He became a Catholic the same reason as most who are Catholic continue it. It is EASIER since you need no real FAITH since you confess to a human priest for forgiveness (you can hear “you are forgiven”). You say all the hail mary’s and pray to numerous other humans in hopes that you may be heard just in case Jesus isn’t enough. You make vows that if someone is healed you will do this and/or that type of works. You hold a piece of human made material called rosaries because you must feel, touch, and see your faith. You call a man the holy father so you can see your god. You believe in purgatory so that you have a second chance to get it right since you’re not really sure about this chance. Your pope claims evolution is truth, but nobody has any proof that it is more than a theory. You claim that your church is the only saving church, but Revelation proves that some of all nations, tongues, and peoples will go to Heaven. You by your own admission admit that the Bible isn’t the only authority you go by (catechism), but yet the Bible teaches exclusively that any other teachings is of Satan. You and muslims worship the same god according to your pope. Satan’s biggest advantage is to attack our sense of touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing so we must do something for our Salvation. Faith requires that you trust in God the Father by His Holy Spirit and His Holy Word no more no less. You can’t touch, smell, taste, see, or hear your religion, your denomination, your faith, or your God you must trust your heart, your Faith, and the Holy Spirit. You drink the real blood and eat the real body of Christ because you have to appease your human senses and not Worship by your Faith. Your Faith is lacking so you must do all the man stuff to feel good about your denomination and your god, but that isn’t of the True Real God. No sugar coating just the Truth sorry if you are offended, but it is what it is.
Amen........
We walk by faith and not by sight.
“but yet the Bible teaches exclusively that any other teachings is of Satan”.
Show me in the Bible where it says the Bible is the sole authority on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Show me in the Bible where the word sola scriptura is mentioned.
Newman became Catholic because he was seeking the truth, and the true is the Catholic Church, whether you want to believe it or not.
Really? Where do you find that written? Certainly not in 2 Thess 2:15, where Paul commends the Thessalonians for holding fast to the traditions he gave them, "whether by word of mouth or by letter"
The preaching of the Apostles wasn't in the Bible -- and we know it wasn't all written down -- yet the Bible points to it as authoritative. It even points to the preaching of those men put in charge of the church by the Apostles as authoritative (1 Tm 4:11, 2 Tm 2:2, Heb 13:7, etc.)
But you preach something else. And if you can't show it to me in the Bible, doesn't it condemn itself as a doctrine of Satan?