Thanks for the additional education. My religious upbringing claimed all popes were antichrists so I have to come at catholic history cautiously at best :) Tha

Thanks for the additional education. My religious upbringing claimed all popes were antichrists so I have to come at catholic history cautiously at best :) That said do you think the main point stands, that doctrinal debate is a thing that happens out of the public eye in the history of the church? It certainly seems that way to an outsider.