[SaraJohnson]

I know. But they are in the church power structure. You will see in time.

[RobbyS]

But so are atheists,protestants, and whatever. The Church rules by consensus, however, and the orthodox’s hope that the dissenters and unbelievers don’t cause too much trouble. The barque of Peter is guaranteed only not to sink. But the ship looks pretty derelict at times. When Napoleon took the pope prisoner, it was widely predicted that the papacy would end at the same time that the Holy Roman Empire actually did.