[SoothingDave]

What if one were baptized as a Catholic, and was for a period of time a practicing Catholic, and his reading of Scripture caused him to abandon Catholicism, to deny the Real Presence, Immaculate Conception. Bodily Assumption, Papal Infallibility, etc. Would this person be a "Catholic" in your estimation?

Everybody who is baptised Catholic is irrevocably marked as a Catholic. But such a person, to say the least, would not be a member in good standing. A first generation protester against the faith is the most culpable of those caught up in the Protestant revolt.

SD

[OLD REGGIE]

Everybody who is baptised Catholic is irrevocably marked as a Catholic. But such a person, to say the least, would not be a member in good standing. A first generation protester against the faith is the most culpable of those caught up in the Protestant revolt.

Or - those who become so disgusted they just quit the RCC and become agnostics or athiests. Are they part of the "Protestant" revolt?