Re: Conflicts, contrasts or differences between Catholics and Protestants in Great Britain

In article <0du932dqsngehsbaonjrvr7q91t5uke32v@xxxxxxx>
Alec Brady <alec.brady@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:20:18 +0100, Andrew McMullon
<andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's much harder to be liberal in
the RCC - though clearly not impossible.

Actually, it's very easy - I know lots of RCs who have liberal (or, as
I think of them, 'heretical') views. There's not much control over the
laity. It's teachers of the faith - be that Balasuriya or Kung - that
are kept on a tight rein.

Then you understand my own particular difficulty....

..... although I have to say I have known lots of excellent liberal
priests - although they tended to be liberal in private rather than in
the pulpit.

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andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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