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How does a child go about converting from the Catholic religion to the Lutheran religion?
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∙ 14y ago
It's important to understand the child is not converting to a new religion... Catholicism is a Christian (sect/denomination) although some Protestants (lutheran, baptist, methodist, etc.) would argue that Catholicism is not true biblical Christianity being a Protestant I can't see Catholicism as anything but having it's roots in Christianity. Converting to a new religion would be going from Christian (Catholic) to Muslim or Hindu, etc. To give you better clarity on this I think you should understand this, the Bible says the only way someone can be saved is by being BORN again... actually Jesus says this to a "religious" man in John chapter 3. This means one must be born again by God's Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ being the substitute and payment for one's sin. Teach this child this message and if they want to leave the Catholic church meet with a local lutheran Pastor (Missouri Synod I would recommend). I would actually suggest that you have the child check out other Christian denominations like Baptist, Non-denominations, Evangelical Free or any other bible believing church in the child's area (believe the bible is the word of God). Hope this helps and check out these passages (Romans 10:9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, and John 3:17).
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Can a child be baptised into the Catholic church but dedicated into the Lutheran church too?
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Can a Catholic single mother have her baby baptized in the Catholic Church?
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