Why do people keep bringing in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Coptic Churches, etc. This is just a red herring, and meant to confuse the issue.
The Roman Catholic Church is the dominant Church in America and South America, so let's not bring irrelevent information about other Churches.
I am critical of the Roman Catholic Church's policy, if that clears matters up.
Please no more references to the Coptic and minor churches.
"Why do people keep bringing in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Coptic Churches, etc. This is just a red herring, and meant to confuse the issue."
Well, I disagree. What we think of as "The Catholic Church" is actually a consortium of churches, all of which are in communion.
My intent is not to confuse, or offer up a red herring. By way of full disclosure, I happen to go to an eastern Catholic church, as do several other FReepers who regularly post the religious threads.
"The Roman Catholic Church is the dominant Church in America and South America, so let's not bring irrelevent information about other Churches."
Relevance is a matter of perspective. From my own personal perspective, what the western (Roman) Catholic church is up to is usually irrelevant, since I don't attend church there.
I would have to agree that the western (Roman) Catholic church amongst the Catholic churches is dominant as to numbers of parishioners and economics. But it's debatable as to whether the western church is actually dominant on theological issues at this point and time. The eastern churches have more influence than their relatively small numbers would lead you to think.