A few ways a lot of Protestants disagree with Catholicism......

 “Confess your sins directly to God, not to a priest. Christianity is a relationship not a religion. The Church can’t save you, only Jesus can. Come to our church. There is no Sunday obligation. You can go any day of the week you like. If you miss a few services, it’s no big deal. No need for confession. Come one, come all, and come us you are. If you want to go to Church at home, we can help you with that too.”

I read the above recently.....

I was baptised and raised Catholic from 1962 to 1980.

A lot of the time between 1980 and 2018, I alternated between being a confused agnostic, vaguely Protestant and a half hearted, confused Catholic.

For the past 2 years, especially,  I have returned to fully believing the core truths of Christianity, often praying, fairly often reading the Bible and or Christian, mostly Catholic, blogs and websites.....I admit the Catholic Church is in many ways in a real mess in our era; there is much, at times, that makes me doubt if the Catholic Church is THE true Christian church. For many years, I have thought that many Protestants since 1517 have made some very good points......but I don’t think I can ever fully walk away from the Catholic Church......it is not so much a tribal thing but it is in religious, philosophical and spiritual terms the only language I really know....does that make any sense?

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”

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