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To: Salvation
Overheard on the radio [paraphrase mine]:

It is easier to bring a Protestant pastor to Catholicism than a Protestant layman. Typically, the layman would simply say, "yeah, my community of faith works for me so stop bothering". Whereas a minister would have an attitude more like "show me Christ and I will go where He is".

The goal of Marcus Grodi's Coming Home Network is precisely to help the Protestant ministers who convert. That is because they have a peculiar problem: they are driven to ministry and become excellent Catholic apologists, yet they are often unable to enter priesthood, since they are married people. The apparent rise in the strength of Catohlic apologetics lately is in great part thanks to them.

13 posted on 04/25/2011 5:40:12 AM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex

Many of these ministers bring parts or whole congregations with them. I attended a talk a couple of years ago given by a recent convert who set about learning the ways and worship of the early church. As he learned more and more about it, he found himself pulled to the Church. When he was received into the church, he came with 200 of his flock. It was an amazing story.

What I love about these tales is hearing the fresh and exciting “discoveries” of truth. I felt that way when I reverted, I couldn’t get enough. 10 Years now and I still get excited.


14 posted on 04/25/2011 7:55:14 AM PDT by Jvette
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