I thought many people convert from being a Catholic to a Protestant, instead of the other way around.
I am Catholic.
2007-12-29 04:36:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I attend a Protestant church (Evangelical Lutheran) yet have always felt pulled toward the Catholic Church. Why is this?
The Catholic mass provides a spiritual environment I have yet to experience in any Protestant service. There is a calmness, and I find myself getting lost in the music, the words, and the actions (especially praying on my knees).
The Catholic Church to me also encourages a transformation of the heart. Surely believing correctly is important to Catholics, but practicing one's faith is also important. Protestants emphasize faith, and Conservative Protestants emphasize believing the right things. But doing something to express your gratitude and commitment can be powerful way to connect with God. Catholics I know are into expressing their faith in a variety of ways.
Will I ever convert? It wouldn't surprise me. For while I have enjoyed attending Episcopal and Lutheran churches over the last ten years, I find there is something missing. Perhaps what is missing is the calming beauty of Catholicism.
2007-12-29 05:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by Colin 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are many reasons, but probably the main ones are either the person is seeking something in Catholicism that he or she feels is lacking in the Protestant religion. Or if the person is planning to marry someone of the Catholic faith, I believe it's required that instruction be taken in the religion, and a vow to raise any of the children from this union as Catholics. So if the person is willing to go that far, then it just makes good sense to go all the way and convert.
2007-12-30 14:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by gldjns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly that is one of the most matters that I love such a lot approximately being Catholic, I discover the sameness of it immensely comforting. I recognise that it doesn't matter what chaos I have in my existence church is the only forged steady I have and it's within the repetitiveness that I discover peace. Of direction I have spontaneous prayer in my existence on a everyday foundation on the grounds that I am continually speaking to God! I desire we would all (Protestants and Catholics) come in combination conveniently on the grounds that of the only essential factor that unites us however so be it, I do not want approval to understand that I am proper wherein I will have to be.
2016-09-05 13:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by lally 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For any soul, anywhere, in the untold number of universes, heavens and worlds, there is, say, the doorway to God that suits that soul. That's all. 'Nothing more, nothing less. Speculate on the number of spiritual paths in just this and neighboring galaxies alone -- off the charts... God's entirety is too great for even the greatest. And the path of one's choice merits and resonates with that individual's state at a given point, time, energy, and mass signature.
2007-12-29 15:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm one who did. There are many of us. The easiest way to express it (for me, anyway) is simply that I knew something was missing, and I found it when I came home to the Church. Every convert's story is different, of course, but I think you'll find that Christ in the Eucharist is the common thread.
2007-12-29 04:52:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
probably because they married a catholic or prefer the atmosphere in the local catholic church to the protestant one. I am protestant.
2007-12-29 04:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by piperthegreat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know people that have changed to the catholic church. I think we need to seek God for where we are to attend church. He may be directing that person to attend the catholic church. They probably have a gift or talent that God can use for that church also.
2007-12-29 04:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I studied my Bible, the Church and found my way home. Also I felt drawn to the Catholic Church. I felt at home. At peace and in the presence of Christ. The pieces fit.
2007-12-29 04:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why people do it but many do. Princess Diana's mother did, Tony Blair is in the process. They must be getting something from Catholicism that Protestantism is not supplying
2007-12-29 04:41:08 · answer #9 · answered by TriciaG28 (Bean na h-Éireann) 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Catholics are less oppresive and hateful. Almost all fundies you'll ever meet are Protestants. People like to get away from that stuff.
2007-12-29 04:40:38 · answer #10 · answered by Alex H 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