re: Considering converting to Catholicism in this new year. Any converts here with advice?

Protestant for 37 years. No one did anything. Grew up in the “Bible Belt”. Protestantism is one of the biggest lies perpetrated on human kind. Was always taught the Catholics were the boogeyman. One day I decided to start reading on the history of my faith. Early church fathers, desert fathers, manuscripts, summa theologa. There is no one that could read all of this and come out of the other side a non Catholic. I had a solid Bible foundation, salvation is Jesus Christ alone. Now I have the TRUE Church. Martin Luther was a maniac. Yes there were abuses going on but it could have been dealt with. Read what else made him remove Bible books, specific verses Calvin fought him on to keep amongst other things. My life is better. My family is better. God is good. Contact me anytime.

I find it hilarious that any thinking person would join an organization that purposely hide child molestation.
Like, it wasn’t “here or there”. It was wide spread.
And well documented.

Also, a church with a history of indulgences.

I’m thinking if you could magically ask Jesus his opinion of modern churches, especially Catholics, you would be surprised by his disgust.

I feel you.

I was reared as a Southern Methodist. Even as a child the only thing about it that stirred me was the old Protestant hymns. So I just stopped going.

In my early 30s I started going to church with a friend and some other renegade Episcopalians who used the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and things like that. I also started reading and studying.

After about seven years of learning all I could I came to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is the only true religion so I started attending regularly and signed up for an RCIA class.

I understand the family dynamics. My grandmother was a staunch Southern Baptist. My parents were doing the only thing they knew. It is hard to do but you have to dismiss what your family says and does. Go where you are led.

I can honestly say that I have never met any Protestant who can tell you what they believe other than it is not Catholic. And every Protestant I have ever known who commented on the Catholic Church was wrong 100 percent of the time.

My advice to you would be to schedule a face to face meeting with a priest. He can answer some of your questions but to get a comprehensive understanding of Catholicism you need to attend an RCIA class.

I used to refer to myself as a convert but not anymore. I read something that was spot on. A Christian who leaves a Protestant church and joins a Catholic church is not a convert. A convert would be a Christian who became a Jew, Muslim, or some other non-Christian religion. Leaving a Protestant church for the Catholic Church is not a conversion. It is a completion.

Becoming a Catholic is the one thing I have done in my life that I know with absolute certainty was the right thing to do.

Please come home for the first time. And I will say a prayer for you.

It’s you can either read the Bible and make decisions for yourself (Protestantism) or your told by the pope what to believe and do (Catholicism). Just different types of people I guess

[quote] Take solace in the fact that Catholics were the Christians[quote] Newsflash, Christians were already practicing when Constantine became a believer and started the church. Know why they call it a mass? Because it was a service made for the masses. The emperor became a Christian so everyone had to be a Christian. That’s where the catholic church came from. It’s the Roman government.

Follow your heart. Jesus will show you the way. We don't worship Mary. We adore her. Non Catholics use that argument to justify why they don't follow the true church. The Catholic Church was started by Jesus Christ. The other 40,000 denominations throughout the world were started by man.

The next time you are at a relative’s house, one of those who say Catholics worship Mary, find a photo or painting of a relative hanging on their wall and ask them why they worship that person. They will say they don't, they just adore them and want to remember them. Well the same thing with Catholics regarding Mary.

Exactly. Jesus came to start a church but it took 1,800 years for literacy rates to reach above 50%, so he didn’t want all those people who couldn’t read and decide for themselves to know him.

OR he came to establish a visible Church that is one, truly, catholic and apostolic to guide the nations.

Let pride make every man his own authority.

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The Catholic Church was started by Jesus Christ

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Holy catholic church yes. Not Roman Catholic Church.

Wildest thing I’ve ever heard someone say is “we’re not Christian, we’re Catholic.”