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u/trolo-joe · 18 pointsr/Catholicism

>Is there anything else I have to do?

Pray! Fulfill your Sunday obligation by attending Mass every Sunday! Make special note of any feast days or Holy Days of Obligation on your calendar! Spend time in contemplation before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament!

This is a very exciting time for you. You get to discover all of the things that we cradle-catholics often take for granted. Learn about the Church's devotions, Her saints, Her disciplines. Explore different liturgies at different parishes. If you can find a Church with a beautiful choir that sings the Latin propers for Mass, give that a shot, just to experience it! Later on, you may even want to explore the Extraordinary Form of the Mass as well.

And read! Get your hands on a Catechism! Check out "Theology for Beginners" by F.J. Sheed.

Also look at purchasing "Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic" by David Currie and "Rome Sweet Home" by Scott & Kimberly Hahn. You won't be disappointed.

u/paul_brown · 10 pointsr/Catholicism

If you are in college, seek out your Catholic Campus Ministries program, if you have one, and speak to the representative about RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults).

If the college has no CCM (or its equal), then seek out the local parish in your area and speak directly to the pastor about converting to the faith.

Before all of this, though, pray.

If the pastor you go to makes you feel like you have to run the gauntlet to join the Roman Church - this is a good thing. We have too many lukewarm Catholics who do not practice what the Church teaches. If you're going to join, we want you to be all-in.

Next, study. Do your own research with the Scriptures, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and Canon Law to be your guide.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask them here (or with your local pastor).

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u/bb1432 · 10 pointsr/Catholicism

Personally, I think there's a lot of garbage, namby-pamby advice in this thread.

As Venerable Fulton Sheen said, "There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church — which is, of course, quite a different thing."

If you believe the Catholic Faith is true, then presumably your end goal is their conversion. If it's not, it should be.

Perhaps the initial explanation won't go well. That's fine. Whatever happens, don't burn any bridges. Unfortunately, since it's today there's not much more prep you can do.

The best advice I can give is to come armed with what they think they know. Beyond the initial, emotional reaction, they will have arguments. Maybe not today, but they'll come. They already know what they're going to say. They already have their "Catholicism is the Whore of Babylon Talking Points" on a 3x5 index card (even if it's just a mental index card.) So what do you do? Surprise them. Steal their lines. Ask questions that they aren't expecting. Since you already know all of the anti-Catholic talking points, you are (hopefully) well prepared to counter them with clarity and charity, using Holy Scripture as your guide.

Also, remember you're not alone in this. LOTS of fantastic people have made this conversion. Here are a few book recs that are relevant.

Catholicism and Fundamentalism

Rome Sweet Home

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic

Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church

I haven't read this one yet, but it also looks awesome. Dr. Brant Pitre also writes on this topic:

The Fourth Cup: Unveiling the Mystery of the Last Supper and the Cross

u/HotBedForHobos · 10 pointsr/Catholicism

I'm not sure if this exactly fits the bill, but how about Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic?

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u/Lord_of_Atlantis · 8 pointsr/Catholicism

I know a Pentecostal guy who read Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie and found it helpful.

u/CatholicWotD · 7 pointsr/Catholicism

I'm gonna put in a shameless self-promotion for Catholic Word of the Day to get you up-to-speed on some of our vocabulary (along with some trivia).

But also check out Jimmy Akin and Catholic Answers for some basic stuff. Bishop Robert Barron also produces good content, as does Fr. Roderick Vonhogen.

Also, check out Rome Sweet Home by Dr. Hahn and Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie.

But also, ask us around here your specific questions! We love answering questions from Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/Catholicism

You know, there are some excellent resources and books for you out there. Each of these deals almost exactly with what you have dealt with.

  • Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie
  • Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn
  • Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating

    Though I am a cradle-Catholic, I thoroughly enjoyed reading through the conversion stories of Currie and Hahn (though, to be honest, I enjoyed Currie's book more). Catholicism and Fundamentalism is more of an educational apologetic work to answer "Bible Christians" if you're interested.

    Godspeed!
u/DKowalsky2 · 2 pointsr/Christianity

There's a fascinating section at the end of David B. Currie's book Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic which discusses how the various bishops of the Church had fallen into and in many cases officially proclaimed heresy of some sort, but tracked that the sitting Bishop of Rome had never officially proclaimed Christian heresy, though some came close. It was a really interesting read.

u/spuds414 · 2 pointsr/Christianity

The surprising thing is that the bible is read so much during mass, but still so little of it is covered (it's been estimated at 26% of the mass is spent reading from the bible, as compared to 6% in 'evangelical' services).

u/totallytruenotfalse · 1 pointr/Catholicism

Have you read David Currie's book?

u/awned · 1 pointr/Reformed

Aye. There are a lot of Reformed who see it the same way, actually. At least in my church back home, a larger PCA church, many of the older generations were pretty entrenched in a view of the Catholic church that was implied completely unity in doctrine across the board so as to say that every Catholic was not a Christian for various reasons.

Have you ever heard of the book Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic? You might recommend it to some friends. It describes the journey of someone who grew up in a fundamentalist evangelical tradition and through an honest exploration of the Catholic church and his own beliefs becomes Catholic. He wasn't Reformed, so in reading it there were many parts where he and I parted ways in our understanding of basics of the faith, however he comes from the generic non-Reformed evangelical tradition which is certainly larger than the Reformed tradition.

u/goodetama · 1 pointr/Catholicism

I personally own this by David Currie. It's written in a more narrative style as it's a memoir as well, but contains the specific teachings as well.

u/kama_river · 1 pointr/RCIA

If you, like me, come from the American Evangelical or Fundamentalist tradition, I recommend the book Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie. He is very fair in his descriptions of Evangelical and Catholic teaching and is a great description of his journey which you may find yours mirroring.

u/arandorion · 1 pointr/Catholicism

I too have been asking these questions. You will find most if not all of them answered at Catholic Answers. For example, here is one of the answers regarding infant baptism. There is also an article regarding infant baptism in the early church.

Here is an article on why Catholics ask for intercession from the Saints.

They also have a great You Tube channel that will answer just about any question you have.

You may be interested in the Ignatius Study Bible New Testament. It contains an Index of Doctrines in the appendix. For any given doctrine, they provide Biblical references and commentary regarding that doctrine. That alone should make this a must read for Protestants. It uses the Revised Standard Version.

There are many great resources that can answer your questions. I started with a video series called What Catholics Really Believe. There's an unrelated book by the same name as well.

Any book by Scott Hahn may be of interest. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister before he became Catholic.

Send me a message if you want any more info.

Another good book is Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic. It explains Catholic theology from the perspective of a fundamentalist Protestant convert.

Any book by Peter Kreeft would be good, but you may especially like his Handbook of Catholic Apologetics since it specifically answers the questions you are asking. Kreeft is a Catholic convert from Calvinism.

Bp. Barron provides a load of resources on his site Word on Fire. He has a You Tube channel as well.

There are many, many more resources, but this should get you started. I have been a Protestant all my life, but I've been studying Catholicism heavily for a few years. So far, all of my questions have been answered from resources available online.