My Wife is Catholic

A letter, with one question for you:

What would you tell this person?

Dear Scot,

In a recent Jesus Creed post 10/27/10 entitled “Peter Update”, you state “Cullmann’s book was shaped by Roman Catholic and Protestant issues. We are, so it seems to me, beyond those days, and Hengel’s book shows we are beyond those days. He’s not concerned about Peter as Pope, and he’s not worried about suggesting Peter’s authority will undermine the Reformation. In Hengel’s new book, short enough to read but dense enough to know he’s done his homework, we find a new historical foundation for a theology of Peter.”

My particular problem is that my wife is convinced the Catholic Church is the one, true, physical church that Christ established.  She feels the Catholic Church has the entire body of truth and Protestants have a smaller measure of truth.  I don’t feel that as a Protestant, I am more correct than Catholics.  I do resent though the feeling that my Christianity is somehow inferior to Catholic’s Christianity.

I’m wondering if you might have suggestions on how we can bridge this Protestant/Catholic gap?

Thanks.

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