Catholic Church - the true Christian church?

Of course not. However, it is true that churches whose religious doctrines are determined by popular vote of the membership (or their elected representatives) suffer from such changes. Most if not all of the churches that you see altering their doctrines on "hot topics" such as homosexuality and abortion are churches of that type - churches whose doctrines are established by popular vote of the members, *not* churches that strictly abide by traditional Christian morality or Biblical authority as determined by accredited theologians.

2) Will the Catholic Church, the Vatican, ever give in to public demand to liberalism? As far as its official doctrines go: I can't imagine such a scenario. As far as its official **policies** go: yes, that can happen and has happened in the past (when rather self-serving popes or puppet popes were in charge).

Example: the sale of papal pardons, a policy permitted (promoted?) under one Pope but never official church doctrine, that policy outlawed by official church doctrine within 50 years (under the reign of a different pope, of course). 3) If so, will people move on with their lives, if the Catholic Church did so? This is a sort of "which comes first" situation.

Many skeptics argue that the Catholic Church *will* change its policies in the future when doing so will lead to their membership increasing. You argue that it will lead to their membership *decreasing* - and the skeptics would agree that's why the Catholic Church has not yet changed its doctrines on these issues! - Jim, Fundamentalist Christian http://www.bible-reviews.com.

I think it really depends on the Pope and, to some extent, the Curia. Once we run out of old Popes, I think things might change. Then bishops may have to decide whether or not they will go along with whatever or leave.

There are some groups that think the Catholic Church has become extremely liberal just by not using the Latin mass or the priest facing the congregation. Moreover, it's the sisters who do the "dirty work" of serving the people. The Pope doesn't come anywhere near them unless it's a photo op.

That can determine one's thought process.

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