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> Today’s Catholic Church would be viewed by its founders as some kind of uber-hippy bunch of democratic maniacs out to destroy civilisation. Are you sure? It
by js8 3y ago
> Today’s Catholic Church would be viewed by its founders as some kind of uber-hippy bunch of democratic maniacs out to destroy civilisation.
Are you sure? It seems to me that Jesus would be dismayed by how establishment they've become and not nearly radical enough.
- Filligree 3y agoThese can both be true.
- Loughla 3y agoAnd the money in the temple thing, too.
- lukas099 3y agoI don't think they were thinking of Jesus as the founder of the Catholic Church. Although I think that is what the Vatican itself would say (?)
- JackFr 3y agoI think the Vatican's perspective would be that it's a theologically meaningless and mostly ill-formed question.
- lukas099 3y agoHow so? Don't they derive authority from being an unbroken line back to Christ or at least St. Peter?
- marcosdumay 3y agoIf we go with Constantine, I guess his strong impression would be how tame and uncommitted modern politics are.
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