Should we evangelize Protestants?

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Timothy888:
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dennisknapp:
What then is the proper response to this? For me it was becoming a complete Christian by entering the Catholic Church.

I value truth and desire to align my life to it, therefore I could no longer remain a Protestant.

This is not to say that Protestant are 100% wrong, on the contrary, I would say most of them are 85% right. But when you have been made aware of the other 15% and come to believe it is true, then you must follow the truth where ever it leds.

Peace

For me it was the opposite, still you are right up to a point, you seem to forget that we are all Catholics, we are indeed all universal (Catholic) Christians, Christ called us all out of darkness and into light. We are all a part of His Body and partake all of the same communion, the only problem is politics, Jesus was no politician, we should try to be more like Him, i think everyone who’s a Christian feels the same way, yet nothing is easy.
I was never in favour of ordaining women, it’s not up to me though, worse, Gods’ Word is against it, still it happens and it’s sad, women are the best supporters of any good man, yet everyone seems to convieniantly forget original sin these days, a pity, considering Jesus died to forgive us of it!
Why do it all over again!!
I’m happy for you and wish you the best, because i think you found the way and have followed it.
God bless you
Tim
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I think you misunderstand me. I am not saying becoming a Catholic was just the “best for me.”

I think everyone should belong to the Catholic Church, because the Catholic Church is the fullest expression of the Truth.

While it is true that we are all Christians by our baptism, it is not true that all churches are the same, and therefore where it does not matter the church one attends. On the contrary, Truth is truth no matter your personal preferences.

Politics? No, Truth.

And Jesus was all about truth, for He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

I hope and pray you one day return to the fullness of Truth, but in order to do that you have to value it as you value Christ, for they are the same Person.

Peace
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Dear Ones, What is really necessary is for the true believer to evangelize every sectarian “denominational” follower of man and the doctrines of man back** into** the Lord and into the Holy Spirit. We are warned of false teachers and doctrines in the letters of John and Jude and Peter, perhaps before Paul ever reached Rome. Why wait till judgement day to find out that what man institutes is never sufficient but what God institutes is never insufficient. The Doctrines of the Bible, withheld from the people for 1000 years by the Roman “church” are more than sufficient. It is very unwise to go beyond what is written or to add to it. A return to the Way of the 1st century is a noble and acceptable goal for anyone who names the name of Christ Jesus The Lord. Noprotest. PS: in this Way there is no controversy over the sins and traumas of so called “church” activities in History, one simply repents of false and non-essential doctrine, of specious and ill motivated constructs, and moves on!
 
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Dear Ones, What is really necessary is for the true believer to evangelize every sectarian “denominational” follower of man and the doctrines of man back** into** the Lord and into the Holy Spirit. We are warned of false teachers and doctrines in the letters of John and Jude and Peter, perhaps before Paul ever reached Rome. Why wait till judgement day to find out that what man institutes is never sufficient but what God institutes is never insufficient. The Doctrines of the Bible, withheld from the people for 1000 years by the Roman “church” are more than sufficient. It is very unwise to go beyond what is written or to add to it. A** return to the Way of the 1st century is a noble and acceptable goal for anyone who names the name of Christ Jesus The Lord.** Noprotest. PS: in this Way there is no controversy over the sins and traumas of so called “church” activities in History, one simply repents of false and non-essential doctrine, of specious and ill motivated constructs, and moves on!
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So, return to the Catholic Church and thus be reunited with the Way of the 1st century Church.

Turn away from the “traditons of men” but forth by the “reformers” of the 16th century and embrace the Truth set down by Christ and the Church He established.

Peace
 
Oh sorry dennisknapp

I thought you’d truely learnt the truth!
You see there is only one Church, it is called the chuch of Christ, it is his body, He is the head, but it has many parts, it is sad, i had the same animosity towards the Roman Catholic Church at first, though i have since learnt that the church of Rome is but one part of the whole.
Oh well, grow in God and learn.
Don’t hold this wish against me, i have no wish to convert a believer in Christ, only those who don’t!
It was a pity when i left the Roman Church, but i learnt much more than they were willing to give a lay person, at the time i left, bible study was frowned upon, so i really didn’t have a choice, i thirsted after the word of God and, having asked for fullfilment was granted it.
It doesn’t make life simple, but fullfilling it is, God fills full to overflowing.
Though i have become a diabetic, i still have a full life, for that i’m more than thankfull.
I hope you learn tolerance and truely be carefull about what you judge.
Still without any pity or nastiness i do think that for you, you made the right choice, when it showed you the way to the mercy of Jesus and the love of God
 
