Does the book talk about Catholic bishops hiding and protecting child-molesting priests? I know there may not be any more molestors in the Catholic priesthood than any other profession, but that’s not the point. The Catholic hierarchy shielded them, shunted them from parish to parish - exposing new congregations to potential danger - and that’s the real scandal. An institution that is wholly top-down in its power structure gives us a lesson in how power corrupts.
This is why Protestantism isn’t going to go away - many Christians want to have a voice in church government, and to be treated like adults, not children. This is the same impetus that gave rise to the American Revolution. Which was a largely protestant movement, as it happens.
“...Christians want to have a voice in church government, and to be treated like adults, not children. This is the same impetus that gave rise to the American Revolution. Which was a largely protestant movement, as it happens.”
This may well explain why so many Catholics are Democrats, or supportive of the stuff that is anti-Constitution, for abortion, for everything that undermines the Republic that our mostly non-Catholic forefathers founded.
This is why Protestantism led to Utilitarianism, Socialism, Hedonism, Hegelianism, Marxism, and Communism.
Everyone had his opinion. Some had more popular opinions than others. And those are the opinions that the people followed over the edge of the cliff.