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What Must One Believe To Become a Roman Catholic?
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emarc
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you must love Jesus Christ and follow him. the Catholic Church is the Church Jesus founded, must therefore follow its teachings.
God bless.
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JanetF
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"We believe (I believe) in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and born of the Father before all ages. (God of God) light of light, true God of true God. Begotten not made, consubstantial to the Father, by whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary and was made man; was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of the Father, and shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose Kingdom there shall be no end. And (I believe) in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father (and the Son), who together with the Father and the Son is to be adored and glorified, who spake by the Prophets. And one holy, catholic and apostolic Church. We confess (I confess) one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for (I look for) the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen
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Joe_Kelley
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From the Vigil service -** I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches and proclaims to be revealed by God.
**Note that this is not to say that you have studied and agree with the Church, but that you accept the Catholic Church as the ultimate source of truth.
**Note that this is not to say that you have studied and agree with the Church, but that you accept the Catholic Church as the ultimate source of truth.
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MelanieAnne
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Hi East Anglican,
Good to see you! I’ve been to your part of the world, having relatives in Abberton, near Colchester. One of my family members even named their business after the name of the town of Abberton!
Perhaps an easier question to answer would be to let you know what differences there are between Catholicism and your faith tradition, if we only knew what it was. If you would let us know that would be helpful. There are often a lot of similarities and simply a few differences here and there. It might be more productive to concentrate on the differences. (Of course if you have no previous faith tradition, nevermind!)
I am a Catholic convert from the US Episcopal Church. The closest thing to the US Episcopal Church is the Church of England but the Anglican Church has many variations and some are very close to the Catholic Church and others are less so. This is why I ask.
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dixibehr
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You could start with the CCC.
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East_Anglican
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Because I lazily copied and pasted the title.Why Is Every Word Capitalized?
So far so good.
The problem is ones interpretation of the phrase “one holy, catholic and apostolic Church.”
So far so good.
Ah! I think here may be a problem.
Amen!
The problem is ones interpretation of the phrase “one holy, catholic and apostolic Church.”
The first problem here is ones interpretation of the phrase “the holy Catholic Church” If it is The whole church then I can except the statement.
I thought it was more of a village with a massive reservoir
Evangelical Charismatic Anglican with Anglo/catholic leanings
I thought it was more of a village with a massive resviour
The way the Episcopalians in the US are going, they’re a good reason to become Roman Catholic. The Church of England is holding out fortunately.
Do you mean this?
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
If only I had the time to read it all.
I think that what seperates us is mainly the ‘Upon this rock’ stuff.
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Joe_Kelley
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However you interpret it, that should be the Church you are asking to join. I think it is clear what is meant in the Easter Vigil context.
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JanetF
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CCC: …it is Christ who, through the Holy Spirit, makes his Church one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, and it is he who calls her to realize each of these qualities. …the Church is one because of her source: “the highest exemplary and source of this mystery is the unity, in the Trinity of Persons, of one God, the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit.” The Church is one because of her founder: for “the Word made flesh, the prince of peace, reconsiled all men to God by the cross,…restoring the unity of all in one people and one body.” The Church is one because of her “soul”.
816: The sole Church of Christ is that which our Savior, after his Resurrection, entrusted to Peter’s pastoral care, commissioning him and the other apostles to extend and rule it… This Church constituted and organized as a society in the present world, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him.
823 The Church … is held, as a matter of faith, to be unfailingly holy. This is because Christ, the Son of God, who with the Father and the Spirit is hailed as ‘alone holy,’ loved the church as his Bride, giving himself up for her so as to sanctify her…"
830: The Church is catholic in a double sense, 1) because Christ is present in her; 2) because she has been sent out by Christ on a mission to the whole of the human race.
857: The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways:
816: The sole Church of Christ is that which our Savior, after his Resurrection, entrusted to Peter’s pastoral care, commissioning him and the other apostles to extend and rule it… This Church constituted and organized as a society in the present world, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him.
823 The Church … is held, as a matter of faith, to be unfailingly holy. This is because Christ, the Son of God, who with the Father and the Spirit is hailed as ‘alone holy,’ loved the church as his Bride, giving himself up for her so as to sanctify her…"
830: The Church is catholic in a double sense, 1) because Christ is present in her; 2) because she has been sent out by Christ on a mission to the whole of the human race.
857: The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways:
- She was and remains built on “the foundation of the Apostles,” the witnesses chosen and sent on mission by Christ himself;
- with the help of the Spirit dwelling in her, the Church keeps and hands on the teaching, the “good deposit,” the salutary words she has heard from the apostles;
- she continues to be taught, sanctified, and guided by the apostles until Christ’s return, through their successors in pastoral office: the college of bishops, “assisted by priests, in union with the successor of Peter, the Church’s supreme pastor”.
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