Very true. And, if memory serves, Ireland developed a different kind of Christianity caused by the teaching of St. Patrick. Didn't that lead to the conflict over such things as when Easter should be observed and who was truly head of the Catholic Church?

Have you read "How the Irish Saved Civilization"? by Thomas Cahill? In reading that, I was reminded of some facts that I'd long since forgotten. Bishops did not govern dioceses. Abbots and Abbesses were the leaders. And, the picture of Rome! I'd best stop. Hazel