^^o.my. (i wrote this
before seeing Max’s post.)
Soloist wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 7:43 pm
Correct doctrine in terms of what classes are supposed to be done is not reality.
You would know this if you weren’t a plain Catholic. Plain Catholics probably have different standards.
I’m sure there are some Catholic groups that actually do a year long class, but my patient’s mother converted to Catholicism and she was not in class for a year. She probably was a class for less than a week.
Marriage conversion seems quite common and they are not doing a year of study and you know that, assuming you know very many non-plain Catholics. Being in academics I can understand you hold a high view of how things are done but there’s also reality.
A child of course gets taught Catholic doctrine if they go to a Catholic school every year, but they don’t go through that book each year they go through children appropriate education on Catholic doctrine. In other words Catholic doctrine in a nutshell. I suppose one can appreciate that we aren’t Catholics in our instruction class generally only last six months…
RCIA - Becoming Catholic
https://www.blessedsacramentct.org/Sacr ... 0direction.
My not-full understanding is also that there is quite a lot of variation with the conversion process. No requirement for rebaptism.
i’m not sure about descriptions of public interactions with priests (as in Ernie’s video) as “Catholic Lite,” but, whatever.
The young priest was no more or less time-constrained than the others.
i believe 7th graders have a school year of Confirmation study preparation. This may be the most thorough and formal experience, understanding adults go once weekly for a period of time (which evidently varies quite a lot)? Adults have work, families, etc.,
i believe the Church attempts to not be “impossible.” They want converts, they don’t require degreed scholars.
i don’t expect to find the last word in Catholicism on MN, plain Catholics being a rarified subgroup?