nothing oculd be farther from the truth.
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That assertion, given my broad travels and having lived in many locations with significant numbers of RC’s in my network . . .
that assertion is simply not true.
For that to be true, I’d have had to have ran into very, very, very few RC’s as I described them. The fact is, the majority of more active RC’s were more into Mary than into God or Jesus. And the other largest chunk even than that were nominal RC’s who didn’t seem to have much authentic spirituality at all.
My sample size was not small. My assessments were not shallow.
My impression is that most of them are less familiar with the Bible based on their own readings than your average Protestant. But their Biblical education is based on bible classes, and liturgical life where weekly readings cover most if not all of the NT and OT.