They Didn't Walk Away, They Ran!!

As I have written about before, my family left the Catholic Church in the 1980s.  My mother-in-law also left the Catholic Church in the 80's, but they didn't walk away....they RAN!  And then spent the next 30 years speaking against the Catholic Church.

Recently, I talked with my Mother-in-law about this and she said she was told by her priest that she had no business reading the Bible because she was not worthy of it and she should just leave it to him.

My aunt was told that the Bible was just a book of myths and legends and she need not bother with it at all.

My mother was also told that she shouldn't read the Bible.

None of them were properly catechized and have said that once they started reading the Bible they discovered that nothing the Catholic Church taught was in it, and they came to the Assembly of God church, instead.  AG promotes "All the Gospel."

I admit, the AG church does seem to be more straight forward in Biblical interpretation.  I can see why it was easy for my family members to run from the heresies they were being taught and towards the Bible.  Isn't that what every good Christian should do?  Run from heresies towards Truth?

Why was the Catholic Church so heretical in the 80's?  What was up with these priests?  What was up with the Vatican, the dioceses?  Because as I discover now, the Catholic Church promotes reading your Bible.  The liturgy IS the Bible.  And so much of what Catholics believe they have scriptural references.

I do believe these family members are forever away from the Catholic Church, now, but much like a wife who was abused by her husband, even with her husband repentant and changed, she is unlikely to ever go back.