M
maiaarising
Guest
me Catholic! (self.Catholicism)
submitted 19 days ago by maiaarising
I was raised as a non denominational Christian (Baptists without a label), I never really knew anything about other denominations/sects of Christianity. I remember hearing taught that Catholics practiced a lot of nonsense that wasn’t in the Bible, like worshipping saints and Mary and I didn’t question it for a long time. On the last Reformation Day, I just happened to come across some posts from one of my followers about how much she doesn’t like Martin Luther and that she’s glad she was leaving Protestantism for Catholicism. Her biggest reason was for the fact that Martin Luther removed 7 books from the Bible. Y’all, when I tell you that it felt like my world was crashing down on me I mean it. I kept rereading it and thinking, “He did what?! What books is she talking about?! What was bad about those books? Where are they now? How was it okay for him to do that?!”. I couldn’t even focus when I started looking for answers, my mind was all over the place. When I finally found that these books are still in the Catholic Bibles, that was another thing that surprised me because I had no idea that Protestant and Catholic Bibles were different. Once I found that, I wanted to know what more I could possibly find out about Christianity that I didn’t know before. I joined discussion groups that led me to learn more about Orthodox and Catholic Christians and I fell in love with both. However I still know in my heart that I want to be Catholic. I feel that this is where God is leading me. I’ve tried praying the Rosary, going to Mass, reading about saints, and I’m even observing Lent for the first time this year. I’ve seen such a transformation in my spiritual life and that’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’m glad I found it in the Catholic Church. Can’t wait for RCIA to start!
submitted 19 days ago by maiaarising
I was raised as a non denominational Christian (Baptists without a label), I never really knew anything about other denominations/sects of Christianity. I remember hearing taught that Catholics practiced a lot of nonsense that wasn’t in the Bible, like worshipping saints and Mary and I didn’t question it for a long time. On the last Reformation Day, I just happened to come across some posts from one of my followers about how much she doesn’t like Martin Luther and that she’s glad she was leaving Protestantism for Catholicism. Her biggest reason was for the fact that Martin Luther removed 7 books from the Bible. Y’all, when I tell you that it felt like my world was crashing down on me I mean it. I kept rereading it and thinking, “He did what?! What books is she talking about?! What was bad about those books? Where are they now? How was it okay for him to do that?!”. I couldn’t even focus when I started looking for answers, my mind was all over the place. When I finally found that these books are still in the Catholic Bibles, that was another thing that surprised me because I had no idea that Protestant and Catholic Bibles were different. Once I found that, I wanted to know what more I could possibly find out about Christianity that I didn’t know before. I joined discussion groups that led me to learn more about Orthodox and Catholic Christians and I fell in love with both. However I still know in my heart that I want to be Catholic. I feel that this is where God is leading me. I’ve tried praying the Rosary, going to Mass, reading about saints, and I’m even observing Lent for the first time this year. I’ve seen such a transformation in my spiritual life and that’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’m glad I found it in the Catholic Church. Can’t wait for RCIA to start!
