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harumph

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13. IMO the American Catholic Church laity is polluted with various aspects of Calvinism.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 08:34 AM

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In their thinking - not the official doctrine of course.

https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/american-catholics-as-cultural-protestants/

"American Catholics as Cultural Protestants"

While liberal Catholics (wife is one) embody the lessons of the beatitudes, and they're leaving the church because the homilies
are more like screeds - and you have to check your brain at the door.

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