Dohrman Byers;64335 wrote:

The clerical arms in this collection seem to follow the rule that the smaller and more (shall we say) "independent" the church, the grander and more pretentious the titles and arms of its clergy.

So it sometimes seems, though I presume you would agree with the assertion that the number of believers in a faith has absolutely no bearing on the correctness of the tenets of that faith.

arriano;64331 wrote:

How can you not like arms for a brewery?

http://www.modernheraldry.com/pict_dsb.htm

I can see Captain Kirk and Commander Scott loading several "flats" on board before starting the "five year mission to boldly go ..."

David E. Cohen;64348 wrote:

So it sometimes seems, though I presume you would agree with the assertion that the number of believers in a faith has absolutely no bearing on the correctness of the tenets of that faith.

True. But I also believe that the inclination to assume pompous and pretentious trappings at the inception of a tradition does bear on the likelihood of the correctness of its tenets—negatively.