Pope Paul IV interpreted Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, painted on the wall of the Sistine Chapel 20 years after completing the ceiling, as defaming the church b

Pope Paul IV interpreted Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, painted on the wall of the Sistine Chapel 20 years after completing the ceiling, as defaming the church by suggesting that Jesus and those around him communicated with God directly without need of Church. I don't understand what thought processes are required for a pope to condemn the idea of Jesus making do without the Christian Church. Apparently Pope Paul IV was highly educated and very harsh, and fought Protestants (who had emerged just a few decades earlier). While he understandably didn't want people considering the spiritualist approach to faith, surely he must accept that at least Jesus would have been a spiritualist of some sort? This sounds like cognitive dissonance, and Streisand Effect-y. Must have been a hard time for the church. As for the artwork, I can't see the similarity even with the explanation. They mentioned a plurality of examples, and that might be convincing if shown, but as it stands the single examples are weak.