Vicar of christ means someone who acts in the name of christ, like a power of attorney.
In the chaos that existed at the time, people decided to get together and form an organization so that they could increase their power. The principle of collective security.
It is like when people decide to measure distance according to miles, or inches or whatever. There is no such thing in nature as an inch, but people invent it to make things easier. And when a large number of people organize together and they all use the same units of measurement then they are able to increase their power by collective security.
The Catholic organization made up many names that don't exist in nature, but they did it for the purpose of establishing a way for people to work together. They invented the country, government, money etc. These are useful tools that help people to work together to do what they want to do.
Unfortunately people have used these tools for bad purposes as well as good purposes. What people do with a tool doesn't make a tool good or bad.
The Pope and the Catholic organization have created many tools that are very powerful and can be used for great purposes.
Remember earth itself is a tool that mankind can use for good or bad, and we do not blame the maker when people use earth in a wrong way.
The system has become a stumbling block today and many people are so confused. What's more, many of those in power take advantage of the confusion to do evil things, and also they encourage the confusion. But this is not the fault of the system. When you stumble over soething it is because you weren't looking where you were going, or you were walking wrong. It is not because of the stumbling block.
We should take the weapons of the enemy and make him return the way he came. Those weapons can be very beneficial in the right hands.
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