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To: Lane3 who wrote (46342)	5/22/2004 2:41:22 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

Indeed. I like your "papacy" characterization. Disfunctional and corrupt, I think were the words I used. Definitely not paragon material, which was my point. You've accepted my analogy but missed the point. The Papacy, corrupt as it was, still had huge legitimizing power even during the Renaissance because it was still THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH and BY DEFINITION and by hundreds of years of Church rulings, the corruption of any particular set of priests could not diminish the sacred power of the sacraments and blessings bestowed by the Church. The Church was BY DEFINITION the earthly representative of heavenly virtue and that had to be accepted by all the faithful, short of heresy and schism, which did indeed arise in the 16th century but only took a minority of Europe with it, after 125 years of really nasty religious wars. Now, what is that, if not a paragon of virtue? Legitimacy doesn't come from the UN although the pompous and self-absorbed UN entity might like to think so. Unfortunately, according to polls, majorities in Europe and even America think legitimacy does come from the UN. They are true believers in the church of the UN.