Indeed.
After I was born again I tried to stay in the Catholic church.
I was a cradle Catholic, educated in Catholic schools, married to a cradle Catholic. All my children were being raised Catholic and I had many very active Catholic ministries and I was very active in my parish.
I thought I could reconcile my new faith in Christ as my Savior with Catholicism .
But it seemed the more and more I studied scripture the more and more I could see the non scriptural error taught by the Catholic church. I started to go to evening services at an AOG and hoped that would help me bridge the gap. After 3 years I could no longer justify staying Catholic, I held almost no doctrine in common with the RC anymore.
I left for purely doctrinal reasons.
As for Protestants becoming Catholics..
No one has ever said that ALL those that call themselves Protestant are regenerate (saved) . Many have been raised in the Protestant church or have made a decision to attend a certain church with little thought to doctrine.
Having an intellectual assent to a doctrine does not save anyone. Attending a church every Sunday does not save anyone or imply they are saved, teaching Sunday school or having a degree in Theology does not mean anyone is saved.
The churches are full of people that build their own god or doctrine or tradition that make them feel “holy”.
Something making YOU feel holy or close to God does not mean you are.
These searchers often move to the catholic or orthodox churches because the tradition and mystery seem to reflect holiness. So it makes them feel holy.
May of those that will occupy hell will be people that felt holy in this life.
Salvation is not a matter of feelings, it is an act of God on sinful men.
Good testimony...
Isn’t it amazing how different the scripture looks after you have been saved...
And isn’t it amazing as well how you can’t get salvation until you quit trying to get it...
Good for you for having the intellectual honesty to admit you had excommunicated yourself by not accepting what the Church teaches.
Care to enumerate them? We would all be most appreciative. Thank you!
I thought I could reconcile my new faith in Christ as my Savior with Catholicism .
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“Born again” was my starting point that led to my becoming Catholic. It hasn’t gone away because I became Catholic. Even in the worst Catholic parish I’ve been in, we were still taught that we were saved by Christ - the atoning death of God’s Son on the cross.
I understand that people do have doctrinal differences with the RC church, but I have never seen anything to back up Protestant or Evangelical assertions that churces teach we are saved by works or by confession and absolution.
Mrs VS
What don’t you agree with in Catholicism?
I made the same journey and then back again. For me it WAS about the theology; sola fide, etc. didn't, once you scratch the surface, make much sense.