day no. 17,481: a rocky start and a rockier ending

"Of the popes power (who believes himself one, yes, the chief of these kind of gods, yes, above them all, and fellow to the God of God's) we mind not now to treat: no other is a requisite. For all men, yes half women and babes can well judge, that his power is worthy to be laughed at: and were it not bolstered and propped up with the sword and faggot, it would (as it will notwithstanding) shortly lie in the mire, for it is not built on the Rock, but on sand, not planted by the Father of Heaven, but by the devil of hell, as the fruits manifestly declare." — John Ponet, A Short Treatise on Political Power

All men, most women, and some kids can see that the pope is a joke. The only reason they did not laugh at him back then was because he had the sword and the flame at his disposal. Now that he no longer holds them within his power, everyone is free to laugh.

The papacy is not built on the Rock of Christ, but on the traditions of power hungry men taking advantage of the ignorance of humble men. When Jesus nicknamed Peter the Rock, He did not mean that the church would be built on him. There is only one foundation and that is the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of the Lord Jesus, who is the Chief cornerstone of the teaching of the prophets and apostles.