You wrote:
“I happen to be a Lutheran - Missouri Synod and was raised an Episcopalian.”
I don’t care.
“You are painting with an awfully large brush!”
If it’s accurate - and it is - it doesn’t matter how big the brush is.
“The Episcopal Churches I have belonged to or visited have been every bit as beautiful if not more so than the Catholic Churches.”
Irrelevant. “Many” does not mean “all”. You can find many beautiful Episcopal churches - all of them are copies of Catholic churches, but still, they exist.
“And the services are more beautiful (And tradtitional - Rite 1). And the Lutheran Church - MS can hold it’s own.
And the music is infinitely better.”
Not really. When Protestants get it right they are only imitating Catholics. And still many Protestants have historically hated beauty. I can’t help the fact that that is true and that even Protestant art experts like Cram said so.
And still many Protestants have historically hated beauty.
Well, at least you’ve gone from “Protestants” to “many Protestants”.