I think that when we deny (reject) Christ we are in essence becoming anti-Christ–this definition necessitates that the person becomes the opposite of what he/she was:
…specially those who believe that the great umbrella covers them and all they have to do is claim the title (“I’m Catholic”).I wonder if WE as Catholics will be able to accept the truth then! We haven’t exactly been good stewards of Christ’s Church.
Man! If my confraternity didn’t have a “solid colors only” dress code, I would have that shirt. I used to have the shirt that said, “Protons have Mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic!” – but I gave it away to a friend who teaches chemistry at Salve Regina University.
I think what jmcrae is saying is that baptism imposes an indelible mark on the soul.
I was 30 years a firefighter/Paramedic. That’s where the name “hosemonkey” comes from.
Cool, thanks!
I’m not sure what you “think” I’m saying beyond the actual words I typed in and posted.
So far As I know Adolf Hitler was born into a Catholic Family and one would assume he was baptized as an infant as most Catholic Children are. Thus he would have been entered onto the rolls of the Church as catholic and would have technically remained so unitl one of two things happened under canon law.
Since neither of these things ever happened, so far as I am aware, then technically Hitler remained a catholic until the day He died.
- He formally quite the Church by written letter to the Diocese.
- He was excommunicated.
However, nothing technical can change who he was or where his true spirituality lay. He was consumed and overwhelmed by Evil and Lived that Evil until His dieing breath when He committed suicide.
In you response, you changed the term from Catholic to Christian. Since I don’t think that Christian is, strictly speaking, a denominational term but rather a set of beliefs professed, I would say that one ceases to be a Christian when one rejects Christian beliefs.
Does that Clarify things??:hypno:
Peace
James
They are converts and it is the year they were received into the Church.
It comes from the title of Steve Ray’s conversion story - it refers to the river Tiber that runs past the Vatican. To “cross the Tiber” or “swim the Tiber” is to convert to the Catholic faith.
Heck, “Swimming (or leaping or jumping) the Tiber,” is a term that has been in common use since the flood of Newman-style conversions in England in the 19th Century.It comes from the title of Steve Ray’s conversion story - it refers to the river Tiber that runs past the Vatican. To “cross the Tiber” or “swim the Tiber” is to convert to the Catholic faith.
So if one is a cradle catholic can you refer to yourslef as “thrown across the Tiber”?
Well, you could say you were baptized in the Tiber.So if one is a cradle catholic can you refer to yourslef as “thrown across the Tiber”?
You are 100% right… My family and I was stationed in Scotland (Holy Loch-Dunoon) from 81-83… The US government even shipped over my car and we travelled and found big difference between the Scots and English. Pity though… I didn’t get a chance to visit Wales.