Do Catholic rules govern before I was a Catholic?

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As a protestant I had beliefs that were in contrast to the catholic faith, but since becoming a catholic I hold to the catholic faith. Can i be held in contempt for previous to being a catholic?
 
There’s two different sets of “rules.” There’s Church laws and then there’s moral laws.

Church laws are things like no meat on Fridays of Lent, need to be married in a Catholic church, etc.

Moral laws are things like the 10 commandments, abortion, etc.

Non-Catholics are not expected to follow Church laws. Moral laws are binding on all of humanity. Your culpability *may *be greatly diminished because of the lack of a proper formation, but they are still things that should be confessed.
 
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