Recant what? Will your church recant her anathemas against those who believe the biblical gospel? Just asking. It has been almost 500 years.
I will stop waging war on Rome when she stops waging war on the truth of Christ Jesus and the gospel of free grace.
Oh man!
There is no Reformation-era anathema applied to anybody today: as the Catechism says:
"Non-Catholic Christian churches still possess the means of salvation"
para 819 "Many elements of sanctification and of truth" are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: "the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements."Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him, and are in themselves calls to "Catholic unity."
"They have a right to be called Christians and brothers in the Lord"
para 818 "One cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers . . . . All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church."
"They are honored by the name of Christian, and in a certain communion with us"
para 838 "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter." Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church."
Without closing our eyes to objective theologial disagreements, I don't think any of us want to continue, or inflame, a 500-year-old spirit of grievance.
If you're interested n fuller context, you can click here to enter the Catechism at paragraph 818.
I think S. Paul's words (tagline) are meant for us.I certainly take them to heart.