You can’t please everyone.

I won’t deny anti-Catholicism from Baptists, fundamentalists and non-fundamentalists in years past. But it’s unfair to take Truett’s criticisms of the pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic Church and apply all of those criticisms to the modern-day RCC.

So much has changed.

Plus, the BJC only speaks to religious liberty issues (those are determined by their board). Truett’s rambling about the evils of infant baptism would have been inappropriate to read at such a rally.

We know the BJC is not anti-Catholic. My gosh, the General Counsel from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was present at the RLC Luncheon hosted by BJC on Friday afternoon.

Just two weekends ago, I was in a Catholic wedding in Athens. During the ceremony, the priest explained (rather poorly) why the Protestants in the crowd could not receive communion. The priest then went on to explain that he truly believed in the next 15-20 years – Protestants would reunite with or return to the Catholic Church. Needless to say, his attitude of “us coming back to them” was a little offensive to some in attendance.

But that brings me back to the original point – there are significant differences between the theology of the RCC and the theology of your average mainstream Baptist clergy or layperson. If I use the traditional language of soul freedom, speak out against hierarchies or explain why I’m against infant Baptism – I’m not an anti-Catholic. I’m just a Baptist. And Catholics and Baptists – while both Christian – believe differently in many ways….