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noprotest:
Dear Ones, What is really necessary is for the true believer to evangelize every sectarian “denominational” follower of man and the doctrines of man back** into** the Lord and into the Holy Spirit. We are warned of false teachers and doctrines in the letters of John and Jude and Peter, perhaps before Paul ever reached Rome. Why wait till judgement day to find out that what man institutes is never sufficient but what God institutes is never insufficient. The Doctrines of the Bible, withheld from the people for 1000 years by the Roman “church” are more than sufficient. It is very unwise to go beyond what is written or to add to it. A return to the Way of the 1st century is a noble and acceptable goal for anyone who names the name of Christ Jesus The Lord. Noprotest. PS: in this Way there is no controversy over the sins and traumas of so called “church” activities in History, one simply repents of false and non-essential doctrine, of specious and ill motivated constructs, and moves on
So a very noprotest kind of thing my son, but you must protest against wrong in any form!
For it is written that we must stand against that which is evil, and hold up that which is good!
Not everything in any Church of Christ is good, yet not everything is bad, it’s hard to stand against policy and still remain, when one remains, then one bows to policy, i’m married, i couldn’t, niether did the apostles, some married, some didn’t, nuns and monks were older people, as advised by Peter and Paul.
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Timothy888:
Oh sorry dennisknapp

I thought you’d truely learnt the truth!
You see there is only one Church, it is called the chuch of Christ, it is his body, He is the head, but it has many parts, it is sad, i had the same animosity towards the Roman Catholic Church at first, though i have since learnt that the church of Rome is but one part of the whole.
Oh well, grow in God and learn.
Don’t hold this wish against me, i have no wish to convert a believer in Christ, only those who don’t!
It was a pity when i left the Roman Church, but i learnt much more than they were willing to give a lay person, at the time i left, bible study was frowned upon, so i really didn’t have a choice, i thirsted after the word of God and, having asked for fullfilment was granted it.
It doesn’t make life simple, but fullfilling it is, God fills full to overflowing.
Though i have become a diabetic, i still have a full life, for that i’m more than thankfull.
I hope you learn tolerance and truely be carefull about what you judge.
Still without any pity or nastiness i do think that for you, you made the right choice, when it showed you the way to the mercy of Jesus and the love of God
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Since when is it intolerant to believe the truth? Truth is exclusive and therefore it is intolerant, not me.

I have a responsiblity before God to align myself with the Truth, and this Truth is found its fullest expression in the Catholic Church.

Also, the Roman Church is not just one church among many churches, it is the Church Christ established 2000 years ago. To equate The Church with the churches that broke away from her is to denies the facts of history.

I am sorry about your experience of the Catholic Church, but this has no bearing on the Truth. The truth is the truth no matter our experiences or feelings.

I am not saying this to be harsh, but if we do not have the truth we do not have anything.

Peace
 
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Timothy888:
Oh sorry dennisknapp

I thought you’d truely learnt the truth!
You see there is only one Church, it is called the chuch of Christ, it is his body, He is the head, but it has many parts, it is sad, i had the same animosity towards the Roman Catholic Church at first, though i have since learnt that the church of Rome is but one part of the whole.
Oh well, grow in God and learn.
Don’t hold this wish against me, i have no wish to convert a believer in Christ, only those who don’t!
It was a pity when i left the Roman Church, but i learnt much more than they were willing to give a lay person, at the time i left, bible study was frowned upon, so i really didn’t have a choice, i thirsted after the word of God and, having asked for fullfilment was granted it.
It doesn’t make life simple, but fullfilling it is, God fills full to overflowing.
Though i have become a diabetic, i still have a full life, for that i’m more than thankfull.
I hope you learn tolerance and truely be carefull about what you judge.
Still without any pity or nastiness i do think that for you, you made the right choice, when it showed you the way to the mercy of Jesus and the love of God
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Timothy888, You espouse the most relativistic sort of stuff I’ve heard in a long time. According to what you are saying there is different truth for different people and that’s all the same Christianity? “What is truth for you is right for you and from the Spirit of God” But is God the author of confusion? Then what is the truth (said Pontius Pilate) ? Then why all the varied doctrines that vary from denom or sect or “non-denom” to denom? That makes no sense.
 
surf(name removed by moderator)ure:
Whom here are you trying to show God’s law?

And please, PLEASE, quit with the smiley faces.
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Hi Surf, To any unbeliever. Dont be such a party pooper. 😃 I love those Icons, 😉 God Bless
 
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dennisknapp:
Since when is it intolerant to believe the truth? Truth is exclusive and therefore it is intolerant, not me.

I have a responsiblity before God to align myself with the Truth, and this Truth is found its fullest expression in the Catholic Church.

