“Maybe someday we’ll have a Lutheran Rite in the Catholic Church, who would have thought 400 years ago there would have been an Anglican Rite?
I’ve got into a pretty interesting and scary debate with some non-denom types who are denying the Trinity. When you run into that, one does realize how little creedal Protestants and Catholics have between them (not to trivialize the importance of our divisions).”
Well, I’d say that the OC and RCC “reuniting” is more likely to happen well before a Lutheran Rite, but I understand what you mean. I’ve found the discussions on here a blessing because it always makes me examine my faith and where I stand in that faith. I’ve found that I am much more conservative than I had thought and I’m very happy about that ;-). I cringe at many of the distortions of the most important cornerstone doctrines (at least from my angle I suppose) that many times I find myself leaning more toward the RCC position, but somethings I just cannot get behind, but when I truly examine what they are most times they are more dogma than doctrine and if I’m understanding correctly dogma is not always mandated...anyway, I feel that my faith/belief etc are very compatible with RCC/OC when there is a good open, honest and non inflamatory discussion both ways...In the end I want the discussions on here to show that we need Christ so badly to save us from ourselves, the world and satan’s deception.
Blessings in Christ to you and yours.
God Bless you.