Posted on 02/03/2008 8:00:08 PM PST by Pyro7480
Still working his way to heaven.
“When Protestants abandoned the Reformation, i.e. Calvinist theology, they had returned to Rome in much of their belief already and had no legitimate reason to NOT be Catholic. IOW, they were illegitimate Protestants and had no right to refuse Mary veneration, belief in eating Jesus, etc.”
You know, I’ve said that very thing to Lutherans and Anglicans, though as I commented earlier, I think the Orthodox ecclesiology and its interface with praxis might make Orthodoxy a better fit for them even if there are elements of their theology, as there are of yours, which are distinctly Latin.
There is little doubt in my mind that the average disgruntled Calvinist looking to convert, however, would be far happier as a Latin than an Orthodox.
Deo gratias!
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