Has anyone have converted from OC to RC and why, please share your experience

[dcointin]

@ RyanBlack

pet peev: instead of quoting or directly talking to a previous poster, in this case me, you’ve reposted my entire post. Here’s your answer to your request for the scripture reference in the book of the Revelation of Jesus to John that clarifies that the Holy Ghost PROCEEDS from the Father AND the Son:

Revelation 22:1
“Then he showed me the river of the water of life…flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…”

Rev. 1 - 7 of Chapter 22 describes the holy Spirit as a “river of Life” that supports the ‘tree of life’ (his Church), which produces twelve kinds of fruit, all year around.

First, I’m not sure that the river in these passages is indisputably a reference to the Holy Ghost, and second if it were it would indicate that he has his eternal origin in the Father and the Son, which is not the dogma of the Filioque.

 

[RyanBlack]

pet peev: instead of quoting or directly talking to a previous poster, in this case me, you’ve reposted my entire post.

Is this better? Please take note that this time I didn’t repost your entire post, but I really think for you to complain about this is, well, kind of petty.

 

[RyanBlack]

Here’s your answer to your request for the scripture reference in the book of the Revelation of Jesus to John that clarifies that the Holy Ghost PROCEEDS from the Father AND the Son:

Revelation 22:1
“Then he showed me the river of the water of life…flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…”

Rev. 1 - 7 of Chapter 22 describes the holy Spirit as a “river of Life” that supports the ‘tree of life’ (his Church), which produces twelve kinds of fruit, all year around.

I just don’t see this verse as proof of the filioque. I don’t think the exact meaning is clear enough to claim it as proof. However, I will conceded this: if I were interested in being an apologist for the filioque, I could see using this verse as possibly being supportive of the filioque.

 

[ninan]

The Indian Orthodox Church,a splinter group from the Syrian Jacobite Church always puts up distorted facts and Catholic bashing to save their face.

THEY NEVER OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO TRUTH.

Their priests say that ‘Even if you go to Pentecostalism,don’t go to Catholic Church’.

So much for CATHOLIC HATRED.

A scholar??!! priest of their Church has written a demeaning article about Pope John Paul even.

WHAT A TRAGEDY!!!

 

[Mickey]

I was chrismated into the Greek Orthodox church, and I have never felt unwelcome there. My particular parish is fortunate though, because the last 2 priests have been very welcoming towards converts. So in my parish you have a lot of Greeks, with converts – but we’re still all like a family regardless of our heritage. I’m of Anglo-Saxon descent so I will never feel completely comfortable around the cultural practices of the Greeks, yet I can take comfort in knowing that I am part of a Church who can trace her lineage back to St. Andrew himself! (who happens to be my namesake)

Welcome home!

 

[steve_b]

Please don’t limit the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church to the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is a communion of 23 Churches, of which the Roman Catholic Church is one.

True. Even though the Latin rite is 98% of the population of the CC, the other 22 rites even though making up 2% of the total, are also the CC. All rites are of equal dignity. No ONE rite is greater or smaller in dignity among the rites.

 

[Frank_J]

Hello,

I just the other way around I use to be RC and converted to OC. I’m not sure why this topic would be in list of EC chats??? Wouldn’t be better topic of OC becoming EC and not RC’s?

I for my part couldn’t understand why an OC would convert to RC. Just thinking of that brings a cold chill up my back. I ran away from all of that. Why would an OC put himself through that is beyond me.

“BerhaneSelassie” talk about the Catholic baptisms being invalid.

I’ve heard this many times in the Russian Orthodox Church I joined about more the ten years ago. When a RC converts to my religion they are baptize into the faith. I received baptism from a Russian Orthodox Priest from the ROCOR. In the O.C.A I was told by one of the priest there that RC baptisms are defective and that is way a RC are received by Chrismation into the Orthodox faith. EC would not be Chrismation for their baptisms and Chrismation are viewed a valid or Orthodox in nature.

Have a good day looking forward to reading more…

Frank J

 

[AveChriste11]

Thank you Mickey.

 

[Cider]

As a practicing EC the idea of the EO comes up from time to time. But I always come back to the fact that the See of Peter was personally established by Christ Himself. The Pope comes from God, regardless of how high or low a petrine view one has. All the Patriarchates are man made institutions not of divine comission from Christ. To leave the Papacy and the Apostolic College founded by Christ for a Patriarchate, which is a man made invention, has never made sense to me.

Why would you say that the Patriachates are not instituted from God when Christ chose the Apostles which is who the Patriarchates were founded by.

 

[qui_est_ce]

I just don’t see this verse as proof of the filioque. I don’t think the exact meaning is clear enough to claim it as proof. However, I will conceded this: if I were interested in being an apologist for the filioque, I could see using this verse as possibly being supportive of the filioque.

[BIBLEDRB]jn 14:16-27[/BIBLEDRB]

John 14:26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost,** whom the Father will send in my name**, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.

Nicene Creed:

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

The Catholic Church teaches that the HS is part of the Trinity. The eternal God. The HS is not begotten.