@Omega_Variant @Aspergtame @MK2boogaloo @Ash_Kvetchum @Xenophon @blankdeblank @Frondeur @Will2Power @givenup >the papacy persecuted the saints
I don't see where this claim comes from. There are issues with the church as an institution made of man. The original setup was to have the Bishop of Rome as First among equals, like the Speaker Of The House. The speaker as the tie breaker makes him the defacto authority, and people start to fall in line rather than have their own opinions. I don't believe it was supposed to be that way, but I don't believe every Pope is evil or tyrannical. Most were not.