[wagglebee]

I agree. And the left has accomplished much of the same within Roman Catholicism. The generation I grew up in (I'm 38) has generally either never learned or has rejected much of Catholic tradition. What today passes for a "church" looks more like a community rec. center, and often times that's what they once were.

With the onset of secularism, I think that Catholicism's greatest strength may be in absolute papal authority. Were it left to the individual members to decide, most everything would become "optional" because people have become convinced that Biblical morality and tradition is somehow outdated and unnecessary.

God Bless
Rob

[BelegStrongbow]

I hear your concerns. My concern is in vesting any one human, however pious, with absolute authority. I do agree that we need absolute authority, but having it vested in a body of men who could discipline themselves as much as anyone else would be a more prudential solution to the difficulty.

Clearly however, the ability of Anglicans to convince themselves as a group and stray is evidence that even this is no panacea.

I suspect that were we to join our conciliar position with your Papal one, that might be what we're all looking for.

In Christ,
Deacon Paul+