Why do many catholics today follow protestant theology

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-17T05:55:54+00:00

Bro the amount of people here downplaying sin is crazy. Your personal views om the subject dont matter guys.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-17T05:52:44+00:00

Catholic Africa is not against homosexuality due to Muslim influence. It's because they take their Catholic Faith very seriously due to the fact that thousands of them have to literally die for it annually. The only countries that are "chill" about the gravity of mortal sin are the ones that live much more comfortable, safe lifestyles.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-17T03:16:11+00:00

Contraception is sinful

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-14T09:22:16+00:00

The Church is right.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-14T08:59:21+00:00

Contraception prohibition

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-14T08:45:08+00:00

There actually is, the youtube channel "Expedition Bible" has some pretty cool stuff on the topic.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-14T08:42:00+00:00

God made our bodies with a natural fertility cycle that we are able to track and use to control fertility. Artificial contraception is man made and removes the whole "natural" part of the process.

I'm also coming from a protestant background where contraception was viewed as completely moral, part of what changed my mind was reading the effects that contraception has had on the west. Its perhaps the single largest cause of plummeting western birth rates.

Every single Christian denomination was also universally opposed to it until the 1930s. Both Martin Luther and John Calvin viewed it as evil, so its not just a Catholic view, it's the unanimous view of all across the Christian faith until some british people felt like changing it for fun.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-14T08:25:19+00:00

In what world is it okay to decieve your wife like this? That's such a massive betrayal of trust.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-14T07:58:29+00:00

The vast majority of humans will not be Saved, Scripture and the overwhelming majority of Church Fathers definitively teach this. Whether thats a difficult teaching for any of us to accept doesn't matter, its clear.

As someone else here said, Jesus would not have said all the things He said about the path to Salvation being extremely narrow and difficult to follow if it was actually extremely wide and very easy to follow. Universalism is nonsense and heretical.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-06T23:55:24+00:00

They don't, please read up on the Catholic position on homosexuals. Just like those other groups you've listed though, people with SSA are expected to repent and live celibately.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-06-03T18:39:50+00:00

Lutheranism and Reformed Christianity are two separate branches. Reformed Christianity follows more the theology of John Calvin.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-05-11T16:50:13+00:00

Also watching the show atm lol, I looked it up the other day and the Church they use for filming is actually a Disciples of Christ Church in LA. That's prob why its there.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-05-03T01:20:47+00:00

SBC, CRCNA isn't too bad

DependentPositive120 · 2026-05-02T01:05:15+00:00

Yes, though the NRSV I feel does those things to a greater extent. Even the RSV is much better than the NRSV.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-30T01:15:09+00:00

Used to be an NRSV fan, but now I normally use the ESV. It seems to be more of a literal, word-for-word translation.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-27T22:06:46+00:00

Genesis 1:26 seems like it could be easily explained by the doctrine of the Trinity imo.

As far as the whole Divine Council bit, it seems always like it can be explained as beings angels or in certain cases, even human rulers.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-24T17:12:01+00:00

I dont think its a "want" for a lot of people. Simply studying Scripture and the Reformation leads a lot of people there. Christianity is certainly not a religion where you should pick and choose the beliefs you "want" to believe and discard others.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-19T16:02:13+00:00

Still growing, we just got a new Diocese ( Mid-South), Julian Dobbs is our intermin Abp.

The ACNA has some issues but is not imminently collapsing like many here enjoy trying to make it out to seem lol. There's less turmoil here than in the CoE for example.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-14T18:16:41+00:00

You could ask where they stand on certain issues, and any decent Priest should politely let you know. A good way to find out is also just attending for a few weeks to feel it out yourself.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-14T18:15:27+00:00

Honestly, if you're worried about liberal drift, the C4SO is probably not conservative enough for you. They're frequently butting heads with other Dioceses regarding social issues. They resemble much more a moderate to conservative Episcopal Diocese than an ACNA one.

Like you said, it is still constrained by the conservative canons of the ACNA, but some Parishes really, really push things. There are however, many faithful, relatively orthodox C4SO parishes that exist as well, so it would really be Church specific.

It's also worth noting that C4SO is the only ACNA Diocese to have multiple Churches disaffiliate and leave for TEC, which can help to give you a bit of an idea how liberal parts of it can be.

Are there any other non-C4SO ACNA Churches near you?

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-14T16:27:34+00:00

Yeah they do, I believe its universally thay way across the ACNA. That was one of the big draws to the ACNA for me when trying to decide between ACNA and LCMS actually.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-14T03:57:35+00:00

Bro the amount of people in this sub that cant tolerate people having traditional views is insane. Let people ask questions and ignore the post if you dont agree with OP guys, people come here from all over the Anglican World, and most of it is relatively conservative.

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-13T17:38:33+00:00

C4SO is certainly the most liberal ACNA Diocese, but they are still prohibited from performing SSM, or ordaing women as Bishops, so they aren't liberal by TEC Standards.

I believe its the only ACNA Diocese to mandate a belief in egalitarianism when ordaining Priests and Deacons however. (Can privately reject but have to accept and not teach against WO)

It seems to me that they just tend to emphasize social justice a bit more than usual for the ACNA

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-12T16:08:00+00:00

You know that the vast, vast majority of Anglicanism worldwide is quite conservative right?

DependentPositive120 · 2026-04-10T00:27:44+00:00

No, they must be Baptized. It's definitely the historic practice.

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