A short text has been making the rounds in religious circles, presenting what it calls a straightforward historical argument: that one single, unbroken Church — founded by Jesus Christ Himself — has existed from the first century to the present day, and that history's finger points unmistakably toward Rome. The argument sounds reasonable, even compelling, on first reading. But on closer inspection, nearly every claim it makes either distorts history, makes unjustified logical leaps, or simply assumes the very conclusion it purports to prove. This article addresses those claims one by one.

The current anxiety surrounding AI‑assisted writing is neither new nor particularly original. It is simply the latest iteration of a recurring cultural reflex: whenever a new intellectual tool emerges, a chorus rises to declare that “real work” is under threat. The same objections were levelled, almost verbatim, against electronic calculators in mathematics classrooms several decades ago.