If I can be forgiven for the self-promotion, all I have to add to Fr. Logan’s point is that I have written a bit more about this if you’re interested, Kay! I think it’s a great issue to really see some of the clearest points of both agreement and disagreement between Catholics and Protestants:
If I can be forgiven for the self-promotion, all I have to add to Fr. Logan’s point is that I have written a bit more about this if you’re interested, Kay! I think it’s a great issue to really see some of the clearest points of both agreement and disagreement between Catholics and Protestants:
To your first claim that one can accept Roman Catholicism without becoming Catholic, it seems like it depends on what Roman Catholicism actually teaches. If, for example, it says that all Christians have a duty to enter communion with the Pope and accept his authority, that is to say, become Catholic, then it would seem impossible to accept Roman Catholicism without becoming Catholic.
I am grateful for your ecumenical posture and hope we can continue building on the ground we share!
If I can be forgiven for the self-promotion, all I have to add to Fr. Logan’s point is that I have written a bit more about this if you’re interested, Kay! I think it’s a great issue to really see some of the clearest points of both agreement and disagreement between Catholics and Protestants:
reformationcatholicism.com/p/essentials-based-unity-rips-the-church
Two further thoughts.
For the beliefs on the early Church, I’d refer you to their own words:
https://www.churchfathers.org/the-real-presence
To your first claim that one can accept Roman Catholicism without becoming Catholic, it seems like it depends on what Roman Catholicism actually teaches. If, for example, it says that all Christians have a duty to enter communion with the Pope and accept his authority, that is to say, become Catholic, then it would seem impossible to accept Roman Catholicism without becoming Catholic.
I am grateful for your ecumenical posture and hope we can continue building on the ground we share!