Three Ways Catholic Tradition Bolstered My Protestant Faith

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Interesting article from Christianity Today:
Ulf Ekman, the pastor of a prominent megachurch in Sweden, recently announced his conversion to Catholicism. Some Protestants responded to the news with the kind of intrigue and betrayal we might expect when a man defects from his country. Others of us were left standing on the shore, wondering, Should I go, too? What’s my religious heritage and where do I belong?
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I sympathize with Ekman’s urge to convert, although in my story, I had to leave the church entirely before I could appreciate either Protestantism or Catholicism. Fueled by a faith crisis in my early 20s, I shot myself out into a void of vague theism, floated in dark space for a while, and then eventually got tired of living without gravity, ritual, or community.
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More…
christianitytoday.com/women/2014/march/three-ways-catholic-tradition-bolstered-my-protestant-faith.html
 
Great article that I would like to add to the discussion in the ‘Offended at being called Protestant’ thread. Sacramental Protestants are more ‘catholic’ than Protestant.
 
👍 That was a beautiful article. Thanks for sharing.

I can identify with the author. There is a lot I love and respect about Catholicism even though I am not Catholic myself. Who knows…maybe one day I will cross the Tiber.
 
UnumCorpus said:
👍 That was a beautiful article. Thanks for sharing.

I can identify with the author. There is a lot I love and respect about Catholicism even though I am not Catholic myself. Who knows…maybe one day I will cross the Tiber.
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We will keep the lights on for ya.😃
 
Thank you for this article. Since I happen to love conversion stories, I have been following this story from Sweden. I always find those who have given up much to follow Christ so admirable and wonder if I had not been born Catholic, if I’d have been “smart” or “brave” enough to have converted.

I also get a whole new perspective when reading the comments after these type of articles. Wowsers - there are some serious misconceptions out there!

Kris
 
EvangelCatholic said:
Great article that I would like to add to the discussion in the ‘Offended at being called Protestant’ thread. Sacramental Protestants are more ‘catholic’ than Protestant.
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If you ever read Karl Keating Catholicism vs. Fundamentalism book, you would see that (what you already seem to know), if there was a Catholicism—Fundamentalist spectrum, Lutherans would be much closer to the former than the latter.
 
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