Why do Protestants become Catholic?

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believers:
About this Church you’re referring to. This is the same church that is the Body of Christ, His Sheep, His true followers, rt?
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Yes, it is the same body, and it is the Catholic Church. One and the same.
 
Where will you find the words Incarnation, Trinity, or even Church of Jesus in the New Testament? Yet you seem to believe these things, though they are implicit in the Word of God. However…in one of the very earliest of letters of a bishop from one church to another, he called the church just exactly that.
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A while back someone actually showed a verse in Acts that actually does say the Church is Catholic. I forget the verse but I think the words were something like ‘Cat olica’ in the Greek. It has the same meaning as Catholica.
 
Ok, so I say we move on without her. The original topic of this thread was, “Why do Protestants become Catholic?” In light of our recent posts here, I have several answers.
  1. They want a closer relationship with Jesus.
  2. They seek the truth, and they find it in Rome.
  3. They realize that the Protestant movement was an act of heresy.
  4. They search for Biblical support of Protestant beliefs and they can’t find it.
Gosh…I guess I could go on all day. But I won’t.

Have a blessed day everyone!
 
Being a baby Catholic, I look at all this as Mr. Spock of Star Trek would say “Fascinating Captain…”

Three other interesting co-threads would be:
Why don’t Protestents become Catholic?
and
Why don’t Catholics stay in the Church, and what will it take for us to retain more?
and finally (drum roll…)
Why don’t trouble making Protestents stay on their own website?
 
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sadie2723:
Ok, so I say we move on without her. The original topic of this thread was, “Why do Protestants become Catholic?” In light of our recent posts here, I have several answers.
  1. They want a closer relationship with Jesus.
  2. They seek the truth, and they find it in Rome.
  3. They realize that the Protestant movement was an act of heresy.
  4. They search for Biblical support of Protestant beliefs and they can’t find it.
Gosh…I guess I could go on all day. But I won’t.

Have a blessed day everyone!
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I’ll add one more that I could not shake when I was making my way through all of the above. I could not get around the fact that to remain Protestant, I had to pretend that a true church did not exist between the death of the Apostles and the birth of Calvin and Luther. When I read the writings of the Christians throughout the ages that were a witness to what the Church looked like before the Reformation, I could not ignore them. It was a shock that changed me forever. I saw things from an eternal perspective for the first time and not just from the perspective of my life only.
 
We were talking at RCIA last night about how Protestents could justify their positions on certain parts of scripture? (gasp the thought that a Catholic would use the Bible to defend their faith)

I brought up that most of the time it is just glossed over.
I never got a real study of John that addressed John 6.
We never studied baptism, repentance.
We never studied the Lords Supper.
We never studied Mary the Blessed Virgin Mother
We never studied any of the saints, praying for the dead,
We never really looked at ancient Old Testament Liturgy
We were starved of who knows, maybe 50% of the Bible

We fight not against flesh and blood but principalities and powers.
 
Why does a Protestant become Catholic? maybe because we want to stop “protest-ing” and become united.

I have been raised my entire life in Pentecostal churches, some non-denominational and some denominational. I am over 45 years old and I can find just about any verse you want to mention or back up why my church believes this or that. I have personally investigated those beliefs one by one. I love to study the Bible and discuss and go to church and praise and worship and pray and I have been baptized, “sanctified” and filled with the Holy Ghost with “speaking in other tongues” (which is not the issue here) but until I was willing to consider what God was saying through the Catholic church I could not find the answers that I was looking for. I have studied the Jewish side of things for over 10 years and understand what many Jewish things in the old and new testament scriptures mean but I ignored the fact that after the Jewish christians came the Catholic christians. It is funny that so many Protestant churches will not teach church history from before Martin Luther. I was naive enough to believe that all the early church was “Pentecostal” and it drained out of them and they became Catholic. I have searched for years for the unbroken line. I finally found it when I became willing to consider that God actually was in the Catholic church and it was the one that Jesus began. There is a richness to the faith that I have missed because I only had a shadow of it. I have told many of my Catholic friends that if a Catholic converts it is usually because he did not understand the richness of his faith. But when a Protestant understands the truth and receives it he won’t leave it because he has come home. Yay! I have come home! and let me tell you I am the only one in my family for as far back as you want to go in my family tree and as far wide in the geneaology which is very sad. I know they are and have all been godly people and have given me a godly heritage and love for God and his word and his people and I will always be grateful for it but they need to be willing to open their eyes and minds. It is scary but God will not let go of you. 👍
 
Ted CharlotteNC:
Why don’t trouble making Protestents stay on their own website?
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Actually, I like the majority of Protestants that come here. They help sharpen my debating skills.
 
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deb1:
Actually, I like the majority of Protestants that come here. They help sharpen my debating skills.
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The holy Spirit moves in mysterious ways. Who knows how the Truth will haunt them when they least expect it? Or when? It might be years, it might be on the brink of death, that they have an understanding that stubborn will would not allow. In any case, everyone will know for sure “on the other side”. :rolleyes:
 
By the way, welcome Home wannaB! Pretty soon you’ll have to change your name to I_M…
 
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WannaBCatholic:
Why does a Protestant become Catholic? maybe because we want to stop “protest-ing” and become united.

