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Given all that we have discussed previously, the question then arises, “Does it not matter if you are Catholic?” On the contrary, it matters greatly.

Continuing our discussion from yesterday, it will naturally be noted that union with the Roman Pontiff is, for Protestants and Orthodox, imperfect. Just so. But

Yesterday, we asked if there is a more balanced picture that reverences both Unam Sanctam and Lumen Gentium as authentic magisterial teaching? Yes. To find it, let’s begin with

Over the past couple of days, we’ve been talking a bit about Hell and damnation. For Catholics, that very quickly brings us to the Church’s