Later congregationalist churches (and many Puritans) would appeal to these communities as representing the original structure of the church. Though in some respects saddened by these historical changes, küng nevertheless says, “The fact cannot be overlooked that with the three standards mentioned above, the Catholic Church created a structure for theology and organization and with it a very resistant inner order.” Küng’s assessment does not differ greatly from Protestant analysis. In A History of
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