Iwo anaphunzitsidwa kuti papa anali mkhalapakati wawo wapadziko lapansi, ndi kuti palibe amene akanafikira Mulungu koma kupyolera mwa iye, ndipo, kupitirira, kuti iye anaima m’malo a Mulungu kwa iwo, ndipo chotero anayenera kumvera kotheratu. 
They were taught that the pope was their earthly mediator and that none could approach God except through him; and, further, that he stood in the place of God to them and was therefore to be implicitly obeyed. 