Comments on: Catholic Convert: Why An Evangelical Became Catholic

By: Les

Les — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 01:44:52 +0000

In reply to Doug. As a cradle Catholic, I think you are correct. Only very recently have I begun to understand the charismatic aspect (movement?) of the Catholic Church. It is, in fact, difficult for me to understand because of the intellectualization of my religion. At the same time, without that intellectual rigor I strongly feel that I would be at the mercy of personal feeling as far as being guided by the Spirit. Inspiration is often hard to discern clearly and the Catholic doctrine and theology indeed serve as guideposts. Just as the heart and Spirit are necessary to truly understand and incorporate those doctrines and that theology. One without the other can go dangerously astray.

By: Linette Davis

Linette Davis — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 18:06:49 +0000

I grew up in a so called Christian home;wont go into detail but I am gonna be married to a Catholic man and I am gonna convert asap.I always felt something was missing in my family and there was always strife in my home.My parents have passed on they both were Christians but it came with a price i will convert so i can have a better life for my husband and our future children .Have a blessed day and happy new year.

By: C Moreno

C Moreno — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:11:43 +0000

Welcome home brother.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:31:06 +0000

I feel for the charismatic evangelical the issues with Catholicism tend to be less theological then say conservative protestant groups but more of an experiential nature. As a former charismatic evangelical myself I experienced incredible genuine manifestations of the Spirit, I experienced incredible prophetic utterances and saw incredible physical healings and miracles, experience became my truth. If God revealed himself in such a powerful way to us evangelical charismatics and most Catholic parishes seem devoid of parishioners who have such experiences, I figured at least at a subconscious level that Catholicism was merely a ‘religion’ whereby its adherents were living under the old covenant laws rather then the life of new covenant grace. My conversion to Catholicism was an interesting one, whereby God gave me some supernatural encounters that revealed to me the truth about His Church. I can’t say I have met many protestants who have converted to Catholicism and whose main conversion paradigm was experiential, instead they largely seem intellectual i.e conversion after reading Church Fathers etc. I feel as the Catholic Church more and more discovers its Charismatic dimension in conjunction with its traditional elements i.e the Traditional Latin Mass a big revival will take place.