[hosepipe]

[ I don’t care. I’m not Roman, I’m not part of any “Roman Catholic church.” ]

Thank God.. I'm relieved..

Many protestant churchs are not flocks but "packs" with alpha, beta and gamma proponents.. Both males and females have their place in each group..

All orthodox churchs(I know of) are not packs or flocks but "HIVES"..
Like some bees, some ants, some wasps and the fictional "BORG"...
Very robotic in function.. with Queens(sometimes several).. drones and workers..

The metaphorical biblical "flock" is pregnant with meaning..
It alludes to other human authority structures..
i.e. gaggles, herds, prides, pods etc.. a.k.a. denominations which are cults..

[Petronski]

Your own personal interpretation of Scripture is really quite useless to me.

I do acknowledge the obvious effort trying to get it down on screen.