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Being Catholic But Preferring Non Denominatioal
Hello everyone and God bess. I have been thinking about this and I believe God put it in my heart to share this with others. I am a Byzantine Catholic and I worship the Lord in my church. It is the church I grew up in and it is the church where I feel closest to the Lord. In the past few years I have taken more of a role in my church. I often get to read the Epistle (commonly known as the Letters of the New Testament), which is read before the Priest reads from the Gospel. I enjoy reading for my church because I believe it is one of the gifts that God has given me. Now, let me be clear, I do not believe everything that the Catholic church teaches and that is why I prefer non denominational studying of the Bible. I will not get into everything I disagree about, but let me tell you something I do enjoy. I enjoy recieving communion. My church claims it is truely the Body and Blood of Christ, while others say it is only symbollic. I like to look at it as a weekly spiritual revival. It reminds me of the sacrifice our Lord made for everyone. Once I recieve communion and return to the pew, I thank Jesus and feel great. Then I prepare to do my best to serve Him for another week. That being said though, I would not recommend Catholicism to a new believer. I think new believers should go to more of a Bible based church. The Catholic mass would confuse and bore new believers in my opinion. All that being said, I pray that no one would look down on a Catholic because of their church's beliefes. We are all Christians, brothers and sisters in Christ, and it would be wrong to judge someone because of where they worship. You can never know what someone truely believes in their own heart. Please feel free to reply. I look forward to reading opinions on this matter. Your friend and brother in Christ, Jake.
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Comment by Ginnybee on January 12, 2010 at 9:57am
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Cool. I'm not and never was of the Catholic sect, but I'll say this about it. I like that the church keeps its doors open to the public. I don't know much about Catholicism, but what appears to me is that they welcome people with open arms, which is a virtue all christians should develope.
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Comment by David Velasquez on January 11, 2010 at 8:46pm
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Hey all, Kathleen is correct,
However we are to Endeavour to be in the truth.
1 Timothy 4:16 (New King James Version)
16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
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Comment by kathleen aldea on January 11, 2010 at 7:14pm
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hello Jacob...
God is not looking for what religion you accepted, but God is looking for a true worshiper...that will worship Him in Truth and Spirit... This is what I am always asking to people who insist that their religion is the only religion that will be save...:
Do God will ask you when you die what kind of religion/denomination you joined? or probably God will do ask you... what did you do for ME when you're on earth?
keep in touch en God bless you...
http://www.allaboutgod.net/profiles/blogs/are-you-in-a-relationship-or
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Comment by Jacob Daniel Souchak on January 11, 2010 at 2:09pm
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other denominations not other religions my bad
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Hey Dave, I hear you bro. The Holy Spirit tells me what is really right and wrong. But like you said, it would take alot to give up. Family being just one of the issues plus friends and other respected people. Not to mention the tatoo of a Greek cross on my arm. But I think I should take care of the things that try to keep me from Christ before I place blame or search for other religions. Your bro, Jake.
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What???? " Byzantine Catholic" Does it hurt or do you eat it hahahaaha - hehe J/K bro Jacob :)
Bro it is certainly good to see you in Blog land.
Let me first say for the record that I believe there to be saved and unsaved Catholic members, as there are in the Pentecostal, Reformed, Baptist etc. churches. This is my issue or concerned I should say with my Catholic brothers and sisters. When they tell me why they go to the Catholic church instead of a church that aligns with scripture better is never because of Spiritual reasons primarily (now this is according to my limited life experiences, so I am not suggesting this is the case for everyone), rather they are reasons similar to yours "the church I grew up in and it is the church where I feel closest to the Lord". Those are good valid reasons. Feeling closes to the Lord is an excellent thing and I will not like to be guilty of assuming what you really mean by that but I will say the following in love. We had a phew interactions bro so I feel I can approach you not just as my brother but also as my friend, so bear with me ok... cool
Feeling close to the Lord because familiar surroundings or what have you is not bad at all, but if you could become closer to the Lord by attending a church, whose doctrines aligned better with Scripture, just imagine how much closer you would be and feel to the Lord. You yourself as my friends admit to me, not to agree with many of the practices, rituals and/or doctrines (whatever it maybe) and that tends to be true in whatever church you attend, we most likely will have some differences in secondary issues or practices, but they usually are insignificant to a healthy walk in Christ and the benefits to being a member of that local church supersedes the minor disagreements.
However there are some Huge distortions/issues with Catholic doctrines which I will not get into here unless you want to talk about them here or via messages. You let me know.
I will just end by saying the following:
The Lord bless you with the truth Jacob and may He strengthen you and give you the boldness to stand on it regardless of what you will be given up for doing so.
your bro Dave
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