Therefore , the Vice served as a central component to discrediting the Catholic Church in post-Reformation morality plays .
Because the Vice is aggressively tied to Catholicism from the outset of the play , when the Vice is reprimanded and damned , so are his Catholic beliefs .
The Vice served as a central component to discrediting the Catholicism   in post-Reformation morality plays .
Because the Vice is aggressively tied to Catholicism from the outset of the play , when the Vice is reprimanded and damned , so are his Catholic beliefs .