I read the Bible and remain a Catholic

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i ve been Catholic all my life. but many times i went to many protestants churches. no connection there. one day i decided to find the truth. Dr. Hahn’s website gave me most of what i needed to confirm my faith in the Catholic Church. I was so amazed after that. now all want to do is evangelize everyone. that all may come to know the Catholic Church. it is an amazing discovery this Church is really what Jesus promised in the Bible. i recomended anyone to read the history of this Church, read the Fathers of the Church, they all Catholics. i just think that salvation is to precious to loose over some stubborness and pride. everyone should read newman’s apologetics the four marks of the Church.
 
I read the Bible and remain a Catholic
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Hi

I read the Bible and remained an Ahmadi Muslim, as Bible also supported my beliefs as do other Revealed Books of other religions.

Thanks
 
I read the Bible when I was a Christian (KJV), now that I am Catholic I read a Catholic Bible (RSV-CE2). But there is much, much more that needs to be read to experience the fullness of faith.
 
Mannyfit75 said:
How many of you Catholics often heard. “I was Catholic then I read the Bible and now I am Christian.”

I like to hear the reverence side. I made this statement, I read the Bible and remain a Catholic. I remain Catholic because I found the Bible confirm my faith that the Catholic Church is founded by Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18) and other passages in the Bible that sound very Catholic such as John 6:31-59.

Share your story how the Bible lead you to the Catholic faith if you came from a Protestant background, or if you are raised Catholic, you became more convince that the Catholic Church is indeed Biblical.
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I don’t blame you. Seriously. Some people have been to China and these same people say china is a catholic country.
 
I read the Bible and became faithless and agnostic, not sure if that counts.
 
wmscott said:
I read the Bible when I was a Christian (KJV), now that I am Catholic I read a Catholic Bible (RSV-CE2). But there is much, much more that needs to be read to experience the fullness of faith.
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Just a quick note on your terminology… you say “when I was a Christian,” then say, “now that I am Catholic…” You didn’t cease to be a Christian when you became Catholic!
 
After 12 years of poor catechism in the 70s and 80s, I was challenged by protestants about my Catholic faith. Yes, I hadn’t done major scripture studies, and couldn’t rattle off scriptures, so when I sat down to read all of the “evils” of the Catholic church in the Bible, it was like I was reading the mass.

I just got done reading Matthew yesterday in one day. Oh, he was quite a Catholic!!!

And to the Christian who became “Catholic”, please be more careful. It would be like me moving from California to Arizona and saying, I was a Californian and now I’m an American. (No California haters allowed to respond to that analogy, lol)
 
I was a Pentecostal for over 20 years and I was fairly knowledgeable of the Bible (or so I thought). There were always a few “troublesome” verses that never seemed to fit with my doctrine, but I would overlook them in hopes that one day I could integrate them with my beliefs. Our church even had a small Bible School for a few years and when I was tested for my Bible knowledge, I scored just under the senior pastor.

Nonetheless, when I began reading the Early Church Fathers, I realized that they interpreted things differently from me. As I revisited those troublesome verses, I found that they fit! I could see that the early Church had a more complete view of the entire body of Scripture - especially from the perspective of the Covenant.

I also saw that any one verse could easily lead one astray if it was read by itself rather than in the light of the entirety of Scripture. For example, Romans states that we are saved by faith…this by itself could be misconstrued to support sola fide. However, James states that faith without works is dead and that we are NOT justified by faith alone, but by faith AND works. It is a BOTH/AND scenario, not an EITHER/OR.

Scripture and the Tradition of the ECF’s all point to the one Catholic Church. Scripture alone will lead to 25,000 different opinions - depending on your point of view. Personally, I would rather trust those that lived closer to the time of Jesus and the Apostles rather than an individual who is 2,000 years removed from the actual events.

By the way, I, and my family will be entering the Church in the spring of 2008 and we are overjoyed with our decision.
 
