Every now and then, I\u2019ll post something explaining why I became Catholic. After all, it sure wasn\u2019t for the great job prospects. So why leave a life I had spent most of my adult life working toward? Because \u2013 the simple answer \u2013 I believed it was true. What I called \u2018The Historic Church\u2019 was simply right. By \u2018Historic Church\u2019, I meant the Catholic\/Orthodox (or pre-Reformation) traditions versus the Protestant tradition I identified with. As a student of history, biblical studies, and being in a vocation where I spent my days and weeks encountering these subjects due to my ministry, I began to see some serious chinks in the Protestant armor, just like I had seen flaws in the non-religious ideals I tried to embrace all those years ago as a young college student. So when the notion hits me, I\u2019ll drop a paragraph here or there about the various thoughts and experiences that ultimately brought me to where I am today. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every now and then, I\u2019ll post something explaining why I became Catholic. After all, it sure wasn\u2019t for the great job prospects. So why leave a life I had spent most of my adult life working toward? Because \u2013 the simple answer \u2013 I believed it was true. What I called \u2018The Historic Church\u2019 was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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