And the fantastic thing is, despite having scumbag popes, secular takeovers of the Vatican, and all in all remaining a sinful people, not a single teaching of the Catholic Church has changed. This is especially incredible when you realize that many of these secular takeovers (killing the pope and replacing him with a king or prince or priest loyal to some monarch) were carried out with the express purpose of changing the doctrines of the Church, usually that pesky \u201cdon\u2019t get divorced\u201d one. (Though not so incredible for Catholics; we know our Church is guided by God, and thus no human power could change a teaching of the Church.)<\/span><\/div>\nI don\u2019t know what \u201cbad things the Catholic Church\u201d did that Ambre refers to, and chances are they\u2019re the Crusades \u2013 which I think were a fantastic thing. But the end point is this: say the Catholic Church is bad and evil because it preaches the doctrine of original sin, because it says that you shouldn\u2019t commit\u00a0adultery, because it says that marriages are sacraments, fine. But don\u2019t say the Catholic Church does bad things because you read about a pope having a mistress, or having people tortured. All that says is that Catholics are bad, and trust me, we are already aware.<\/p>\n
I guess I didn\u2019t answer the \u201ctoo much power\u201d thing. But perhaps I did, given that power is only a problem if its\u2019s being used for evil. There are people who abuse the power the Church has, but that is the fault of the person, not the Church. You would burn down the forest for fear of the weeds, for the power of the Church lies in her teachings.<\/p>\n
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