"Saying that the original church went apostate goes against Christ's own words."

And yet even CATHOLIC histories record the sorry state of the "original church" in Luther's time with the Pope in Luther's being dismissed as an "Unfortunate choice" - by his own church which was corrupt to the core, and dying in it's own supers***ion.

But in fact, no thanks to the Romanist system, the Gates of hell DID NOT prevail, and as expected the church/Body of Christ (which never was the Romanist system) is in fine health, right on Schedule, and in budget till the end of the age.