Something to do with humility and suffering, or something to do with worldly power. (nakedpastor.com)
It has no social ethic on which to take a stand against worldly powers. (firstthings.com)
Ironically, when the church permitted itself to be coopted by Constantine, along with gaining an increase in worldly power and security it lost much of its capacity to cause upheaval. (religion-online.org)