Presuppositions, part two

In summary of my last post, here is where we stand.  The four remaining patriarchates have remained in unity and have continued believing and teaching what was originally given by Jesus Christ and his apostles. The Roman Catholic church and their children (all Protestants) have separated themselves from the unity of the church and have suffered error and confusion.
This is by no means to suggest that all of the men in church history inside of the Orthodox church have been flawless, sinless and perfect.  In some cases, very far from that.  But the church as a whole, in its actual Faith and practice, is the body of Christ, and as such are being led by the Holy Spirit ever onward and upward.
The Orthodox church believes that they are the body of Christ, led by the Holy Spirit, and the location of the sacraments.  As we say in the church, "We know where the Holy Spirit is, but we will not say where he is not."  The Orthodox church, by being an unbroken chain of belief and practice all the way back to the apostles, is the holy church.
These are the presuppositions that we hold.  One, a faithful, consistent line of apostolic faith and practice.  Two, the one place where the sacraments are given and lived out.  Three, the place and communion of the Holy Spirit, as promised by Jesus Christ.
Hopefully at this point, our position is clear.  One may argue with the conclusions that are drawn, but one cannot argue with history.  The church has grown and developed as it has, and errors and heresy have been identified and rooted out, as time has progressed.  If one holds to the promises that Jesus made, that the Holy Spirit had been given to the church, never to be taken away. And two, we also must believe that Jesus' words about the gates of hell never prevailing against the church, to be true as well.   We then must identify who that church is.  One cannot argue from silence, meaning that an argument cannot be built and appealed to, based on what was not said.  We have the Word of God and we have the practices of the church.  To these we appeal.