I saw this quote in a recent post and it seemed like it was missing a word or two. Declaring men what? It's probably a clumsy sentence. Let's try it this way:
I don't hate Catholics, but I'm deeply contemptuous of the mere men in the Catholic church that declare policy and doctrine, and regard them as running a con job on innocent folks.
Well, I'm giving the folks the benefit of the doubt by assuming they aren't complicit with the con and just buy the line wholesale.
I don't hate Catholics, but I'm deeply contemptuous of the mere men in the Catholic church that declare policy and doctrine, and regard them as running a con job on innocent folks.Well, "mere men" have always declared policy and doctrine, since the days of the apostles. We trust that they are guided by the Holy Spirit, but I can understand how one can dismiss that notion when seen through his merely human perspective.