Re: Who Built The Stones?
Posted: 10:32 am
Oh, come on, Borry, think it through. I do not normally indulge in semantics. Of course the Church rested on the secular arm whenever it could but we are dealing with a time when either physical force was absent or it was fractured. In fact it was the Arians (for example) that had the physical force because most of the post-Roman 'barbarian' regimes were in fact Arians.
But in any case the Catholic Church is surely sufficiently versed in history to know that the secular arm is a very slender, all-too-temporary, reed to rely on. Ideology, a monopoly ideology, is a much safer long-term bet. As I think history demonstrates.
But in any case the Catholic Church is surely sufficiently versed in history to know that the secular arm is a very slender, all-too-temporary, reed to rely on. Ideology, a monopoly ideology, is a much safer long-term bet. As I think history demonstrates.