What religion do you think has the simplest way of becoming a christian?

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What religion do you think has the simplest way of becoming a christian?
 
I need a prayer for my father. He passed away four months ago and I heard that if you pry for your departed loved one it will help them enter the kingdom of heaven.

I don’t know where else to ask for help.
 
JM1930 said:
I need a prayer for my father. He passed away four months ago and I heard that if you pry for your departed loved one it will help them enter the kingdom of heaven.

I don’t know where else to ask for help.
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I’ll say a prayer for him, but you’ll get more attention if you start a prayer thread. Just click on “New Topic” in the top right corner of the main page.
 
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Click on “New Topic,” and select the “Prayer Intentions” category.
 
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I think the Mormons. Offer this as a . baptism for the dead?
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I dunno about the LDS, but that’s def not a Catholic thing. We can pray and offer Masses for the dead, but you have to be alive to be baptized.
 
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The priest at his funeral said it was a Catholic prayer but he didn’t tell us/me.
 
Catholics do not do Baptism for the Dead. Baptism is confined to living people.

If your father is dead, then assuming he is not already in Heaven or in Hell, he is in purgatory, where souls that are saved but not yet ready to enter Heaven go to be purified.
We pray for the souls in purgatory daily.
I will pray for your father. I will do a plenary indulgence for him which should help him to enter Heaven if he is in need of such help. You also should pray for your father.
 
Getting back to the OP’s topic…

You can become “a Christian” by simply believing in Christ without needing to affiliate with a religion. However, since we believe that the best way to Christ is through his One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, you should join that church if you really want to be the best Christian and closest to Christ, including receiving Him in Holy Communion.

As for “simple”, there are plenty of nondenominational Protestant churches that believe in Christ where you can basically just walk in off the street and join and if you don’t happen to like what the preacher is saying you can quit.

I don’t think “simple” = “best” here. Truly loving Christ requires effort. Valid Baptism and other valid sacraments are also required if you want to follow Christ’s teaching.
 
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evangelical said:
What religion do you think has the simplest way of becoming a christian?
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Being a Christian is not about being easy or simple. It is about faith and sacrifice. It is hard, as the Gospel tells us many times.
 
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You can become “a Christian” by simply believing in Christ without needing to affiliate with a religion. However, since we believe that the best way to Christ is through his One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, you should join that church if you really want to be the best Christian and closest to Christ, including receiving Him in Holy Communion.

As for “simple”, there are plenty of nondenominational Protestant churches that believe in Christ where you can basically just walk in off the street and join and if you don’t happen to like what the preacher is saying you can quit.

I don’t think “simple” = “best” here. Truly loving Christ requires effort. Valid Baptism and other valid sacraments are also required if you want to follow Christ’s teaching.
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+1

This answer should be a sticky for this post.
 
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