[Dutchboy88]

"Are we no longer to be regarded as Christian for having fallen into captivity in Rome?"

Quite possibly. But, only Christ knows for certain the folks given to Him by the Father.

[djrakowski]

Quite possibly. But, only Christ knows for certain the folks given to Him by the Father.

This gives rise to two additional questions:

1) does that mean you don't subscribe to the doctrine of eternal security? I repented of my sins and made a decision to follow Christ in 1997 when invited to do so by a pastor at an evangelistic event in Washington D.C., and have sincerely followed Christ since then. If I was saved then, and if it's impossible to lose that salvation, I don't see why I should be worried merely by having changed ecclesiastical addresses.

2) How can one be saved and remain in a church from which one should, in your words, "escape?"

[djrakowski]

I will give you credit for at least one thing: the overwhelming majority of our evangelical friends abandoned us as apostates when we told them of our conversion to Catholicism. At least you're admitting the possibility that we're still Christian!