How are you enjoying your new "church"?
Life long LCMS (conservative) Lutheran with a son in seminary. I love my Church. I get sound Biblical teaching and do not have to literally kiss the ring of an apostate leader trying to destroy my “church” I have a personal relationship with Christ and firm assurance of my salvation that requires no works on my part to obtain.
How do you like yours? If you do not stand up as Luther did, you fail the test. But you like your goddess worship, indulgences, purgatory, and all the rest of the heresies your sect has inflicted on the Christian world too much apparently.
The Catholic church kicked Luther out for daring to speak out against the corruption and immorality he saw within the ranks of the Catholic church.
Leaving was not his choice. What was he supposed to do? Stand there and watch it and shut up like a good little sycophant?
How is what you're doing so much different than what Luther did? Aren't you calling for the Church to return to what you perceive are its roots, getting back to the basics of *true* Catholic faith, whatever that may be?
And again, who are lay Catholics to pass judgment on what their hierarchy are doing? On what basis do you make the determination that they are wrong?
What's your truth standard that you use?
And how does the uneducated and untrained laity qualify to pass judgement on those who are in leadership over them?
If Catholics really believe that their priests and popes are alter Christus then how do they (you) dare to speak against him? Do you judge Christ as well?
How did the College of Cardinals pick the pope? Under the leading and direction of the Holy Spirit or not?