Also, the Roman Church is not just one church among many churches, it is the Church Christ established 2000 years ago. To equate The Church with the churches that broke away from her is to denies the facts of history.

I am sorry about your experience of the Catholic Church, but this has no bearing on the Truth. The truth is the truth no matter our experiences or feelings.

I am not saying this to be harsh, but if we do not have the truth we do not have anything.

Peace
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RIGHT ON!

It’s a shame that the word “tolerance” is thrown around so loosely in this “politically correct” day and age. Tolerating falsehood is like tolerating cancer. Doing so results in complete corruption.
 
It was a pity when i left the Roman Church, but i learnt much more than they were willing to give a lay person, at the time i left, bible study was frowned upon, so i really didn’t have a choice, i thirsted after the word of God and, having asked for fullfilment was granted it.
It doesn’t make life simple, but fullfilling it is, God fills full to overflowing.
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I am over 60 years old and have never seen a time when the Catholic Church discouraged study of the Holy Scripture.

Even as a kid, we had 2 solid weeks of “Bible History” study “Summer School” with the nuns, studying the Bible from Genesis to Apocolypsys -(Revelation for those who left their Catholic Bibles behind).

I had a large extended family of relatives . Around 10 married uncles each with several children. We were really “Catholic” in those days.

**Every family had a family Bible. Some read it regularly. Some didn’t. One read it through, front to back at least once a year. Noone was Ever discouraged from reading or talking about the Bible in any of our large extended Catholic family. **

Perhaps you should check your memory again. Maybe you are remembering a common anti-catholic myth. Or maybe Your family just didn’t like to read… period.http://forums.catholic-questions.org/images/icons/icon9.gif

Robert Mader
 
Well said Robin! I’m only about 10 years younger than you and I remember it the way you tell it sir, and I grew up and live in the “Bible belt” of the deep South and I recall all kinds of Bibles and readings and all of it just as you said. It’s pretty much the same among devout Catholics today.

Note: Can one who chooses to disobey Church teachings and contracept really be called “devout”? I wouldn’t think so. This has never been a matter of personal conscience, and we have a duty to form a right conscience in any case. Our modern society rejects the concepts of self-discipline and (even more so) self-sacrifice.
Pax vobiscum,
 
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psychemusic:
Spoken,

Are you familiar with the scripture “Judge not, lest you be judged?” Know what it was talking about? Not judging the actions of people, but judging their hearts. That includes determining for yourself whether or not they’re “saved.” If this is what you do, you’re in danger of Divine retribution.
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Hi psych, I,m not judging others but simply telling them of Gods judgement, that God has judged all the world as being guilty before Him [romans 3;19-23]. 😉 God Bless
 
What then is the proper response to this? For me it was becoming a complete Christian by entering the Catholic Church.
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I don’t know the proper response to this. I don’t even know if there is one. But if it pleases you to talk it to death, then go right ahead. I find it frustrating.
 
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Curious:
I don’t know the proper response to this. I don’t even know if there is one. But if it pleases you to talk it to death, then go right ahead. I find it frustrating.
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Talk it to death? Why is discussing this issue talking it to death?

What of truth?

Peace
 
Is not evangelism supposed to be directed to sharing our faith with non-believers?

Now…that said, if a non-Catholic shows an interest in our faith, then I see nothing at all wrong with inviting him into full communion and encouraging that. As for actively seeking to convert members of other non-Catholic Christian religions, I say no and I would appreciate it deeply if they would do the same for us and they patently do not…

“What of truth?” indeed. Never fail to present what we have to anyone who asks. (1st Peter 3:15)
 
I like what Saint Francis said, and I believe he would say this in reference to this thread - to protestants or whomever

"Preach the Gospel at all times –
– when necessary, use words."​
 
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Curious:
Discussing then. Whatever you like. And what do you mean “what of truth?” What of it?
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It is the goal of all honest people to align themselves to the truth.

Through study I discovered the Catholic Church to be true.

In order to remain honest I had to align myself to the truth thereby becoming a Catholic.

This desire for the truth motivates me to share it with others, and that is why I share it with you. I hope that you find the truth just as I have and align your life to it.

Peace
 
It is the goal of all honest people to align themselves to the truth.
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Through study I discovered the Catholic Church to be true.
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In order to remain honest I had to align myself to the truth thereby becoming a Catholic.
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This desire for the truth motivates me to share it with others, and that is why I share it with you. I hope that you find the truth just as I have and align your life to it.
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Peace
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I want to find the truth too. I’m trying…and occasionally I’ll try to say something here. Then I just confuse myself.

But yes. I am also seeking the truth. 🙂
 
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