[Between the Lines]

Catholics have the right to seek converts from other Christian denominations, do they not?

I would say yes. They not only have a right they are mandated by the Bible to make disciples of all the nations. If Catholics believe that people in other denominations are lost then they should out of a love for the lost seek to convert them.

OTOH Catholics should not complain when other denominations through the same Biblical mandate and motives of love seek to convert Catholics to their own denomination or seek to baptize their dead.

[Tao Yin]

OTOH Catholics should not complain when other denominations through the same Biblical mandate and motives of love seek to convert Catholics to their own denomination or seek to baptize their dead.

But it's their Bible, so quit reading it. You wouldn't understand it without the Pope telling you what it means anyway. </sarcasm>

[jagusafr]

Agreed - but sadly, many Christian denominations spend more time poaching from each other than reaching those who have never heard the Good News. I understand this is one of the reasons that the church in Agrica is thriving: they’re wining the lost, not chatting up the “misguided”.

[Claud]

If Catholics believe that people in other denominations are lost then they should out of a love for the lost seek to convert them. OTOH Catholics should not complain when other denominations through the same Biblical mandate and motives of love seek to convert Catholics to their own denomination or seek to baptize their dead.

Oh, we'll still complain! If we stopped complaining about that, believing what we do about the nature of the Church, we'd be stinkin' liars. :)

[tiki]

through the same Biblical mandate and motives of love seek to convert Catholics to their own denomination or seek to baptize their dead.