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Why Is Romanism More Successful with Protestants than with Catholics?

It’s curious that the Roman Catholic church has been quite successful in America in getting intelligent evangelical converts, but very bad at keeping its own serious-minded people or at getting the unchurched. (The number of priests, monks, and nuns is way down; see
http://cara.georgetown.edu/bulletin/RelStatistics.html).

I wonder if the reason isn’t evangelical despair at always wondering about theology. The Authority of the Church seems to be the central attraction– the idea that if a doctrine is old, it’s got to be right, and that papal infallibility, unlike inerrancy, can quiet one’s uneasy doubts by giving a right answer to everything.

July 16: I cited the wrong table. Above is for monks and nuns. More generally, see http://cara.georgetown.edu/bulletin/.

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2 Responses to “Why Is Romanism More Successful with Protestants than with Catholics?”

  1. King Tiger Says:
    July 16th, 2006 at 4:35 am

    Mr. Rasmusen,
    Interesting question, one I have wondered at myself as I am a convert too.
    Perhaps it has something to do with the old issue of not valuing something when one is born with it but when it is a conscious decision then it becomes “real” to that person.

  2. The Divagator Says:
    July 16th, 2006 at 5:43 pm

    Read this posting and thought you might find this short essay of interest.
    http://divagator.blogspot.com/2006/05/he-aint-heavyhes-my-brother-in-christ.html

    Best regards,
    The Divagator

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