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Young Catholic said:
I personally believe that be you Catholic, Protestant, or Orthodox and you believe in the primary tenants of Christianity (God in 3 persons, Jesus died for your sins etc.) you go to heaven and are all brothers and sisters in Christ- period. We still have our sibling rivalries and arguments, but we're still a family. As for deconversion...I honestly haven't heard of that one in the context you describe and I'm Catholic =/

Believing in the primary tennets of Christianity is no gaurantee of anything; for there are many fine religious people who believe everything written in their particular catechism or creed but they have not 'saving faith.' Saving faith is different from believing in the primary tennets of Christianity and is the only kind of faith that saves.

As to the matter of deconverstion out of Evangelicalism and being reconverted to Catholicism, though most people deconvert out of Christianity into some form of Atheism/Agnosticism, there are those rare cases where people change back from having left Roman Catholicism and joined another religion; to decovert and reconvert back to Roman Catholicism. Before you comment further, please consider the story of 'Francis Beckwith' - My return to the Catholic Church

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From: My return to the Catholic Church:-

During the last week of March 2007, after much prayer, counsel and consideration, my wife and I decided to seek full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. My wife, a baptized Presbyterian, is going through the process of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). This will culminate with her receiving the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation. For me, because I had received the sacraments of Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation all before the age of 14, I need only go to confession, request forgiveness for my sins, ask to be received back into the Church, and receive absolution.



Sincerely,

Last edited by straw; Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:46 AM.