Again, no one is claiming Peter is perfect. But unless you have evidence that he diverted company funds for personal gain, any video of him belittling Paul by calling him βjust a singer,β proof that he dismissed Jude as βjust a manager,β or evidence that Jude and Paulβs family were subjected to years of harassment and dehumanization because of him, please shut the actual fuck up.
Chief, I am a mafian in Christ. In fact, all Catholics are.
The Catholic Church, if you insist on calling her a mafia, is a peculiar one.
Let me tell you chief, we're a family that has outlived empires, buried kings, crowned saints, built the world's oldest continuously operating institutions, preserved knowledge through the darkest centuries, founded universities, pioneered hospitals, cared for the poor, sheltered the abandoned, and preached one Gospel across continents for nearly 2,000 years.
A mafia whose greatest weapon is a crucified King and whose initiation is baptism. Whose code is love of God and neighbour.
Whose headquarters have watched civilizations rise and fall without abandoning the faith once handed down.
Anyone can call it whatever they like.
But if there is any organization whose fingerprints can be found on the history of education, healthcare, charity, art, philosophy, science and human dignity, it is the Catholic Church.
She is not perfect because her members are perfect, but enduring because Christ is.
I believe in the holy Catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
What a beautiful mafia indeed :)
Paul spent years maligning Peter in public. Bringing him ridicule.
Just a few days of Peter opening can of worms, Paul suddenly remembered family issues should be handled privately.
Jude spent his time threatening death and stealing from Peter, suddenly he remembers leaving everything to God.
Wicked manipulative people always want to play victim once tables turn. π