[Gamecock]

But, but, but, there are no converts to “Protestantism.”

[Petrosius]

But, but, but, there are no converts to “Protestantism.”

Who has ever made such an absurd claim? The first, of course, was Martin Luther who introduced his novel ideas 1500 years after the founding of Christianity. I would rather stay with the faith as it was founded by Jesus Christ and preserved by his church.

[CynicalBear]

Another great testimony! Thanks for posting that and the ping.

[Lee N. Field]

I've not found much about the man yet. He went on to labor in obscurity.

Except this: https://archive.org/details/Once_a_Jesuit_now_a_child_of_God His testimony, 51 minutes of audio.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Not a very convincing story. It would be one thing if he claimed the Catholic Church doesn’t interpret scripture correctly, but to claim he trained and served as a priest for years and hadn’t been exposed to the bible??? Give me a break. Sounds like he was a lousy priest seeking something to make up for him somehow tripping through the seminary without cracking a bible.

[Alex Murphy]

It took me many years to realize that I was compromising by staying in the Roman Catholic Church. Throughout all of those years I continued to stress that salvation is only in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross and not in infant baptism; that there is only one source of authority which is the Bible, the Word of God; and that there is no purgatory but rather that when we die we either go to heaven or hell, etc.

Here is where the conflict came. Seeing people depend upon such false and deceiving beliefs for their salvation was heart wrenching to me. I felt that maybe God could use me to change things in the Catholic Church. I even had prayer sessions with people who felt the same way. We prayed that God would change the Roman Catholic Church so that we could remain Catholics. But to remain Catholic, I now see, is to be living a compromised life.

I'm reminded of the conversion story of the FReeper AlaninSA. He used to be one of the more vocal Catholics on this board, incl. maintaining the Knights of Columbus pinglist. He left Catholicism's corruption behind and began attending an evangelical protestant church in the summer of 2009. He stopped posting in 2010. I wish him well.

[redleghunter]

What we now have a poorly cathechized Jesuit priest!