“Documentation” seems to be of paramount importance to Mormons for determining who has the priesthood. I do not believe Catholics obsess as much about the same sort of documentation, for reasons given above about Tradition, Magisterium, the unbroken continuance and steady progression of the Church (in followers and encompassed lands), as well as other well-known factors. On the other hand, Mormons don’t seem to mind that there is no documentation regarding the “ordination” of some Old Testament and New Testament prophets (e.g., Silas), and none at all of prophets in “Book of Mormon lands” in the Americas.
