[Albion Wilde]

Interesting commentary. I did not know how narrow the Pope’s ordinariate is.

Recently I attended a “traditional Anglican” church. The liturgy reminded me of my youth as a “Methodist Episcopal”, before the UMC merger.

I, too, am having fewer arguments with the RCC as I continue to study the Bible. I still value the freedom of Protestantism; but unfortunately, many of our denominations or congregations have become as corrupted as the church Luther sought to reform.

[xzins]

Should have pinged you to #16

[xzins]

Should have pinged you to #16

[Cronos]

albion -- you bring out a very good point of how attachment to government can be cancer to a church. If I look at history and at Europe today, i see three places were Christianity is strong -- in Italy and in the former eastern bloc states of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and in Greece (in Serbia, Russia, etc. it is growing) and I see the linkage as being that in these places, the Church was not associated with the government -- even in Italy where the Pope was basically a prisoner from 1870 until the Concordat.

In Greece the communist and then dictatorial places kept the Church separate

Churches should stay away from government, it's cancer to any Church.