I am afraid you have misjudged me.
Michael,
I think you misinterpreted Catherine’s comment of “folks trying to incite flame....” as being toward you. To my, you have asked an honest question and are not ‘trying to incite’ and I interpreted Catherine’s reply as similar.
There are folks here who seemingly want to create a war between Catholics and Protestants for whatever reasons they have.
You are early in your ministry and asking an appropriate question. A minister is to be a pastor/shepherd to his congregation, teaches the gospel, provides counsel and friendship. listens to his congregations as individual persons and actually hears what they say to you. Discernment in what you hear is very important. from comments of those who lambaste clergy here, a common thread is that those clergy are more politicians than disciples of Christ; that they preach secular humanism or Marxism than the actual words of Jesus.
Blessings to you; you are at the beginning of your journey serving our Lord.