The liberalizing forces in the Catholic Church mirror almost perfectly the liberalizing voices in the Anglican Communion. Thus far, the liberalizing forces in the Catholic Church have only succeeded in being divisive and a pain in the neck but with little success unlike the Anglican Communion where liberalizing forces have won the day and destroyed their sect.
For example, the Anglican branch in the USA, known as the Protestant Episcopal Church is winding down to nothing. In the 1970’s they had a small number of members, about 3.5 million, a very influential 3.5 million members but really, really small, but really,, really rich and comfortable.
Today they are a little over 1 million adherents.
How did all of this decline happen? How could it happen? They did everything possible to be a just, inclusive and open communion, todas, todas, todas! And now they have no one, no one, none one.
And they did all the worldly right things to promote todas, todas, todas. They embraced fully every ideology of the LGBTQ+++ political lobby. They ordain anyone and of whatever gender or state of marriage. Everyone can go to their communion, everyone, no need to be Anglican or in any kind of state of grace.
And they are social justice warriors too, from support of the LGBTQ+++ ideology crusades and parades to helping the poor, disenfranchised and preaching love and peace. How could all of this go wrong?
And there is Episcopal Church-envy by many Catholics who want what the Episcopal Church has gotten and does.
Interesting, no?
But the small heterodox group who remain are on fire for their way of doing things and are quite content. So don’t disturb them by saying that more than half your members have left to become something else on nones.
Let’s remain self-referential and comfortable in what we are doing and ignore those who say no to it.
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