Is the Reformation Over?

[Torie]

What percentage of rank and file Catholics care about the issues that divide mainline Protestants from Catholics? What percentage of rank and file Catholics agree actually with the Protestant point of view (they don't take saints seriously, including selecting more based on the three miracles test, think Priests should marry, along with gays, birth control is moral and necessary, etc.) Is it fair to say that the divide is more a function of what the top hierarchy believes, rather than what the congregants believe?

On the other hand, how many of either faith really care much about reunion? What is the point, particularly when so many are perfectly willing to switch churches based on other factors, such as what a spouse wants, how much they like the pastor, convenience, and so forth?