Seems like something has to give eventually...
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Seems to me like any Catholic who takes issue with the papacy is welcome to join any of the dozens of current Protestant denominations that already exist. It isn’t like the old days with state sponsored religion. People switch their allegiance all the time these days.
I do believe that Christian churches will polarize though. On one hand you will have churches that are really just churches of leftism wearing Christianity as a skin suit. You already see this with more “liberal” denominations like Episcopalians and Presbyterians. On the other hand you will have churches that return to the fundamental teachings of the faith and face a lot of flak for it.
The southern Baptist convention is actually pretty close to a schism right now because of a faction that wants to make the church more “modern” with all the leftist nonsense that comes with it.
You can edit that last paragraph. Intra-SBC communication is essentially back and forth flames now. Pastors are openly condemning Convention leadership, and threatening to keep tithes at the local level.
At least in the US there are two separate Presbyterian denominations that split over leftism entering the church. PCA/"Reformed" Presbyterians split off when the PCUSA started confining female/gay pastors or something similar. From the times I've visited PCA churches and the people I know who attend they absolutely don't follow leftist doctrine in PCA churches.
fair enough, but how many churches will carry catholic doctrine minus the Pope?
I dunno, maybe I'm full of shit here, lol.
I’m not catholic, but my understanding is that popes come and go and they will focus on their traditions rather than whatever comes out of his mouth.
I think the whole institution of a papacy is big dumb anyway. I can read the Bible myself. I don’t need some dude in a hat to tell me what it says.
To be fair, it's a very nice hat, lol.
Catholic here, your first assessment is correct. The Pope is basically the president of the Church, he mediates and keeps order between all the other Bishops and writes a book every once in a while. In fact, Papal infallibility hasnt been invoked in about a century, which is the only situation in which he has to be taken seriously (Unless your a priest, because he's your boss).
Second assessment is incorrect, as the current Pope would likely burst into flames if he even tried to touch a Catholic Bible.