Thanks, Myrna, for giving another perspective on Thuc. However, you still believe that God used Schuckardt who, by accounts here a very sinful (evil?) man, to found an group blessed by God. When has this happened elsewhere in the history of the Church?
I don't know the entire history of the Church, but Judas comes to my mind.
I don't think that Judas lived long enough to found a group of men that was supposedly blessed by God. And wasn't Satan working through Judas? I seem to recall that somewhere in sacred scripture.
Isn't it possible, that when focusing so much on the chair of Peter being empty, that other things that are important just don't get top priority? (And no, I'm not saying that SV's themselves cannot be virtuous).
I know that truth is important to SV's. But can truth really be detached from virtue?