[Alamo-Girl]

My family is 100% Christian. Half of them are Roman Catholic. Even so, there is more Spiritual agreement than disagreement among them. If I were to characterize the difference it would be that one side is comfortable with a hierarchy of spiritual authority in the body of Christ - the other sees Christ alone as the Spiritual authority (or "head") of the body.

[TXnMA]

And, one might expect, one side is more comfortable with lots of ceremonial "window dressing" than is the other... '-)

[Antoninus]

My family is 100% Christian. Half of them are Roman Catholic. Even so, there is more Spiritual agreement than disagreement among them. If I were to characterize the difference it would be that one side is comfortable with a hierarchy of spiritual authority in the body of Christ - the other sees Christ alone as the Spiritual authority (or "head") of the body.

Don't get me wrong. I love my evangelical brothers and sisters, even if I don't agree with them on certain points. I respect the great work that they do spreading the Word of Christ and studying Sacred Scripture.

I disagree fundamentally, however, with those who treat Catholics like they're not Christians. And I will resist those who misrepresent Catholic teaching to those who are ignorant in order to lead them away.

There are billions of people in China, India, the Middle East, and around the world who will die having never heard the name of Jesus. Those evangelicals who witness to nominal Catholics in Latin America are taking the easy path in the hopes of rapid mass conversions. The greatest missionaries of Jesus Christ today are doing the difficult and unbelievably dangerous work in places like Sudan, China, Indonesia, and India. And they're most often Catholics.