Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20140311231814/@comment-4923787-20140315202913

I think you misunderstood me, though I probably wasn't clear enough.

From my standpoint, it seemed like you were either saying "Progressive Christianity" is what Christianity should be, or the other way around, that the conservative viewpoints are how they should be.

That's not entirely true. What about all the different denominations, and even differences between churches? There's a lot of variation. Recently I say a sign for a church in Halifax proclaiming that God loves members of the LGBT community. Made my day. While Progressive Christianity isn't officially a thing, there are people and churches who do identify themselves with those doctrines.

Anyway, I should've been clearer, though I've been afraid of offending people by doing so, hence why I've been skepctical about posting such a timeline. What I'm really trying to get at is preserving Catholicism as "Progressive Christianity," and I'm curious if Eastern influences could help with that, as well as acceptance of different gospels or canons, whatever the terminology, particularly of Gnostic influence.