“(FWIW, seeing the Roman Catholic Church as a corruption of biblical/historical Christianity is not a fringe belief.)”
Indeed. Read the Westminster Confession of Faith, the standards for Biblically orthodox Presbyterian Churches.
http://www.pcanet.org/general/cof_contents.htm
Rev. Jeffress’s statements are rather mild in the history of the Protestant/Roman Catholic divide of the last five centuries.
Your post makes me wonder if we are seeing a further polarization along religious lines as implied in biblical prophesy about the end times. People are taking sides. Fewer and fewer are on the fence.
That is a Good Thing.
Truth hurts.