question for Catholics,how many of you are "born again"?

Question

"I tell you the truth,no one can see the kingdom of god unless he is born again." John 3:3

Answer 1

Don't you know that they are all going to say yes? They think they are saved or born again when they eat the little wafer at mass and when they get baptized. If they were truly born again they could not stay in the catholic church. Their spirit would disagree with the teachings. Because the teachings in the catholic church are false and not Truth.

Answer 2

I am not Catholic (as is obvious from my screen name), but I am of a similar mind with them on this topic. I love Jocko_Homo's answer about "decisional regeneration"--I've never heard that phrase before, but it fits, and excellently describes what sets evangelical and fundamentalist Protestants apart from traditional Christianity.

Historically, there was no concept of a "born again experience" involving a "decision to accept Jesus as Savior." That was an innovation of the later years of the Reformation. To traditional Christians, being "born again" refers first and foremost to Baptism, and further to God's ongoing and transforming work in our hearts, which takes place in the Sacraments, and in sacramental traditions which are the Word of God. So in *that* sense, yes, Catholics (and Lutherans) are born again.

Answer 3

I love all the definitions of the top Catholic contributors, go your way in peace, brothers and sisters.

I was born, baptized, confirmed in the catholic church, all before the age of 14, I choose that "born again" every day, hoping to live my life the way God intended for us all to live.

There will always be those who do not understand, do not wish to understand, mocking and spewing forth what they don't know. That is their choice, go your way in peace as well.

Answer 4

I am v ery "born again" by the grace of the Holy Spirit.

I am accepted as "born again" even by manyof my Fundamentalist Protestant friends since they say I seem to have the same personal relationship with Christ that they have..

I trust in Christ and His grace for my salvation.

I trust that the Catholic Church,founded by Christ, has St Peter's Key of Truth that Jesus entrusted to His Church so that the "Gates of Hell will not prevail against".

I also believe in baptismal regeneration and the blessings of sacramental absolution since I meet Christ so powerfully in Confession

Answer 5

Right here.

To clarify -- perhaps for the benefit of Ms. Java, here, with her "they" this and "they" that (not a wee bit prejudiced, are we dear?) -- I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and was baptized by immersion while a member of a Baptist church. By your definition, I am therefore born-again from that moment.

But I could not remain a Baptist because when I started actually reading and studying Scripture, what I was reading and what I was being taught did not add up. I found the fullness of the TRUTH of the Christian faith in the Catholic Church, and therefore converted. That same baptism was accepted by the Church as a fully valid sacrament ... and therefore I am also born-again as far as the Church is concerned.

My spirit recognized Christ in the Holy Eucharist (not the "little wafer") from the very first. And it is the teachings of my former church that it disagrees with. So much for biased assumptions.

Answer 6

Most of us, just like Protestants.

Catholics are spiritually born again (and again and again) through:
+ Belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior
+ Living the Gospel to the best of our ability
+ Daily rededicating ourselves to Jesus Christ
+ Receiving new life in Baptism
+ The forgiveness of sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation
+ The infusion of the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands in Confirmation
+ Taking the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ into our bodies through the Eucharist (Holy Communion)
+ Even during the penitential season of Lent

These are a few ways that Catholics are spiritually born again. We usually just don't use those words.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

The problem is, if I claim to be born again, you will think that I am talking about "decisional regeneration." Every Catholic is born again through baptism.

1Pe 3:21 "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ."

Answer 8

Maybe you should put it in the correct context of it's meaning......instead of putting it as being "born again", we are actually "born of the Holy Spirit". We are not actually "born again" until we are transformed (reborn) from our corruptible physical human bodies, into incorruptible spiritual being bodies when Jesus Christ returns to receive His Church (His spiritual body of believers, those who are dead in the grave and those who are still alive)...This is what the Bible teaches.

Answer 9

i am. now, after reading your question. for catholics, one of the ways you can be a born again catholic is by renewing one's life to Jesus.

Answer 10

I'm not Catholic, but I was baptized and confirmed. Confirmed means confirmed in the faith. It is basically the same thing as being "born again" but done a little differently. Here is a link you might find helpful.

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/baptismconfirm/sectionc.html