Occasionally, some ex-Catholics, like the historian Will Durant (who was reconciled to the Church on his deathbed), could write with admiration, even affection, about Catholicism.
In the last two centuries, Catholics have witnessed the quiet loss of faith of those who follow a fashionable skepticism, preferring Darwin and Spinoza to Augustine and Aquinas. Often it has been a pro forma attempt at physical self preservation, as in the case of the early Christians who burned incense to the genius of the Emperor, or the British Catholics who acknowledged the Queens supremacy by law established. Sometimes it has entailed formal conversion, for reasons spiritual or material, to another religion.
Over the two millennia of Catholicism, apostasy has taken many forms. Shop: Roman Catholic "RC" Brand Original Black Logo Collection Tote Bag
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