Why I Am Not a Catholic, Part 1: Whose Word Is Final?

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This is Part 1 of the series “Why I Am Not a Catholic.”

Picture a quiet question after a family wedding. “Why aren’t you Catholic?” Nobody asks it to hurt you. But the honest answer feels heavy, and in a world that wants every spiritual road to end in the same place, saying why you cannot walk one of them feels almost rude.

This is not about being unkind. It is about the gospel. When you see what the cross actually accomplished, you either rest in a finished work that can never be repeated, or you spend your life on a ladder that has no top. That is why the question matters. It decides…