Great questions and I'll be waiting to see the answers, albeit not with bated breath.
My understanding is Catholicism teaches that once a Catholic, always a Catholic. It's irrelevant what you currant beliefs or practices are or where you go to church.
Apparently then, the Catholic church is always adding to it's numbers and never removing names, except in the case of death.
Now, some Catholics claim that those who vote liberal aren't really Catholics since they have denied themselves or ex-communicated themselves. What appears to be the case, however, is that the Catholics and the RCC , who are more than willing to distance themselves from those who claim Catholicism but vote liberal in politics, are more than willing to count them as members for their membership roles and bragging rights about being the biggest church or religion in the world, with one billion strong and counting.
It all depends on what you're trying to prove whether you count someone as Catholic. If it makes the church look bad by claiming them as members, then they aren't really Catholics. If it makes the church look good by claiming huge numbers of adherents, once a Catholic, always a Catholic. Count 'em based on being baptized or by conversion because of marriage, regardless of the sincerity of heart or follow through, or the integrity of the reason for joining.
Great questions and I’ll be waiting to see the answers, albeit not with bated breath.
My understanding is Catholicism teaches that once a Catholic, always a Catholic. It’s irrelevant what you currant beliefs or practices are or where you go to church.
Apparently then, the Catholic church is always adding to it’s numbers and never removing names, except in the case of death.
Now, some Catholics claim that those who vote liberal aren’t really Catholics since they have denied themselves or ex-communicated themselves. What appears to be the case, however, is that the Catholics and the RCC , who are more than willing to distance themselves from those who claim Catholicism but vote liberal in politics, are more than willing to count them as members for their membership roles and bragging rights about being the biggest church or religion in the world, with one billion strong and counting.
It all depends on what you’re trying to prove whether you count someone as Catholic. If it makes the church look bad by claiming them as members, then they aren’t really Catholics. If it makes the church look good by claiming huge numbers of adherents, once a Catholic, always a Catholic. Count ‘em based on being baptized or by conversion because of marriage, regardless of the sincerity of heart or follow through, or the integrity of the reason for joining.
INDEED.
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