Christ. The church should recognize only Jesus as the head of the family.
Appeal to tradition is a fallacy
So is appeal to Wikipedia 🤣
That's why the site has notes to external links