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Do you think there's any chance the new pope will help reform the Catholic Church such that they affirm justification by faith alone? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I understood that "faith alone" was one of the founding principles of the Protestant church, and never a part of Catholicism.

Why would he?

And how would that be a "reform?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Protestantism came from an attempt to reform the Catholic church; it was not meant to be a separate thing until the reformers were excommunicated. You shouldn't think about Catholicism as necessarily separate from reformed traditions i. e. protestantism. It is clear from what Jesus said that church unity is good, so, if Christians were more united on doctrine, the world would be better IMO.

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