Mormonism and Catholicism are worlds apart. One is an evil cult the other a Christian church. I don’t get why so many Catholics defend Mormons though.
I’ve been Mormon and grew up in a Catholic school as well as study Catholicism professionally.
Mormons MUST believe what their leaders tell them (100% of the teachings) or they are excommunicated or disfellowshipped and shunned. Catholics aren’t that way at all. There is much room for ‘lay theology’ in Catholicsm, there is none in Mormonism.
We aren’t defending Mormonism, we are defending the persons.
To just condemn them is to accept their fate. Who cares about them, they are doomed, lets just ignore them attitude doesn’t seem write.
Some Catholics don’t want to reach out to bring these people in, they do make some of the same judgments of the people as well.
Washing of the Feet on Holy Thursday
http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=3155
A lot of the Roman Catholic Tradition became self centric while many of the other branches of the Church continued other similar traditions.
We can recall how Jesus washed the feet of the Sinners and people who didn’t believe.
Because of some of the things that happened in the early Church, it became the official state religion of the Roman Empire. So when I look at tradition, I have to be mindful of the affect of a State Religion vs and Orthodox Religion what was tied to the State ... to be subservient to the State in certain state matters. This is what we call secular world matters that don’t have to do with your Spiritual Salvation.
I think if we were to follow Jesus’s example, we would go down the the LDS Church and attempt to clean their feet. If I lived in Salt Lake, I would be out there on the side walk.