Comments on: From Catholic to Mormon: More LDS Conversion Stories

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By: Aubree

Aubree — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 23:20:34 +0000

Linda,
Thank you for your sweet words. I have had the privilage of learning a little bit about your church and I can appreciate the goodness that your church has brought to the earth for many centuries. I just wanted to touch on my belief about what Christ said about “the gates hell shall not prevail” against His church. This statement reminds me that death did not prevail against Christ. He experienced death, but in the end He prevailed. The scriptures prophesy of a falling away and in the end a restitution of all things. The gates of hell is a final resting place, and Christ promised that the truth will never leave the earth again. When you were brought to tears, that was the Holy Ghost witnessing truth to you. Listen.

By: mormonwomen

mormonwomen — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 08:47:44 +0000

Linda, thank you for taking a moment to share your story and perspective. It’s interesting how there are so many parallels to our beliefs. The doctrine of the restoration really is a key place where we diverge, but the beliefs that there is a church of Jesus Christ, that Christ is divine, and that “all people must be saved through Christ and his church” and that “God looks at how much each person has pursued him to the best of their ability in cooperation with the grace God has given said person” are so similar.

We are hopeful that our faiths can continue to find ways to work together and build on common ground, in spite of any differences of opinion that may exist.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:19:22 +0000

I was born and raised Catholic. However, I once had opportunity to visit a Mormon church- well the entrance portion anyways. We were given a photographical historical tour of Mormonism and at the end the guide told us about how much Christ love us. I was moved to tears. He asked us to pray and reflect on if we were called to Mormonism.
I did not, but I was touched. And the Mormons I met were such wonderful, Christ loving people with beautiful families. Today, I am not the nominal catholic I was, but as an adult, GOd’s grace brought me to the fullness of faith. I am a fully practicing CAtholic (versus ill informed and or selective one) and I understand what the Church teaches and why. 2000 years ago, Christ said he would never abandon his church to the gates of hell and I believe he kept that promise. I don’t believe a “restoration” is consistent with an all powerful God who left us a church and a promise of indestructability already. I have read many of the stories shared here and wonder how many of those catholics were knowledgeable, beyond “cultural” faith. Even the former nun mentioned that she was happy that LDS believe all people had a chance and it didn’t matter what church you were born to. That demonstrates a lack of understanding of the catholic church teachings….The cathechism clearly states that all people must be saved through Christ and his church is the way BUT they clearly denote that GOd looks at how much each person has pursued him to the best of their ability in cooperation with the grace God has given said person. Thus a person born I the middle of nowhere is held accountable to how much they followed their conscience. A catholic born and raised with the correct information is held accountable for that. God is a God of context…but he is objective, not relative. The catholic church is very misunderstood, it is sometimes demonized by many protestant groups, as well as Mormons and JWitnesses. It breaks my heart to see so many people leaving the church Christ founded because they see other sincerely good people, who have love and passion, but don’t possess the fullness of truth. Jesus Christ is human AND divine. He is GOd. To leave the catholic church to enter the Mormon church is to deny the divinity of Christ. That saddens me. I think it is amazing to see the wonderful Mormon witnesses who have good hearts and love Christ as they were told…but we have to really look at scripture, history and really ask ourselves if Christ was lying to Peter. I don’t think he was. I ould like to see a person who was well versed and understood CAtholic teachings-especially on the Eucharist- that left the catholic church!
God Bless