Fair enough — but this is pretty basic stuff. We’re not talking about complicated theology, or minutiae, or debated denominational differences here.
I’d venture that most Protestants on this forum that claim Christianity could accurately answer this question. Everybody’s wrong about something. You. Me. Everybody. So long as you’re right on the big picture, and improving on the details ... you’re probably OK. Perfect theology is not a requirement of the Christian faith (Hallelujah). But, we’re talking about a major, deal-breaking imperfection ... one of the true essentials of Christianity.
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I’m sure these same ‘Catholics’ are equally fuzzy about the Real Presence, the reality of sin, and a host of other bedrock Catholic dogma. But my guess is that even if they’ve sat in the pews diligently for the past 40 years they never heard their priest speak of these things. So absolutely, this is a failure on the part of the hierarchy. The whole purpose of the Church is to preserve and pass on the Deposit of the Faith for the salvation of souls and the Catholic Church in America has failed miserably in that fundamental mission in the post-Vatican II era.