You’re right.
I believe that, deep in their hearts, all Christians long for the comfort of the Sacraments and the authority of the Pope. However, to submit to that authority would be an intolerable insult to their pride; to admit that 500 years of rebellion were misspent would be a seeming insult to the “reformers” they have been taught to revere.
So they cling to the teachings of the rebels, and suffer.
Our separated Protestant (etc.) bretheren are not our enemies. They are fellow Christians in need. Instead of trying to argue them back into the Church, it is our duty to love them and do what we can within the bounds of charity to reunite them with the Sacraments.
God is drawing His lost sheep back to the fold in a powerful way; the Anglican heresy is already disintegrating, and it will not be long before other “denominations” begin to crumble as well. No house built upon sand can long survive. Let us cling to the Rock, Peter, and to the Lord who founded His Church upon that Rock, and help our lost fellow sinners find their way home.
Well, I’m a Christian and I only long for the comfort of the scriptures and Jesus Christ himself, who, through His Holy Spirit is my comforter. It has nothing to do with submitting to any authority. We don’t believe the same as you do, period. Has nothing to do with authority.
Well said. Thanks.