>>32902866Not a king exactly, but an adjudicator of what Christians aught to believe. The issue comes down to authority of interpretation of scripture (and tradition if you're Catholic, since Christianity itself predates the Bible). Protestants don't care and just say believe anything you want, Orthodox say it comes down to ecumenical councils, and Catholics say it comes down to the successor of Peter who was granted the keys to the kingdom (Matthew 16:19)
>>32905392College of Cardinals (who are bishops granted the authority to vote for popes)
>>32913616He was unimaginably based. The world has no idea.