Law as the continuation of God by other means

Even if one ascribes the rise of an orientation to its usefulness, one cannot conclude that it necessarily serves the ends of use. It may survive from conditions for which it was fit into conditions for which it is unfit (cultural lag). . . . The members of a group specifically charged with upholding a given orientation may be said to perform a priesthood function. . . . The function is mainly performed by our college professors, journalists, public relations counselors . . . many of whom will usually fume at the hypocrisy of the medieval Church while excusing their own position on the grounds of necessity1.