The Protestant Principle and the Catholic Authority Principle, by Dr. Jeff Mirus 

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, May 03, 2023

The Methodists are facing a crisis in which more than 2,400 local churches have disaffiliated from the “United Methodist Church” to form the new “Global Methodist Church” in response to radical changes in teaching on human sexuality. See our story: United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate. I am sure that to Methodist leaders it matters very much if, when, or how the United Methodist “bishops” solve this problem. But for Catholics, it illustrates once again the fractionalization characteristic of all forms of Protestantism.

To a lesser extent this same fractionalization exists in the territorial Orthodox Churches (which are at least real Churches in the Catholic sense of the term, in possession of the ministry of the successors of the Apostles).  …