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I am curious, what is "prayed-for Vatican III"? What kind of outreach would you like to see coming from the Vatican?
IOW, would a protestant fan of Vatican II be welcomed even if his hopes that a prayed-for Vatican III go above and beyond in ecumenical outreach...
...now who could possible imagine that a protestant would be a fan of VatII??? I mean, what a surprise...also, what would you think would be proper for “above and beyond” in ecumenism? Instead of being protestant lite like we are now, should we simply give it up and become Anglicans, once and for all, so that the Reformation’s goal of destroying
the Roman rite may be completed? just wondering, is all...
I do think the translations will filter down. Let’s just hope that they don’t get watered down in process. We can understand these words — we don’t need high school English in these. (Probably closer to fourth of fifth grade English, in my opinion.)
I didn’t maek it Catholic Caucus because I think some other faithful who have wandered away will start coming back.