text: But God isn't Catholic.....nor Jewish, nor Muslim, nor Buddhist, nor Hindu, etc.  Jesus actually had a number of female followers but the early 'fathers' of the church chose to honor twelve men....relating to the twelve tribes of ancient Judaism.  ... The gospels that actually name the apostles don't even have the same list of names.  The 'church' didn't even exist as an organized religion until after Constantine (around 312).  The church was alive with political maneuvering; hence what we see today.  The Bible, which didn't exist in a New Testament form until the 400's, has been edited, translated and retranslated through the generations to fit the male hierarchal ideology. Now the hierarchy have backed themselves in a corner of historical tradition and can't admit that they just might have misinterpreted the teachings and practices of Jesus.  Historical artifacts have uncovered evidence of female deacons, priests, and even Bishops in the early church.