ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses four major areas: subjects’ general definition and perception of the Church, their perception of what the Church believes, their perception of the change in the Church, and their perception of the criteria of membership in the Church. Six Ins (and no Outs) portrayed a Church that encompassed those not ordinarily thought of as Catholic. Some of their definitions were: the universal Church of all men, the community of all men anyone who, in his thinking and living, carries out the ideals of Christ, whether he realizes it or not a starting point for involving oneself in causes of brotherhood, understanding, peace. Nine Ins (and four Outs) split the Church into several aspects or “Churches,” there generally being two, one the institutional Church identified with the hierarchy and the other the grass-roots Church of the members.
