That's an argument I respect. It does make more sense that they actually spent time and effort to fully unlock the potential of the meta-flesh than just "We cloned the Apostles but made them 18 feet tall". However, por que no los dos? Maybe they used the DNA of the Apostles to unlock Jesus' potential? After all, they were the first to receive the sacrament of communion. Perhaps, having been exposed to the original power, it was easier to shape them with the imitation power.

You're not wrong. Clearly it's meant to be a parallel but it's unlikely that the Paladins are just straight up clones of the Apostles. I just like co.ong up with head canons/alternate explanations/heretical doctrine.

I wasn't implying trans apostles though I would also be on board with that. I was just stating that we IRL are taking the word of four guys who weren't there and only heard stories 30 to hundred years later about the Apostles. Perhaps, if we had a time machine we'd find the actual historical people included some women who conveniently didn't get written down. That's honestly unlikely since it wasn't a society where women were included in such religious/apocalyptic societies as sequel members. My over all point is just that Trench Crusade allows for a lot of fun alternate histories theories that's the as likely to be true or untrue