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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the life of me, I can't imagine what the difference is between Liberal and Conservative Catholicism. And I don't think the people who bandy this difference about on here have any idea what they were talking about.

It's the same religion, the same Catechism, the same clergy and largely the same population being served. The teaching and the rules are the same.

We have belonged to Holy Trinity for many years and the message we get every Sunday never takes sides in the Liberal v. Conservative schism. The Jesuits may emphasize different things, but they aren't ever departing from mainstream Catholic teaching.

Some of these schools and their communities may be a little more or less accepting of non-Catholics, but that has nothing to do with Catholicism.

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One major difference in my experience - the conservative Catholics think all non-straight people are going to hell.  The liberal ones think it's maybe negotiable.

Joking aside, in my experience the conservatives generally believe the bible is the infallible word of God, while the liberals believe it is the word of God as recounted through flawed human perspectives.  Revealed by God (as in word-for-word truth) v. inspired by God (God gives the big picture concepts, human that is a product of his time and place interprets it as best he can) is how it was taught in my (liberal) Catholic high school.  And that difference can have pretty big ripple effects.[/quote]

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