There was one question: were the Church's prayers of any use to those in purgatory?
To resist burning at the stake, wizards invented spells like the Freezing Flame Curse. Yet even if they froze the flames beneath the stake, they could not freeze the people watching the execution. What expressions do you suppose were on their faces?
Some wizards deliberately subjected themselves to burning at the stake. One wizard was said to have been burned dozens of times. It could be called a provocation, or it could be called the creation of terror.
When the Western Roman Empire collapsed, no secular authority remained capable of competing with the Church, that spiritual leader. Under primogeniture, second sons and all those after them received nothing. Those knights raised from childhood in the traditions of the military nobility were unwilling to lay down their swords. They fought for their lords, expanding or defending territory, and became thugs condemned by the Church.
Once the Crusades began, they had a new target. When the ancient Romans reached Jerusalem, they plundered the Temple clean. To them, the vessels used to worship God were merely gold and silverware, all fit to be melted down and remade in styles that suited Roman tastes.
Those living in "heaven on earth" prayed for those in purgatory, which brought them back to the earlier question: was it useful?
The Dutch scholar who wrote The Fable of the Bees compared "heroism" or "courage" to an animal's anger. He described honor as an imaginary monster, something invented out of thin air by moralists and politicians. It implied a standard of virtue entirely unrelated to religion.
In short, his views would offend someone from every angle. Georgiana would never recommend that Bonaparte read that book, even though much of what it said made sense.