"Technically,  Jesus created the institutional religion that is the Catholic church when he said 'you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church'."
Did he also say, "you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my city-state, and I will build my officialdom,  and I will build my palatial architecture and pay for it by selling indulgences, and I will have my hidden bank accounts, and I will have my Swiss guards for the tourists to enjoy, and I want the reputation of my officials to be more important than the safety of little children"?