True, and I've had this conversation with my devoutly Catholic friend. The difference from almost every other church is the coverup — only the Catholic Church has the hierarchy that can conceal it. When my Episcopal diocese hired a new bishop, we spent almost two years in diocese-wide discernment meetings, creating lists of what we were looking for, soliciting candidates, interviewing them, probably checking out their kindergarten report cards. Nobody was just "sent" by higher authorities who concealed that he was leaving his previous post due to child molesting charges.
according to the Roman church, closer to 2 millennia... they start the Pope count with Peter. Linus is 2nd (the 1st Roman on the list); can't remember who the third one was, but I think he was Greek.
But I'm taking a stab at when they started covering up whatever they were doing, when did they amass the political power that they have as a nation state now? I'm not great with my Catholic Pope history, more interested in herstory. Mary Magdalene was the receiver of the word upon resurrection, even if you don't believe in the divinity, that one tiny detail in the story being glosses over or ignored makes all the difference. The original church was a Her. I'm guessing if the men hadn't messed with Her we'd have a very different world now.
Not just Catholics...it's everywhere including other religious and secular orgs.
True, and I've had this conversation with my devoutly Catholic friend. The difference from almost every other church is the coverup — only the Catholic Church has the hierarchy that can conceal it. When my Episcopal diocese hired a new bishop, we spent almost two years in diocese-wide discernment meetings, creating lists of what we were looking for, soliciting candidates, interviewing them, probably checking out their kindergarten report cards. Nobody was just "sent" by higher authorities who concealed that he was leaving his previous post due to child molesting charges.
Good point re CC, they do cover up well, a millennium of practice?
according to the Roman church, closer to 2 millennia... they start the Pope count with Peter. Linus is 2nd (the 1st Roman on the list); can't remember who the third one was, but I think he was Greek.
But I'm taking a stab at when they started covering up whatever they were doing, when did they amass the political power that they have as a nation state now? I'm not great with my Catholic Pope history, more interested in herstory. Mary Magdalene was the receiver of the word upon resurrection, even if you don't believe in the divinity, that one tiny detail in the story being glosses over or ignored makes all the difference. The original church was a Her. I'm guessing if the men hadn't messed with Her we'd have a very different world now.