The Body of Christ has a history that may be mapped, discussed, and studied; it continues to suffer various indignities and worse until the End; and the teachings of its churches undergo various changes.
If we truly anguish over the Church, then let us beat our breasts, rend our clothes, and sign our foreheads with ashes. The cry and the lament of Reformation should move us to nothing if not these.
Queen Elizabeth I is reported to have stated that she did not wish to "make windows into men's souls." It is not uncommon for this piece of folk wisdom to be found in films such as Shekhar Shapur's 1998 Elizabeth.