"laicism can be as demonic as clericalism and professionalism ... Many of us can attest from similar discoveries to the importance of peer and denominational support." [Quote p 21]
"There are no clergy associations that have the same degree of formal social control that bar or medical associations have for lawyers or physicians because of their role in licensing. The nearest formal equivalent to such associations for clergy is the denomination which in most polities provides some degree of social control and suppoert to clergy in contrast to lay control. Informal or unofficial peer relationships with other clegy are also quite important in providing a degree of social control and support if not leverage which suplements that provided more formally at denominational level. Such relationships at best do not set clergy off against laity but provide instead the necessary professional distance that enables clergy to function more faithfully and effectively in their congregations." [Quote pp 21-22]
This principle which Carroll sees as an accomplished reality for full-time paid clergy needs to be applied to bivocational clergy also lest they fall into the trap of individuation and become a menace to their congregations and themselves.