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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fabrux: [QB] Hail, hail, your resident practicing Roman Catholic is here... [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] The whole pope/cardinal/archbishop/bishop thing was created a long, long, long time ago when a hierarchy was needed to control the church, 'cause the Catholic church was the only Christian church around and there was a lot of people to keep in check. So, in order to help keep everyone in check, they decided that only the important folk would be allowed to have bibles, mainly because they were expensive and time-consuming to produce. And, as the old saying goes, power corrupts and apsolute power corrupts absolutely. The Catholic church became corrupt. Enter the Crusades. Enter the Protestant split. After a while, the whole hirearchy wasn't really needed anymore, but it was kept around anyways. Why mess with a good thing? It seemed to be working out well, considering that the pope doesn't have the same power he had back in the day, so he wouldn't be corrupt anymore. Then, in the 1970's, there was the Vatican II split that happened, which resulted in the mass being said in every language other than Latin. And now we have the lovely situation we currently love and hate. Catholics and protestants generally get along, save for the few friendly jabs here and there. Except in Ireland, but that's another topic for another day... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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