How can a Catholic convert to the Church of England?

Answer 1

Just ask a priest at your local Anglican/Episcopal church. They will probably have a series of classes talks leading to confirmation/reception. If you have not been confirmed in the Catholic Church, they will confirm you at the end of that process. If you have been confirmed, you will be received by the Bishop at the end of that process.

Answer 2

Yes, a Catholic can join the Church of England but would no longer be a Catholic.

Renouncing ones religion to join another is known as apostasy by the church one leaves and is frowned upon by the Catholic Church. It is known as conversion by the church which one joins and is generally celebrated.

Answer 3

Roman Catholic AnswerNo. Church of England Answer(included as a C of E perspective on the question, and as the C of E is mentioned in the question)

Officially they are not meant to, as this is against the Catholic Church's teaching - that is if you read the question as 'Do the Roman Catholic Church rules allow people to receive communion in other denominations'.

However, if you interpret the question as 'are Roman Catholics allowed to receive communion in the Church of England under the Church of England's rules', the answer is 'Yes'.

I have either ministered in or been a member of many Anglican (and other) churches in my life and often Catholics attend the church for various reasons. Some attend because they are lapsed Catholics disillusioned with the Institution and some of the (what they see as..) man-made doctrines of the Church (like those surrounding the rules of women's ministry, contraception etc); others because they wish to worship God, but the nearest Catholic Church is too far away. Others regard themselves as Christian first and foremost and the denomination to which they belong is seen as a man-made label.

In all these cases the Catholic has received Communion and has taken a full part in Church worship. The Angllican Church worldwide is very inclusive with regard to Holy Communion. In the 39 Articles of Faith of the Church of England the miracle of the Communion is said not to be in the bread and wine themselves (as this, it is said, can lead to the worship and idolatry of an inanimate object) but in the communion between God and the receiver in faith. Thus, in the Anglican Church a priest will never (or should never) refuse communion to anyone coming to receive it in faith, whether an Anglican, Catholic, Methodist or even a member of no church. And the Catholic is thus welcomed if he or she wishes to receive communion in an Anglican Church.

Answer 4

Anyone can convert to Catholicism in fact this is what Jesus wanted.

Answer 5

Yes, you can. Anyone can be converted into becoming a Catholic, of any background, race or creed.