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Question:What would a baptized and confirmed Roman Catholic need to do in order to join the Orthodox Presbyterian Church? Answer: Allow me to answer you question with a brief autobiographical anecdote. I was born, baptized, raised, confirmed, and educated in the Roman Catholic system. In fact, it was while I was at a Roman Catholic college (of all places) that I was converted by the grace of God. After realizing how different the teachings of the RCC are from Scripture, I joined with a Baptist church. And that church required that I be rebaptized as an adult. So, I went...

I grew up in the Catholic Church; however, it seemed like I was Catholic by inheritance only, as no one in my family prayed before meals, read from the Bible, or even discussed God. You went to church because you were supposed to go to church. I attended Catechism classes every Sunday until I turned 13 and received my Confirmation. My teachers were often frustrated with my perpetually raised hand to ask questions like: Why can’t women become priests? Why can’t priests get married? Why do I have to go to confession instead of talking to God directly? And why...

Unique among books released by Mormon publishing houses, Eric Shuster's "Catholic Roots Mormon Harvest," will appeal to Catholics as much as it will interest members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Subtitled "A Story of Conversion and 40 Comparitive Doctrines," the Cedar Fort release chronicles the conversion of lifelong Catholics Eric and Marilyn Shuster to Mormonism. It also discusses the similar and contrasting aspects of the two faiths. The devoutly Catholic couple began investigating the church a few years into their marriage, and despite their upbringings and Marilyn's stint as a Franciscan nun, the Shusters were...

A large number of the Palatine refugees who arrived in England in 1709 were Roman Catholics, but the British policy was that only Protestants would be transported to America. For this reason many of the Catholics eventually returned to Germany, but many others were willing to reconsider their religious affiliation. Several Catholic Palatines became Lutherans at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church in the Savoy, in anticipation of their voyage to the New World. What follows is the text of the rite that was used on these occasions. The questions that were asked of each convert addressed some of the chief doctrinal...