[Gurn]

Johnny Schmuckfodder used to be a Calvinist, but now, look, he is a Catholic.

Very well put, sir.

I'd also add that the doctrine of praying to dead people (like, say, Mary) isn't sanctioned anywhere in the Old Testament.

[Miss Marple]

Well, we didn’t have saints in the Old Testament, did we?

I am a convert to Catholicism from Methodism. The reason I converted was my belief that the Catholic Church is closest to the Church Christ founded.

A study of the early Church shows many examples of the mass, confession, priests, etc.

I am not going to knock Protestants, but I do wonder how those who think their way is the correct one explain the 1500 years of Catholicism prior to the Reformation. Were all of those people wrong? Were they not saved?

[NYer]

I'd also add that the doctrine of praying to dead people (like, say, Mary) isn't sanctioned anywhere in the Old Testament.

2 Macc. 15:12-16