Hell has frozen over, and I am actively transitioning out of the Roman Catholic Church and into the Byzantine Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Churches.
My studies of the patristics and early Christianity have led me through a long and arduous journey of questioning my belief system, and rethinking some of the Scholastic's impact on Roman Catholic spirituality. I am at the point where I believe Orthodox spirituality and understanding and liturgy are more authentic than that of the Western Church.
I believe the sui iurus Churches led by Bishops, headed by the Bishop of Rome (in a completely executive but more collegial role than understood by some Catholics) more resembles the Church of the patristics as intended by Christ. I am still obviously Catholic, proudly Catholic but now feel that Ive settled some of the nagging feelings that have bothered me with some of the Roman Catholic small-d doctrines and norms.
My studies of the patristics and early Christianity have led me through a long and arduous journey of questioning my belief system, and rethinking some of the Scholastic's impact on Roman Catholic spirituality. I am at the point where I believe Orthodox spirituality and understanding and liturgy are more authentic than that of the Western Church.
I believe the sui iurus Churches led by Bishops, headed by the Bishop of Rome (in a completely executive but more collegial role than understood by some Catholics) more resembles the Church of the patristics as intended by Christ. I am still obviously Catholic, proudly Catholic but now feel that Ive settled some of the nagging feelings that have bothered me with some of the Roman Catholic small-d doctrines and norms.