The larger lesson is that this monarchical model of Catholicism, together with the hierarchy that attends it, has remained pretty much the same since the Counter-Reformation. For example, when priests leave “holy orders,” they are “reduced to the lay state” – a bit of condescending terminology that says a lot about the Church’s archaic mindset.
更大的教训是天主教君主模式与附着于其上的层级制自从反宗教改革运动（Counter Reformation）以来一直没有变化。比如，当牧师离开“圣职”时，他们便“退回世俗状态”——有居高临下之嫌的专用词，天主教的顽固不化可见一斑。