Protestants becoming Catholic

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Hamlet123 said:
**Someone correct me if I am wrong. G.K. Chesteron was purported to have said, “A Christian that knows history is condemned to be a Catholic.”
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I’ve been collecting, reading and studying Chesterton for nigh unto 50 years. Doesn’t ring a bell with me.

I have no doubt he’d agree with it.

GKC
 
MSSheBear said:
When I talked to my fundamentalist ex-employer about this her reaction to my conversion was that she never heard of a Christian becoming a Catholic just Catholics becoming Christians.:banghead:
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Ironically, that kind of attitude helped bring me back to the Church. If, in order to be a good member of a particular Protestant congregation, I’m required to believe that every Catholic I know is a non-Christian, well, maybe it is time I start going back to Mass. 😃

–Jen
 
Hamlet123 said:
**Someone correct me if I am wrong. G.K. Chesteron was purported to have said, “A Christian that knows history is condemned to be a Catholic.”
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You may be thinking of John Henry Cardinal Newman’s “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.”

–Jen
 
In my RICA class 1/2 the people attending were former protestants.:cool:
 
rfournier103 said:
I know that thousands of people ‘change sides’ every year. Some become Catholic, some become Protestant.

I’ve see several videos on youtube posted by various Protestant groups lamenting the large exodous of high profile Protestants (Evangelicals, in particular) to Catholicism. Is that a trend that is continuing today, or has that tailed off?

If it hasn’t tailed off, what keeps 'em coming; and why do the Protestants they leave behind get so mad? It’s not THEIR lives, so what’s the big deal?
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I like how you put your first sentence!! LOL

I don’t know about converts but I know about reverts:

I work in our church welcome home catholics program. I heard them say, once your Catholic that seed is planted too deep. They needed to come back. I also talked to a Lutheran Minister once and he said ex-Catholics are the hardest to keep in their Church. He said they seem to always return home. This same Lutheran Pastor said his son converted to Catholicism and he has NO problem with it. He said Catholics are Christians with a lot more “stuff”. LOL

I am happy to call Protestants my brother. I am so happy that Catholic Priest don’t waste there time with pulpit hate propaganda like a lot of our Protestant counter parts do. I think they do this because they are scared and know we are right. So they have to scare their parishioners into hating Catholics.

I know this year we have quite a few we are accepting into the Church this Easter Vigil!! 👍
 
JillianRose said:
I like how you put your first sentence!! LOL

I don’t know about converts but I know about reverts:

I work in our church welcome home catholics program. I heard them say, once your Catholic that seed is planted too deep. They needed to come back. I also talked to a Lutheran Minister once and he said ex-Catholics are the hardest to keep in their Church. He said they seem to always return home. This same Lutheran Pastor said his son converted to Catholicism and he has NO problem with it. He said Catholics are Christians with a lot more “stuff”. LOL

I am happy to call Protestants my brother. I am so happy that Catholic Priest don’t waste there time with pulpit hate propaganda like a lot of our Protestant counter parts do. I think they do this because they are scared and know we are right. So they have to scare their parishioners into hating Catholics.

I know this year we have quite a few we are accepting into the Church this Easter Vigil!! 👍
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I know a Lutheran minister who had a son convert to Catholicism! :hmmm:
 
aidanbradypop said:
And I also live in the midwest but not going as far as calling it great lol. Too much snow

I will check them out!
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hahaha!! I would not live anywhere else!! We just got our first 10 inch snow yesterday. You can’t complain. Good thing we don’t live out east.
 
The world is changing so rapidly these days, that I believe people are looking for something genuine, unchanging and just plain real.

Even with our warts and troubles, the Catholic faith still offers a person the genuine article, a faith that is unchanging and unwavering, that goes all the way back to Jesus and the Apostles. The “Rock” that is the Catholic faith gives true comfort in a rapidly changing world, where all our values are being thrown upside down and inside out.

I expect that the latest protestant development that is drawing in so many people, the non-denominational and mega church movement, is going to fall hard in the not to distant future. It simply cannot hold up to anyone with even a little historical background of the early Church, and then, I believe we will start to see massive influx into the Catholic faith…
 
jimcav said:
The world is changing so rapidly these days, that I believe people are looking for something genuine, unchanging and just plain real.

Even with our warts and troubles, the Catholic faith still offers a person the genuine article, a faith that is unchanging and unwavering, that goes all the way back to Jesus and the Apostles. The “Rock” that is the Catholic faith gives true comfort in a rapidly changing world, where all our values are being thrown upside down and inside out.

I expect that the latest protestant development that is drawing in so many people, the non-denominational and mega church movement, is going to fall hard in the not to distant future. It simply cannot hold up to anyone with even a little historical background of the early Church, and then, I believe we will start to see massive influx into the Catholic faith…
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You have a great point there. Our faith does not bend to social pressure or changes doctrine to suit individuals.

Many Protestant denominations are forever changing. If you do not like what a denomination preaches, simply start your own. :tsktsk:
 
aidanbradypop said:
You have a great point there. Our faith does not bend to social pressure or changes doctrine to suit individuals.

Many Protestant denominations are forever changing. If you do not like what a denomination preaches, simply start your own. :tsktsk:
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Exactly.

I believe our protestant friends are running out of places to go and things to try. Having found their main-line churches wanting, they now don’t believe that Christianity is even a religion nor did Christ leave us a Church. So they are now non-denominational and out there on there own translating and teaching scripture and pretty much doing whatever else they want. This “theology” simply cannot stand-up to close scrutiny. Soon, whether they want to or not, they will have to explore what the Catholic faith is and what we are about. They will have to deal with the 800lb, gorilla in the room!🙂
 
rfournier103 said:
  1. Those that are dissatisfied with the social liberalism of their communities.
  2. Those that researched the Church’s ‘family tree’ and ended up with Catholicism.
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When I was younger, it was #2.

These days, #1. I love that the church is consistent and doesn’t waver (and true!)

I don’t have to wonder what the leadership of the RCC thinks about an issue and there’s rational reasoning behind it. They don’t take an opinion poll before telling people what they think and they say it unabashedly.

It’s not even social liberalism. For me, It’s the fact that a lot of protestants are afraid to defend conservative values, even when they agree with the RCC!
 
JillianRose said:
I also talked to a Lutheran Minister once and he said ex-Catholics are the hardest to keep in their Church. He said they seem to always return home.
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They probably are reminded of “home” as they participate in the Lutheran liturgy. See, we’re helpful that way. 😃
 
I have been a Protestant my entire life. I come from a long line of Protestants. I was married in a Protestant church, and have been a loyal practicing Protestant for the last 25 plus years. Yet I have never felt as spiritually alive as I have since I started attending mass, and researching the Catholic church two years ago. I am presently in RCIA, and will become a full Catholic this Easter.
 
Elliepfiz said:
I have been a Protestant my entire life. I come from a long line of Protestants. I was married in a Protestant church, and have been a loyal practicing Protestant for the last 25 plus years. Yet I have never felt as spiritually alive as I have since I started attending mass, and researching the Catholic church two years ago. I am presently in RCIA, and will become a full Catholic this Easter.
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Awesome!! Congrats!!! Only a few more weeks!!
 
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