[MeganC]

On the day we are reconciled, I hope the Catholic Church will welcome us with this kind of humility.

Hmph. I was planning on welcoming the Catholics.

[The Grammarian]

There are a number of places where I don't think reconciliation between Protestants and Roman Catholics is possible, but to paraphrase Hauerwas, one cannot be truly Protestant and not long for visible as well as spiritual unity among Christians. The essence of Protestantism is not simply that we are against Roman Catholicism, but also that we are for (pro testari) the true form of it.

As Lutherans state (and I think this applies to Protestants more generally), we don't abolish the Mass so much as maintain it in a more pure form: "we do not abolish the Mass, but religiously keep and defend it" (Augsburg Confession).

[Salvation]

I think it will be people coming to the Catholic Church, Megan.

[aposiopetic]

On the day we are reconciled, I hope the Catholic Church will welcome us with this kind of humility.

I was received graciously, far better than I think I deserved.