tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9011075850918719343.post3442548812957508863..comments2023-05-12T11:58:47.469-04:00Comments on One Pilgrim: The ChurchKeithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07425878975572498479noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9011075850918719343.post-48543347678388004162008-02-05T20:16:00.000-05:002008-02-05T20:16:00.000-05:00Joni,All those who are baptized are Christians, an...Joni,<BR/>All those who are baptized are Christians, and therefore part of the Church. Yet, they remain separated from the Church whenever they do not come into the Catholic Church. It's like belonging to a family, but never meeting with them. One is estranged at that point. <BR/><BR/>Hattiegrace,<BR/>Thank you for your comments. I do want to clarify that I agree with you that those Protestants who have never been Catholic cannot be held responsible for the division. Yet, my words are intended to challenge such to consider that the Catholic Church really is their true home.<BR/><BR/>Keith,<BR/>Nice to hear from you again. Drop me a line sometime to let me know how it goes.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07425878975572498479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9011075850918719343.post-39669048353500156102008-02-05T06:41:00.000-05:002008-02-05T06:41:00.000-05:00Glad to see you are still blogging!Glad to see you are still blogging!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854814785393574799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9011075850918719343.post-26093903379178443352008-02-04T21:48:00.000-05:002008-02-04T21:48:00.000-05:00Oh my, I will be visiting often.Having been raised...Oh my, I will be visiting often.<BR/><BR/>Having been raised atheist and becoming a born again Christian at 22, I embraced the Bible as His Word. I read it and obeyed it as I understood it. <BR/><BR/>I had some Christian friends (all Protestant) that helped me along my journey, to the best of their own understanding.<BR/><BR/>Twenty-five years later, I became Catholic. Did I purposely keep myself separated from the Church? No. Did I wrestle with uneasiness over the endless debates between denominations about the "true" meaning of Scripture? Yes.<BR/><BR/>It took a move of the Holy Spirit in another friend's heart to investigate the Catholic Church to begin the process of conversion for me.<BR/><BR/>Though I had seriously questioned what God "got" out of the Protestant form of worship I was involved with, I never would have turned to the Catholic Church without the help and leading of His Spirit.<BR/><BR/>I have experienced tremendous things of His Spirit in the Protestant churches. I know He is there, because they give Him all they know to give.<BR/><BR/>The problem is the Protestant church does not really THINK about history. The silliness of their claim that Catholics added books to the Bible. The ignorance that Martin Luther's revelations were needed for people to come to the true saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. The history of the Church is not taught, or even considered, past the Reformation.<BR/><BR/>What messed with my theology that said that all liturgical churches were not saved Christians was a young Catholic couple whose devotion to Christ far surpassed mine. And they were knowledgable about the Church and her history and the Protestant church as well.<BR/><BR/>Okay, I don't think this is very kosher to leave such a long comment. I just think we have to be careful to not accuse Protestants of willful separation and pray for revival to sweep the Catholic Church so our lives would be so powerful with His presence and love that our separated brothers and sisters would hunger and thirst for the fullness of His Church.<BR/><BR/>I love how you write. God has blessed you with a beautiful gift.Heidi Gretherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027072040231034018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9011075850918719343.post-13784149720521844212008-02-04T21:18:00.000-05:002008-02-04T21:18:00.000-05:00This is still hard for me to grasp in its entirety...This is still hard for me to grasp in its entirety. I mean, I know Protestants are Christians...but how does that all work out practically, when they are separated from the Church?Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038325796029051894noreply@blogger.com