Brother Roger, was he Catholic?

[Eufrosnia]

A discussion on another thread lead to this question coming up in my head again.

What does it mean to subscribe to the Catholic faith while still remaining Protestant? Isn’t the definition of being part of a religion the idea that one subscribes to the teachings of that religion? So how does one become Catholic while being Protestant when the foundational beliefs like the Five Solas are incompatible with the Catholic faith?

Also just curious, what Bible did Brother Roger use? The Bible with 66 books or the one with 73?

 

[Mike30]

Brother Roger was the founder and a member of the Taize community, an experimental ecumenical order of brothers which tried to blur the lines I guess you could say between Catholicism and other faiths, and prove that all Christians could live in harmony and worship together. Brother Roger, the founder, was a protestant as were many of the members of the order. The order was not and is not a Catholic group, although some of the members are Catholic as is their current leader. Their main focus is on the youth of the world.

Some people say that Brother Roger did convert to Catholicism before his death and others say that he did not. To the best of my knowledge, Brother Roger never did subscribe to the Catholic faith entirely.

As far as which Bible he used I would have no idea. However, since he was in fact a protestant and since the order was founded in 1940, I would imagine that he used, at least at first, a protestant bible although I would imagine there is no proof of that either.

 

[Eufrosnia]

Brother Roger was the founder and a member of the Taize community, an experimental ecumenical order of brothers which tried to blur the lines I guess you could say between Catholicism and other faiths, and prove that all Christians could live in harmony and worship together. Brother Roger, the founder, was a protestant as were many of the members of the order. The order was not and is not a Catholic group, although some of the members are Catholic as is their current leader. Their main focus is on the youth of the world.

Some people say that Brother Roger did convert to Catholicism before his death and others say that he did not. To the best of my knowledge, Brother Roger never did subscribe to the Catholic faith entirely.

As far as which Bible he used I would have no idea. However, since he was in fact a protestant and since the order was founded in 1940, I would imagine that he used, at least at first, a protestant bible although I would imagine there is no proof of that either.

Thank you for your reply. It is just a bit confusing because this person seems to have even received communion. In a way, his example discourages us from ever seeking to convert a Protestant friend to Catholicism. To be honest, his example makes me think that the current Church considers doctrine to not be very important as long as it exists somewhere. Whether people follow it or not is not that important as long as they feel comfortable with what they follow.

It just feels like something is not right.