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Converting

  • 15-04-2009 11:36am
    #1
    elsamelys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi there, just looking for some advice on the following. I am born Roman Catholic but have been practising C of I for some years. Never converted officially and want to know if this is possible (am baptised rc).

    Thank for any info!


Comments

  • #2
    Slav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Slav


    What kind of conversion are you looking for? Don't you consider yourself a full member of CoI?


  • #3
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    elsamelys wrote: »
    Hi there, just looking for some advice on the following. I am born Roman Catholic but have been practising C of I for some years. Never converted officially and want to know if this is possible (am baptised rc).

    Thank for any info!
    why bother? the protestant churches do not run a --you must be a member before you join us club-the anglican , C of I do not care even if you was born a druid,its being a christian and going to the church that counts ,have a word with the vicar, they are less formal than catholic priests


  • #4
    elsamelys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭elsamelys


    I see what ya both mean, and yes in practice I would consider myself c of i but I thought it would be nice to be baptised into it, and was told that was not possible as baptised already. Also would like that for my kids.
    Just wondered if anyone had gone thru anything similar?


  • #5
    Slav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Slav


    I don't think so as you baptized not into a denomination but into Christ. You should not see it as a join the club ritual, it would be just too wrong.


  • #6
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    OP, just ask your pastor, and register with the parish. As an Anglican myself, I think this is the general way that newcomers are a part of the church. There is no other initiation required. I'm glad that you found something in the Church of Ireland that was to your liking :)


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  • #7
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    A mate of mine was brought up CHurch Of England and married a RC women. He wanted to convert and had to go learn his catechism, do his commuion and get conformed. It was a bit of a struggle. May be easier the other way around.


  • #8
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    I was raised RC but never considered myself christian at all untill I accepted Christ at the age of 16, I got baptised on a retreat in scotland a year or two later and the reason I did was because when I was 3 months old, it wasn't my choice so really, was I ever really baptised?

    I honestly believe that when you make the decision to follow Christ and turn away form the world it is then that you should be baptised (not out of need but out of symbolism).


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