[bornacatholic]

Congregationalism is the very opposite of Roman Catholic style of government. The first is intensely democratic, moralistic and individualistic, the second is authoritative, deeply conscious of human weakness (think about the Sacrament of Confession) and communitarian.

*You are conflating church and laity. Congregationalism is a lay community.

In any event, The Rule of St Benedict long predated the Congregationalists - who used to arrest Christians in Masachusettes for NOT working on Christmas - and the Great Saint and Doctor of the Church, Bellarmine, among others, was a major proponent of Democracy.

In fact, were it not the the Catholic Church, the Congregationalists would never had a Europe Civilisation from which to pilfer the few good ideas they had

[A. Pole]

In fact, were it not the the Catholic Church, the Congregationalists would never had a Europe Civilization from which to pilfer the few good ideas they had

True, but were it not for the Congregationalists and other Protestants we would not have Constitution and USA as it is. Maybe something like Canada mixed with Mexico ruled by a king.