“The Church is built upon the apostles and prophets” (cf. Eph 2:20).
Who is and who is not a true apostle – this shall be known by the fruit. Does the work of this or that apostle bear the fruit worthy of penance? Does this apostle preach Christ’s Gospel and does he open the souls to the Spirit of Christ, to the spirit of truth and repentance? Or does he open them to the spirit of the world, to the spirit of heresy, to the spirit of New Age?
The true prophets must defend the foundations of faith and witness to the true and living Christ by their word and life. They must have the Spirit of Christ, they must be Christ’s witnesses – martyres (cf. Acts 1:8).
These are most needed in the Church nowadays. This is the true “standard” built on truth and humility and not on intellectual pride and lie of Satan’s servants who lead the souls into eternal perdition.