St. Paul wrote 14 Epistles, and in every one of them ---every one of them --- he either alludes to problems within the local churches, or charges them head-on. These were, over and over, problems with the Doctrine of the Faith, problems with Moral Law, or both.
So I agree with you, metmom, that the Catholic Church has long had a problem with "activists" and progressivists/modernists.
Not just for 1,000 years, but for 2,000 years.
43 posted on 05/02/2019 7:56:41 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
(Let's keep the *sapiens* in *Home sapiens*, and the *Christ* in *Christian*.)