What This Blog Needs

This blog needs a Roman Catholic voice. Why? Because they are like Orthodox and like Protestants but different from each. Below I'll list some Catholic doctrines and whether Orthodox and (most) Protestants agree or disagree

Apostolic Succession: Orthodox agree, Protestants disagree

Papal Supremacy and Infalibility: Orthodox and Protestant disagree

Roman Primacy: Orthodox agree, Protestants disagree

Anselm's Juridical Soteriology: Orthodox disagree, Protestants agree (This is why some Orthodox say Rome and her Protestant offspring are more similar each other than either is to the Orthodox Church.)

Purgatory and the Availability of Exculpatory Merits of the Saints: Orthodox and Protestants disagree

Communion of the Saints: Orthodox agree, Protestants disagree

Immaculate Conception of Mary: Orthodox and Protestants disagree

Formal acceptance of Holy Tradition as Normative in Church life: Orthodox agree, Protestants disagree

Sacramental world-view: Orthodox agree, Protestants disagree

Nicene Creed: Orthodox do not add filioque, Protestants disregard last two sections

Assumption of Mary: Orthodox believe she died and was resurected before her assumption, Protestants just think she died

Limbo: Orthodox say "huh? What the..." Protestants say, "There, see? See why we're not Roman Catholic?"

Of course, I'm still waiting for a good discussion to break out between Byan and Jeff regarding the Covenenant Theology influence on the Reformed churches. (I think it is really just semi-sacramentalism . But they can't call it that be cause they are Protestants.).