CSJ said:
By the way, I, and my family will be entering the Church in the spring of 2008 and we are overjoyed with our decision.
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And we are overjoyed for you and your family. Welcome to the Church!!
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CSJ said:
I was a Pentecostal for over 20 years and I was fairly knowledgeable of the Bible (or so I thought). There were always a few “troublesome” verses that never seemed to fit with my doctrine, but I would overlook them in hopes that one day I could integrate them with my beliefs. Our church even had a small Bible School for a few years and when I was tested for my Bible knowledge, I scored just under the senior pastor.

Nonetheless, when I began reading the Early Church Fathers, I realized that they interpreted things differently from me. As I revisited those troublesome verses, I found that they fit! I could see that the early Church had a more complete view of the entire body of Scripture - especially from the perspective of the Covenant.

I also saw that any one verse could easily lead one astray if it was read by itself rather than in the light of the entirety of Scripture. For example, Romans states that we are saved by faith…this by itself could be misconstrued to support sola fide. However, James states that faith without works is dead and that we are NOT justified by faith alone, but by faith AND works. It is a BOTH/AND scenario, not an EITHER/OR.

Scripture and the Tradition of the ECF’s all point to the one Catholic Church. Scripture alone will lead to 25,000 different opinions - depending on your point of view. Personally, I would rather trust those that lived closer to the time of Jesus and the Apostles rather than an individual who is 2,000 years removed from the actual events.

By the way, I, and my family will be entering the Church in the spring of 2008 and we are overjoyed with our decision.
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'what an amazing testimony." if you desire the truth, the truth will find you". God be with you all always.
 
THE FORMATION OF THE BIBLE OCCURRED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, BEFORE THE EXISTENCE OF ANY OTHER NON-CATHOLIC (PROTESTANT) CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
THEREFORE, THE BIBLE IS A CATHOLIC DOCUMENT. THAT IS WHY IT IS NONSENSE TO TRY TO USE THE BIBLE, A CATHOLIC “BOOK”, WRITTEN AND PUT TOGETHER BY CATHOLICS, TO TRY AND DISPROVE CATHOLICISM.
If the Roman Catholic Church got it right when it put the Bible together (which it did) it must have been correct in all other doctrine the preceded the Bible, such as;
Confession, Communion of the Saints, Baptism and Infant Baptism, Veneration of Mary and the Saints, Intercessory Prayer, Relics, Sacraments and Sacramental’s, the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, the “Real Presence” of the Eucharist, the Mass… and the list goes on…
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Matthew (NAB) 16:18-19
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18 And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew (NAB) 16)
Matthew (NAB) 7:17-20******
15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?17 Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.20 So by their fruits you will know them. (Matthew (NAB) 7)
Ephesians (NAB) 4:2-6****
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love,3 striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:4 one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.7 (Ephesians (NAB) 4)

Ephesians (NAB) 2:18-22****
18 for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. 21 Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;22 in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Ephesians (NAB) 2)
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BrianH said:
See, you need to read the book AND see the movie, and then you would change your mind 😃 😉
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Nuh-uh! I did both. When I went to see The Passion of the Christ, to me, what I saw was what I see every time I go to Mass.

The next day I went to Mass and saw… the Movie taking place before my eyes.

It wasn’t the Bible that brought me back to the Catholic Church as much as the Book of Mormon LOL. :eek:

After giving the LDS boys their book (unread) back I realised I needed to get my act together. Really didn’t want to be a Catholic 😉 so I studied the ECF etc… which brought me back to the Church. 👍 Confrontations with Protestants brought me to the Bible, which has strengthened my Faith more each time I read it.

WOW! Mormons are responsible for me coming back to the Church but Protestants are responsible for me reading the Bible regularly and I am a better Catholic for it. 🤷
 
djrakowski said:
Just a quick note on your terminology… you say “when I was a Christian,” then say, “now that I am Catholic…” You didn’t cease to be a Christian when you became Catholic!
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true just a mis quote on my part.
 
I read the bible became protestant. I’ve attempted to live the bible and questioned protestantism. I studied the bible in depth and am returning to the Church.
 
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