How do you change from Lutheran to Catholic?

Answer 1

Yes absolutely. Outside the Holy Catholic Church, there is no salvation. You will be much happier if you converted, God wants you in Heaven. I am with you on that. If anyone sins, I point it out so they may be forgiven for there sins.

I am not as comfortable as the previous poster to suggest that Salvation is through the Catholic church alone. I have studied the Scripture and I have been a Christian my entire life. I haven't found anything which suggests that the faith and traditions to which Roman Catholics belong and confess are requirements of Salvation. To the contrary, I have found two universal truths for Salvation: (1) accept Christ as the Son of God and Savior of Man, that he died for all sins and rose again, and (2) repent and be sorry for your sins, asking for God's forgiveness and striving to do right in your own life. With that said there is certainly much more that Christ calls us to do in the Scripture, but these don't seem to me to be requirements. With regards to converting from the Lutheran faith to Roman Catholic I suggest you read the website below:

Roman Catholic AnswerAs much as I am all for reading The Bible, and to listening to our separated brothers (those outside the Church) you must remember that Our Blessed Lord came to this earth to found a Churchnot write a Bible. This is elementary to anyone who reads the entire New Testament without prejudice. In founding His Church, which the Bible, Itself (being the Word of God and Truth) supports, He sent His apostles (the first Bishops) out to preach the Good News of Salvation, and to convert the people baptizing them into His Mystical Body: i.e. The Church. So, as the answer above points out, anyone who truly loves God, and reads His Word in the Sacred Scripture will of course want to convert to His Church and away from one founded by a man fifteen centuries after Our Blessed Lord walked the earth. A Lutheran will have a good start, already being baptized and reading the Sacred Scriptures, and will be overjoyed when they discover Our Blessed Lord waiting for them in the Blessed Sacrament, extending His forgiveness to them in the Sacraments.

Answer 2

Yes, there should be no problems for you to come home to the Catholic Church, you are not technically converting back to Catholic as you were always Catholic. Depending upon your age, you will need to take some basic catechism classes (RCIA for adults or CCD for children). Talk to a Catholic priest to get started and learn what will be required of you.

Answer 3

According to Catholic law? No, that would be apostasy. Looking at it from the point of view of Catholicism, leaving the Church Christ himself founded and in which are the full means of salvation for a Christian church that teaches error and is not in the fullness of the faith is a grave mistake and, if it is understood just what the Catholic Church is, also a grave sin.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic AnswerAbsolutely not, it is never "okay" for a Christian to commit heresy. Heresy has a very specific meaning in the Catholic faith. Anyone who, while remaining nominally a christian, pertinaciously denies or doubts any of the truths that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith is considered a heretic. This is covered in paragraph 2089 in the Catechism of the Catholic Churchand canon 751 in the Code of Canon Law. It used to carry an automatic excommunication, I am not all that familiar with the new Code, so I'm not sure what punishment is inflicted for heresy these days. But it is very serious and cuts one off the Body of Christ forfeiting your possible eternal salvation.

Answer 5

"Can" denotes the physical possibility, "may" denotes permission. A normal, healthy Catholic "can" do anything he wants to, but he may not normally go to a Lutheran "church" as the Lutheran church is an heretical departure from Christianity. A Catholic may attend a Lutheran church, for instance, for a funeral of a close friend or relative if he does not participate in the service in any meaningful way. He may not participate in the readings, the communion service, prayers, etc. For a Catholic to attend a Lutheran church service and participate in it would be to effectively separate himself from the Catholic Church and incur an automatic excommunication which could be lifted in confession.

Answer 6

Yes, but he would no longer be a Catholic.

Answer 7

Your first step would be to talk to a Catholic priest who will discuss it with you and arrange for the necessary instructions you would need to take before being accepted as a Catholic.