Catholic convert's what denominations were you?

[evangelical]

Catholic convert’s what denominations were you?
Did you convert because of the “real presence” teaching?
What other teaching have you accepted as valid scripture interpretation?

 

[SacredHeartBassist]

From atheism then to taoism then to voodoo then to church of Christ now catholic

I converted because of the historical arguments for the Catholic Church and the teaching on church authority and how the church chose the books in the Bible

I’ve accepted it all

 

[Magdalene]

I’m a former Methodist. I loved my church growing up and I’m so thankful for all of the wonderful people who taught me and helped me strengthen my faith over the years. They are truly wonderful Christian people! I am equally thankful that God led me to the Catholic Church.

Yes, I believe in the real presence, and yes, that is a huge part of converting. What other teachings do I believe? As I stated on my confirmation day, “I believe everything that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God.” That’s the biggest part. That God reveals Himself to us through His Church. He has provided the Church and the sacraments to us so we can encounter Him in a physical way.

I don’t feel like I’ve rejected or negated my former faith, but I’ve fulfilled it.

 

[Thom18]

The only other type of Christian I’ve ever been is Episcopalian. I was raised in that church for a few years, then ended up returning to Sunday school at the Catholic parish my family had been attending, being Confirmed when I was a teen. I immediately fell away from the faith, only returning to any sort of real faith in college. I went to a Catholic college because they had the best program in the region for my major, but didn’t really intend to participate in anything religious until I was invited to Mass. I reverted that night and went to confession as soon as it was offered on campus (we only had visiting priests- it was a nun-run college).

I reverted because I had a great experience at Mass one night. I stuck around because I was able to accept all of the Catholic teachings I had once rejected (but I only rejected them in the first place because I always heard such things as, “Man can’t forgive sins”- I never bothered before to check the validity of that statement). I accepted them because I’m convinced by the Catholic Church’s claim to be the Church founded by Christ, based on its historical proofs.

 

[mid]

Methodist as a child, Assembly of God, Evangelical Free Church. Preached in the last two churches.

However, I turned my back on being a Protestant. I couldn’t stomach it any longer. The easy-believe preaching, prosperity gospel, etc.Then there was sin. And I thought a one-liner prayer would wipe it all away. Boy, was I wrong! I knew I was unclean, yet nothing I did nor any amount of prayer freed me of the yoke and bondage of sin. So when I turned away from God, I did so in a big way.

Despite my sin and the guilt that carried through decades of life, God was merciful to me. The Holy Spirit (and perhaps the Blessed Mother) slowly but surely drew me to Catholicism, but the truth of the Catholic Church sealed the deal. At the end of my first confession when the priest gave me absolution, I literally felt the yoke of sin lift from me. It was gone. Forgiven. Praise be to God!

 

[pensmama87]

I grew up “nominally Christian,” in reality a “none.” I was never baptized and never went to any church, except for a brief stretch when I was in elementary school. I claimed to be Christian when asked, but truthfully, I didn’t even know what the Resurrection was.

Once I decided to actually learn about it, I found the Church.

 

[dochawk]

I’m not a convert, but my wife was before I met her.

I call her growing up “generic flaky protestant” . . .



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[7_Sorrows]

I was raised in the Episcopal church.
I never attended any other type of protestant church until I was in my 40’s.
I knew I missed a liturgical church. The non denominational and evangelical just felt empty to me. I came to believe the Catholic church was started by Jesus himself and yes I believe in the real presence.

 

[Darryl_B]

Evangelical (not you my denomination (hate that word it implies division, how many denominations do you have, I have a 5 a 10 a 20 a 50 and an 100 in reverse order)), whatever that meant, ie evangelical, I did not fully know ever. I had the “real presence” teaching 24ish years before I converted to the Catholic Faith, but as a theory, from Scripture OT and NT, a conclusion I reached, but being young I gave it a couple of seconds, and then shrugged it off, for who would even believe me that it could be true, and I decided I were not going to start a new religion, just find one that gave me space to believe what I believed.

What made me start to question evangelical was the protestant millennium. It was not Robbie Williams who lead me down this path. From there, where do I go, searched older and older denominations, and decided Christianity either isn’t true or I am missing something linking me both historically and presently to Jesus Christ. That something I was missing was the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Words cannot describe what happened next.