I have been raised my entire life in Pentecostal churches, some non-denominational and some denominational. I am over 45 years old and I can find just about any verse you want to mention or back up why my church believes this or that. I have personally investigated those beliefs one by one. I love to study the Bible and discuss and go to church and praise and worship and pray and I have been baptized, “sanctified” and filled with the Holy Ghost with “speaking in other tongues” (which is not the issue here) but until I was willing to consider what God was saying through the Catholic church I could not find the answers that I was looking for. I have studied the Jewish side of things for over 10 years and understand what many Jewish things in the old and new testament scriptures mean but I ignored the fact that after the Jewish christians came the Catholic christians. It is funny that so many Protestant churches will not teach church history from before Martin Luther. I was naive enough to believe that all the early church was “Pentecostal” and it drained out of them and they became Catholic. I have searched for years for the unbroken line. I finally found it when I became willing to consider that God actually was in the Catholic church and it was the one that Jesus began. There is a richness to the faith that I have missed because I only had a shadow of it. I have told many of my Catholic friends that if a Catholic converts it is usually because he did not understand the richness of his faith. But when a Protestant understands the truth and receives it he won’t leave it because he has come home. Yay! I have come home! and let me tell you I am the only one in my family for as far back as you want to go in my family tree and as far wide in the geneaology which is very sad. I know they are and have all been godly people and have given me a godly heritage and love for God and his word and his people and I will always be grateful for it but they need to be willing to open their eyes and minds. It is scary but God will not let go of you. 👍
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Welcome home! As the first Catholic in my family for about five generations, I can relate. I thought that my parents would have a heart attack when I told them that I was going to convert, but six months later there they were at my confirmation. Since then, they have been back to Mass and continue to ask me questions from time to time. This year, my Dad asked me to bring him a Catholic Bible. For the first time in my life, my Dad is taking a really hard look at the scriptures. I warned him about that, as I believe that the harder you look…the closer to Rome you get! 🙂

Do I think that they will convert. Probably not, but they are making an effort to understand why their son did, and they are proud of me following my faith and taking an active interest in getting closer to God. Here are some of the things that they have noticed.

Mom: You know, since Brad became Catholic I have noticed that he:
  1. Never misses church on Sunday
  2. Studies the Bible a lot more
  3. Talks about his faith more
  4. Lives his faith more
  5. Does not sware as much as he did (but he still does it too much)
  6. Pretty much tries to be a Christian all the time
I think that these are just a few reasons that they are looking into it. And, with God’s grace, they may just find their way home!

One thing that I do want to say. When you read what I write, you may think that I have turned into someone who is against Protestants. That is not the case. I love them. I was one. The only thing that I want to do here is jolt a few people back to reality and make them seek the truth. That is all you have to do really…if you seek truth you find Rome on your own. The Holy Spirit makes sure of it every time! You gotta love that guy!
 
I was a fallen away Catholic, experienced a spiritual conversion in a Protestant non-denominational Church (Charismatic) but eventually became very confused with all the “Faith”, “Prosperity”
gospels bandied about. I could not find a place where i could call home…until i experienced a renewal (once again) at a Charismatic Catholic Retreat WOW, this started an intellectual journey in studying the early Church Fathers, History of the Catholic Church, and then what sealed it was a book on “Our Lady of Fatima”. She got me!!!
Plus, i feel somehow my mother’s prayers all these years helped alot!

I am at Home!!! Welcome home to all my ex-Protestant brethren!

Yea, Jesus is really, really Present in the Eucharist.
He is Awesome!!!

Another son of Mary!
 
Just want to throw in that a very good protestant conversion story is the testimony of Scott and Kimberly Hahn - available on-line and on CD. Great witnesses to truth - IMHO. 👍
 
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Julia1:
Are you “NiceFundamental” under a different name now?

Well now that depends…sometimes I can be very nice and then sometimes I can be not so very nice…

Depends on which way the wind blows… 🙂
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Julia1, I think you are missing it…they are not asking if you “are” a nice fundamental, but rather “NiceFundamental”…which is my moniker.

So to clear up any confussion, the answer is “No”.
 
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jim1130:
NiceFundamental & Julia1, or whomever you choose to be right now,
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Not one in the same. Am I that appalling? (no offense Julia1).
 
Jeanette L:
I’ll add one more that I could not shake when I was making my way through all of the above. I could not get around the fact that to remain Protestant, I had to pretend that a true church did not exist between the death of the Apostles and the birth of Calvin and Luther. When I read the writings of the Christians throughout the ages that were a witness to what the Church looked like before the Reformation, I could not ignore them. It was a shock that changed me forever. I saw things from an eternal perspective for the first time and not just from the perspective of my life only.
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Well said.
 
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jim1130:
Peace

Are you “NiceFundamental” under a different name now?

Peace.
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I am interested to know why you think Julia1 is me? You may PM me if you wish…

Can I sue you for defamation of character? teehee.
 
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NiceFundamental:
Not one in the same. Am I that appalling? (no offense Julia1).
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I think what has caused the confusion about identity is the common *spirit * of scorn or mocking. There seem to be only a few on these boards that have that trait. Our Lord often cautions us about the way in which we treat each other, especially when using words. I know these aren’t spoken words here, but they are the same in spirit. Christ himself was scorned and mocked, He understands what it does to a soul. It can cause someone to stumble, and it often times is used here for just that purpose, to cause someone to react in a sinful way. That means that it is the Tempter who is truly behind it.

One thing I’ve noticed in my short time on this forum, it seems to be the fellow Christians who engage in that spirit more consistantly than others. It’s very sad. I’m sure our Lord is proud of His children at these times, huh? 😦
 
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NiceFundamental:
Not one in the same. Am I that appalling? (no offense Julia1).
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Something else that probably leads to the confusion is that both you and Julia only list your birthdates on your profile(yeah, I do read them:) ) which gives you both another similarity.
 
The one major difference I find between a former Catholic and former Protestant is the knowledge that Jesus paid the price for our salvation IN FULL. In other words, there’s nothing more we can do as Christians but to believe and obey. Every former Protestant I asked knows this to be true. However, every former Catholic I asked did not.
 
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