"There shouldn't be intermediaries between God and human beings"--is a Protestant doctrine. This doctrine has gone secular: separation of church and state. In o

"There shouldn't be intermediaries between God and human beings"--is a Protestant doctrine. This doctrine has gone secular: separation of church and state. In other words, protestant Christian ideas have become the foundation of many modern political theories. For a Catholic, the Catholic Church is the intermediary between him/her and God.