What can we learn from one another?

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I was reflecting last night on that following question: what do Protestants and Catholics have to learn from one another? I refer here not so much to doctrinal differences, but rather in practice of our faith. What elements do you see done well in the other group which your own congregation would be wise to emulate? There is plenty of opportunity elsewhere to note where you think the other group has fallen short, but I’d like this thread to focus on what is done well, but as an encouragement to our brothers and sisters in Christ and perhaps as a call to make new effort in areas we’ve neglected.

So Protestants, what practices do you often see better carried out in the Catholic Church than in Protestant ones?

Catholics what practices do you often see better carried out among Protestants?

To start things off, one area that I see strength in the Catholic Church is in Church discipline. Because of our focus on a very personal faith, I fear that while we have no qualms proclaiming truth on the airwaves or a street corner, we may be too reluctant and tentative in reaching our to a fellow believer to correct them when we see them straying. I must confess that my up close and personal observations of the Catholic Church in action are limited, but the organization of the Church seems to me to give them a better ability to offer unsolicited correction.

 

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I think that we Catholics could be best served by taking the Protestant approach to actually learning scriptures and what our faith teaches. We all know what I mean.

Protestants would be better off if they looked a little more at the meta-physical sometimes. It seems like too many of them ignore the true nature of spiritual warfare in our lives.

We could all learn about supporting each other in our trials and tribulations.

 

[BlestOne]

Protestants can learn… from Catholics
How to line up and go to communion more efficiently

Catholics can learn … From Protestants
How to set up social groups

Seriously, we can all learn from each other but we have to do so with an open heart… not mind… heart. We can believe each other in error and sometimes tragically… but we need to recognize that each one has their own strengths and weaknesses.