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Hi I am soon going to be baptised into the baptist church which I go to but I do follow the catholic traditions and go to the catholic church aswell so I call myself a baplic but can anyone clear a few things up ?

What’s an annulment , how is it different to a divorce

If I wanted to convert when I’m older how would it work ?

Does anyone take their rosary to school ?

Why is the catholic bible different ?

Thanks for your help , god bless
 
I don’t quite understand your question. Are you Catholic now and leaving to become a Baptist? If you are going to be baptized a Baptist why would you follow any Catholic tradition? An annulment is a declaration by the Catholic Church that the marriage never existed in the first place. A divorce is granted by secular authorities that disolves an existing marriage. (You need a secular divorce to start annulment proceedings.) You may carry your rosary anywhere (beware of medal dectors!) At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the reformers dropped some books of the Old Testament from the Bible. The protestant bibles today have seven less books than the Catholic one. Anyone who wishes to convert to the Catholic Church should call their local parish office and inquier into their RCIA progam. :cool:
 
Chuck1 said:
Hi I am soon going to be baptised into the baptist church which I go to but I do follow the catholic traditions and go to the catholic church aswell so I call myself a baplic but can anyone clear a few things up ?

What’s an annulment , how is it different to a divorce

If I wanted to convert when I’m older how would it work ?

Does anyone take their rosary to school ?

Why is the catholic bible different ?

Thanks for your help , god bless
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  1. An annulment is not a divorce, and won’t be granted one until after the divorce, if ever. An annulment says that the Sacrament of Matrimony didn’t take place. It doesn’t say that the couple weren’t civilly married.
  2. When you get older, you could attend RCIA classes at a local Catholic parish, then when Easter rolls around, you would be accepted into the Church and receive the Sacrament of Confirmation (and if you don’t get baptized before then, Baptism). The RCIA classes aren’t like regular classes where you have to pass tests, etc. You just go sit and listen.
  3. I’ve taken a rosary to school before. No big deal.
  4. The Catholic Bible was the original Bible. It wasn’t assembled into one book till the 4th century, however. Before Jesus came to earth, there were two versions of the Old Testament: the Hebrew and the Greek (Called Septuagent). About 80% of the references in the New Testament to the Old Testament come from the Greek version. That means that Jesus and the Apostles used that version most often. So, that’s the version Catholics use. It has seven more books than the Hebrew version. In 1517, when the Reformation came around and Protestantism began, they chose the Hebrew version because Martin Luther didn’t like the idea that the Greek version supported such things as Purgatory.
Does that help? 🙂
 
Chuck1 said:
Hi I am soon going to be baptised into the baptist church which I go to but I do follow the catholic traditions and go to the catholic church aswell so I call myself a baplic but can anyone clear a few things up ?

What’s an annulment , how is it different to a divorce

If I wanted to convert when I’m older how would it work ?

Does anyone take their rosary to school ?

Why is the catholic bible different ?

Thanks for your help , god bless
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Hi, Chuck… honestly, most of your questions have been answered OODLES of times on this forum. Did you take a few minutes to do a search on these topics? :confused:

If you are being baptised into a church, I would hope you would speak to the leader (priest, minister) about most of these questions… before you are baptised. Baptism is not just dipping your toes into water. :mad:

Once you speak to the leader/pastor of that church, then come back and let us give you our answers. 🙂
 
Chuck, why are choosing to be baptized in a baptist church if you are practicing and inquiring about the Catholic faith? Why not just become Catholic instead? Am I missing something?
 
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Chuck, why are choosing to be baptized in a baptist church if you are practicing and inquiring about the Catholic faith? Why not just become Catholic instead? Am I missing something?
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Yes, I’d like to ask that too. Chuck, you sound very confused. Are you going along with the Baptist baptism to please your parents?
 
