Yes, the catholic church with all those theologians and the renowned constellation of theologians, etc, have got it wrong...especially on Mary. The catholic church teaches one must go through Mary to get to Christ in direct contradiction of the Word.
"Mary is the intermediary through whom is distributed unto us this immense treasure of mercies gathered by God, for mercy and truth were created by Jesus Christ. Thus as no man goeth to the Father but by the Son, so no man goeth to Christ but by His Mother." (Vatican Website: Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on the Rosary, Octobri Mense, Pope Leo XIII, 1903-1914)
Contrast with the Word: John 6:65. And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you that no one can come to Me, unless it has been granted him from the Father."
There's more incorrect teaching by the catholic church on Mary, but that's a pretty glaring error.
There is no use of religion to accumulate “personal wealth for wives and children.
Then the catholic church should have zero problem in revealing its finances for all to see.
Let’s see:
So, you as a “renowned theologian” get to do a simplistically read the Bible (whose books were assembled by the early Church fathers after decades of studious research and interpretation “our” renowned theologians) and assembled together authoritatively (under Petrine authority) you Sir have the gumption to tell us that after 2000 years of doctrine embraced by hundreds of saints and martyrs, validated by even leading Protestant and Evangelical theologians who converted to Catholicism that we “have got it wrong...especially on Mary.:
May be you should apply for a theological professorship at Harvard’s Divinity School. Your shallow reading of scripture is what makes Bible Christians a laughingstock, not unlike the David Koresh’s and the Moonies, and the snake handlers of Appalachia sprinkled with all the applied nonsense with all that born again etc.