How Many Masses Does It take to Get out of Purgatory?

[Church Punk]

I only pray that I make it to Purgatory! and not H.E. double hockey sticks.

[DAF]

[quote name='Eutychus' post='1047728' date='Aug 21 2006, 07:13 PM']
You will find that most former Roman Catholics brought out { Rev 18:4 } by the grace of God will sound the same, without collaboration, without consultation.

There is joy that being out of the Catholic Church brings, freedom, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit tends to cause one to approach ANY sacerdotal dinosaur with a very similar skepticism and distain.

If you have been on EX Legionairres sites, or EX Opus Dei, or EX Mormons, or EX JW's, you will see pretty much the same attitudes towards the former groups that they at one time loved, and now hold with a high degree of contempt.
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Yes yes, quite right. You know, all these years, I've felt very suppressed, very bound. The [i]truth[/i] can be quite stifling. I think I'll be...whatever denomination Budge and Euty are, that looks liberating!

[missionseeker]

[quote name='Eutychus' post='1047728' date='Aug 21 2006, 08:13 PM']
You will find that most former Roman Catholics brought out { Rev 18:4 } by the grace of God will sound the same, without collaboration, without consultation.

There is joy that being out of the Catholic Church brings, freedom, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit tends to cause one to approach ANY sacerdotal dinosaur with a very similar skepticism and distain.

If you have been on EX Legionairres sites, or EX Opus Dei, or EX Mormons, or EX JW's, you will see pretty much the same attitudes towards the former groups that they at one time loved, and now hold with a high degree of contempt.
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Most that I know don't. (I'll admit that I don't know that many former Catholics- I don't know that many Catholics either, I'm in South Alabama, Catholics are anathema)

I highly doubt that you were led out of the Church that God himself started while He was on earth by the grace of God. It just doesn't make any sense on God's part.

Also

The souls of the faithful departed are prayed for at every single Mass.

[toledo_jesus]

[quote name='Budge' post='1046544' date='Aug 20 2006, 07:12 AM']
do you know how many it takes?

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yeah, it's like 47 or some weird number. I've only got 3 to me, what a bummer.

edited for being a butthead.

Edited August 23, 2006 by toledo_jesus

[jswranch]

[quote name='Eutychus' post='1047728' date='Aug 21 2006, 09:13 PM']
You will find that most former Roman Catholics brought out { Rev 18:4 } by the grace of God will sound the same, without collaboration, without consultation.

There is joy that being out of the Catholic Church brings, freedom, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit tends to cause one to approach ANY sacerdotal dinosaur with a very similar skepticism and distain.
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Dude you really need to read some revert stories of folks just like you who leave the church then later return to love it more than they ever felt possible.


I was raised Non-Catholic Christian. I became Catholic last year when I found it was all true. My walk with Christ has never been better since I found his Chrurch. My favorite Catholic authors are ex-Protestant/Baptist/Evangelical/and 'I'm not Protestant, I'm Christian' [u]Pastors who went to Non-Catholic seminaries[/u].

My guess you knew Christ's Chruch, but did not know Him. Likely, you had a religious conversion of the heart in a non-Catholic setting. One must have both to follow Christ's commands. YOu were probably also given some lousy understanding of Catholicism over 12 years or so.

Praise God that you found Jesus and dedicated your life to him and now share the faith. Sadly, you have incorrectly concluded that because you did not have such experience in a Catholic setting despite your years of schooling, the Truths held by Catholicsm are false in the areas where they differ from your current ecclesiastical body (Evangelicalism?).


Peace of Christ

[jswranch]

Theory #2 is someone hurt or angered you in the Catholic church and you left.