No my pearents don’t go to church and the baptist church is the first one I ever went to and I wouldnt want to leave but I do do the catholic traditions and well it’s all very confusing ! Sorry I’m getting myself in a muddle don’t listen to me ! 🙂
 
Chuck1 said:
No my pearents don’t go to church and the baptist church is the first one I ever went to and I wouldnt want to leave but I do do the catholic traditions and well it’s all very confusing ! Sorry I’m getting myself in a muddle don’t listen to me ! 🙂
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Yes well, I am def. confused…
 
Chuck1 said:
No my pearents don’t go to church and the baptist church is the first one I ever went to and I wouldnt want to leave but I do do the catholic traditions and well it’s all very confusing ! Sorry I’m getting myself in a muddle don’t listen to me ! 🙂
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How do you ‘do the catholic traditions’ if there is not a Catholic church?:confused:
 
Growing up as a southern Baptist in TN, my parents took me to the church sporadically, I found myself going to the church by walking down the railroad tracks and jumping the fence to get there. Yes, at that time I lived in the country, but I felt I should be there. My parents quit going and I would continue to walk down the train tracks to get to church and VBS.
That stopped when I got older because I left home. I asked, “How could a god could hurt so many people?” I realize now that God doesn’t do that. God gives us the choice and we have the choice to make what we want. My heart never lost God and I’ve heard him over the years saying do something, but I didn’t.
Ten years later I got married and now I have two kids. I have a 4 and 6 year old and I want them in church and to have values. There doesn’t seem to be values now, but we still continue to turn off the TV and eat supper as a family.
While I’m not Catholic, my heart feels I should be. The only church my wife ever had was being picked up and taken to a southern Baptist church. That didn’t happen very much.
I know it doesn’t make sense but I just feel it in my heart. My wife and I have been southern Baptist for a long time. I even bought Catholicism for dummies book for help on the Catholic religion.
Growing up Baptist and feeling drawn to Catholicism what are the differences between the two religions?
 
yes it kind of like what theitguy is saying but i just started to go to the catholic church , but i wouldnt want to leave my baptist church yet and im sure god wouldnt mind .
 
Chuck1 said:
yes it kind of like what theitguy is saying but i just started to go to the catholic church , but i wouldnt want to leave my baptist church yet and im sure god wouldnt mind .
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I think the best thing you could do right now is enroll in an RCIA program as someone suggested. You can still continue to attend your Baptist church, but attend mass sometimes as well. You may find that you begin to like the mass better than the Baptist church in time.

RCIA usually meets once a week, I believe, and there is no obligation to convert, unless you want to. RCIA will eliminate a lot of the confusion.

You will learn about the Catholic faith through RCIA and have more of an idea of whether Catholicism is for you.

God will show you what you must do.
 
Chuck1 said:
yes it kind of like what theitguy is saying but i just started to go to the catholic church , but i wouldnt want to leave my baptist church yet and im sure god wouldnt mind .
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Get baptised at a Catholic Church. That way you know it is valid, and Catholics recognise the fundamental role of baptism in becoming a Christian. Some protestants do not, and hold it is not as important as being ‘born again’.
 
Chuck1 said:
Hi I am soon going to be baptised into the baptist church which I go to but I do follow the catholic traditions and go to the catholic church aswell so I call myself a baplic but can anyone clear a few things up ?
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If you are a Baptist your denomination will probably frown on you following any Catholic traditions.

If you are Baptist you identify yourself as Baptist.

If you believe in what the Catholic Church teaches and practices why are you rejecting her to join another denomination?
What’s an annulment , how is it different to a divorce
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There is no such thing as annulment of a valid marriage. A civil divorce does not end a valid marriage. The CAtholic Church will investigate, if one of the parties requests it, a marriage that has already broken down and if the conditions for a valid marriage were not present at the time of the wedding
If I wanted to convert when I’m older how would it work ?
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you would ask the pastor of the Catholic church nearest you how to proceed. You would probably enter RCIA, a process of classes and spiritual growth, to prepare to make a profession of faith, and for the sacraments of confirmation and first communion, preceded by confession.
Does anyone take their rosary to school ?
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anyone can pray the rosary, you don’t have to be Catholic. If as a Baptist you object to the Hail Mary (which is a scriptural prayer) you can pray a scriptural rosary by reading and meditating on the verses of the Gospels, especially Luke which the mysteries of the rosary contemplate
Why is the catholic bible different ?
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most Protestant bibles have removed several books from the old testament, and have translated some verses in a manner that downplays or ignores traditional Catholic theology

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What “Catholic traditions” do you follow? Anyone is welcome to attend Mass in any Catholic Church, but you may not receive communion unless and until you become Catholic. You can’t be both Baptist and Catholic, although baptism certainly does make you a Christian. You have to decide.
 
i think im going todo what ture light said i think that will be eaiser , thanks for eveyone help aswell 🙂
 
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