We are experiencing exactly the opposite at our parish. I think it has to do with a realization that Scripture isn't some mythological story or a fictitious morality play. It is a history of the Church.
"To be deep into history is to cease to be Protestant." - Blessed John Cardinal Newman
MY OBSERVATIONS are congruent with that.
“In every case I can recall, I found that if you took a devout Catholic and put them in an ecumenical setting of bible studies, they’ll become a Protestant.”
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I disagree. To be kind to my beloved Methodist neighbor,
when I was first converted...reverted to the faith. I went
with her to a ladies’ Protestant weekly Bible study.
The speaker was a woman..not a good idea. I lasted three
weeks. I was convicted, she shared in that short time,
man is COMPLETELY depraved. That’s not true.
God the Holy Spirit put on my heart, do not return. The problem is you have no authority to interpret Scripture. Private interpretation of Scripture...you see it’s fruits, division and error. All of Scripture has to line up. Old and New Testament. God gave the authority to interpret
Scripture to the Church.
Read a Catholic Bible...it will be help, especially the footnotes for difficult verses. http://www.drbo.org/