It is true that Protestant churches have practiced the "responsive psalm," and this may have suggested it to the reformers, for ecumenical reasons. This is a false kind of ecumenism, for one of the greatest things we have had to offer the ecumenical dialogue is the beauty of our liturgy.
Generally, people do not know why they think the things they do.
Self-reported reasons for such question as ones leaving the Church are notoriously inaccurate, from what I understand.
It's "it's all the same God, just a different roof."
It's "oh, I' m sorry I missed my server assignment yesterday, my family went to the Baptist Mass this week."
It's "what does it matter, as long as you're a nice person?"
Reminds me of a local paper's gaffe about a local synagogue that had been vandalized. The reporter wrote that despite the damage, the synagogue would hold "all weekend Masses" as usual. Yikes-o-rama!
Who put together the Table of Contents of the New Testament?
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