Having read the same thread, it's my observation that the vitriol is not necessarily one-sided. That being said, the Second Vatican Council attempted to change the language of how Catholics refer to Protestants, insisting on the term "seperated bretheren," but it did not and can not change the fact that Protestantism is a heresy which is an offense to God. Catholics should always strive to be charitable towards those who embrace the errors of the Reformers, but should never be tolerant of the errors themselves.
Yeah there are nasty posts going both ways, which saddens me. I guess brothers and sisters in Christ are no more immune to hair-pulling and name-calling than those physically of the same family are :)
Catholics should always strive to be charitable towards those who embrace the errors of the Reformers, but should never be tolerant of the errors themselves.
Or to put words in Fithmark's mouth:
Catholics should always strive to be charitable towards the heretics who embrace the errors of those heretical Protestants, but should never be tolerant of the errors themselves [sarcasm].