Sounds to me like you're talking about a fiat church problem - where the message of the Church is increasingly influenced by State grants and consessions that are dangled in front of them. Christ rej...
Can you be specific on the state grants and concessions? It’s not like these issues are specific to one country. What state grants are causing the Vatican to cover up priests raping kids and keeping the priests in the church? What state programs incentivize pastors to own million dollar mansions and drive porches. It’s not like these issue are recent either. Corruption has plagued religious leaders since the beginning of religion, fiat money or not.
The root of the church’s problem is that all churches currently require a central figure that has unquestioned interpretive power over the Word for their church. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The root of the church’s problem is that all churches currently require a central figure that has unquestioned interpretive power over the Word for their church. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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