Catholic Faith Loyalty

The loyalty of the Catholic faithful to the Church is stronger than that of Protestants, according to this report.

That certainly validates my personal experience as a Catholic convert and member of several Protestant communities prior to becoming Catholic; there was just not enough there there in the Protestants to remain loyal to.

With Catholicism, though you may study for a lifetime, the treasures you find within the ancient traditions of the Church will continue to renew your faith; with the Protestants on the other hand, the deeper I studied the flimsier the foundations were revealed to be.

An excerpt.

“Phoenix-based Ellison Research released the results of the poll on Monday.

“The good news for the Catholic church is that six out of ten Catholics will not even consider attending church in any other denomination, which is far higher than for Protestants. The bad news, of course, is that four out of ten active Catholics would at least be open to another denomination, even though most would prefer to remain in the Catholic Church,” commented Ron Sellers, president of Ellison Research.

“The survey of a representative sample of 1,007 American adults included 471 respondents who regularly attend worship services at a church broadly considered to be in the Christian tradition, categorized into Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, and Orthodox.

“Respondents who attend worship services at least once a month were first asked the specific denomination of the church they attend most often. This distinguished “Southern Baptist” from “Free Will Baptist,” for example.”