Read. And then frankly ask yourself, "Who ultimately decides what Scripture says, given Sola Scriptura?" Isn't it the individual? Aren't entire denominations of "conservative" Christians holding whatever line on doctrine or morals on the sheer inertia of their agreement with each other? It's time to face these hard questions. If the "Church" is fundamentally invisible, no visible body's decision has to be respected. And it isn't. That's the real story. Doctrine and practice WILL be sacrificed for the unity of the "Church." It's old hat to me. But if there is "classic Christian orthodoxy," it came from somewhere. You seek it out, examining the context in which it was forged, you abandon your ad hoc tendencies to presume to fashion it to taste...and then you enter RCIA. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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