Becoming Catholic Series
The “Becoming Catholic” blog series is a multi-part, multi-year, bite-size, fact-focused attempt at describing the journey of a lifelong protestant to the Catholic Church. Each post is numbered according to when it was authored, but organized on this page by topic.
General Topics
Becoming Catholic #2: The “Big ‘C’” Catholic Church in the Church Fathers
Becoming Catholic #11: Which “gospel”? Which “biblical”?
Becoming Catholic #12: Why Acts 15 Led Me to the Catholic Church
Becoming Catholic #15: “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant”
Becoming Catholic #17: How I Concluded “Scripture Alone” Was False, Even Before I Read Anything Catholic
Becoming Catholic #27: No One in Scripture Interpreted it On Their Own
Becoming Catholic #28: Former Calvinist Theologian and Historian Set out to Disprove the Catholic Church, and Becomes Catholic—The Story of Dr. David Anders
Becoming Catholic #38: Protestantism’s Mormonism Problem
The Eucharist
Becoming Catholic #1: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist in the Church Fathers
Becoming Catholic #9: The Church Fathers, and the Christian Sacrifice of the Eucharist
Becoming Catholic #13: St. Justin Martyr, the Mass, and the Church’s Early Eucharistic Doctrine
Apostolic Succession
Becoming Catholic #39: The Biblical Roots of Apostolic Succession, Infallibility, and the Indefectibility of the Church, Part 1—When Jesus Began to Reign as King
The Papacy
(Coming soon)
Where is the True Church?
Becoming Catholic #29: Where is the True Church? St. Augustine, Part 1 (Against the Fundamental Epistle of Manichaeus)
Becoming Catholic #31: Where is the True Church? St. Augustine, Part 2 (Of True Religion)
What Did the Ancient Church Believe?
Becoming Catholic #18: What Did the Ancient Church Believe? The Unity and Necessity of the Church for Salvation
Becoming Catholic #21: What Did the Ancient Church Believe? Baptismal Regeneration
Becoming Catholic #22: What Did the Ancient Church Believe? The Catholic Church is the One True Church
The Jewish Roots of the Catholic Church
Becoming Catholic #19: The Jewish Roots of Catholic Authority, Part 1—Moses and the Priesthood Speak for God
Becoming Catholic #20: The Jewish Roots of Catholic Authority, Part 2—Urim and Thummim
Becoming Catholic #26: The Jewish Roots of Catholic Authority, Part 3—“Apostolic Succession” in the Old Testament
Becoming Catholic #24: Where is the True Church? A Typological Connection Between Ancient Israel and the Catholic Church
Becoming Catholic #34: Jewish Roots of Catholic Authority, Part 4—What Was the Jewish Understanding of Jesus’s Words About “Binding and Loosing”?
Faith, Works, and Justification
Becoming Catholic #7: The Day of Judgment, and Works, Part 1
Purgatory
Becoming Catholic #32: Purgatory in the Bible, Part 1—Purgatory in a Parable of Jesus
The Deuterocanonical (“Apocryphal”) Books
Becoming Catholic #30: The Prophecy That Convinced Me the “Apocrypha” Was Part of the Bible
Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill (five parts)
Becoming Catholic #3: Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill, Part 1
Becoming Catholic #5: Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill, Part 2
Becoming Catholic #6: Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill, Part 3
Becoming Catholic #8: Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill, Part 4
Becoming Catholic #10: Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill, Part 5—Roman Finale
Family Matters
Becoming Catholic #33: Family Matters, Part 1—Christ and the Apostles Forbade Divorce and Remarriage
When the Church Fathers Described Heresy, it was my Protestantism
Becoming Catholic #14: When the Church Fathers Described Heresy, it was my Protestantism—#1: St. Athanasius
Becoming Catholic #16: When the Church Fathers Described Heresy, it was my Protestantism—#2: St. Epiphanius of Salamis
Becoming Catholic #37: When the Church Fathers Described Heresy, it was my Protestantism—#3: St. Isidore of Seville
Wicked Shepherds
Becoming Catholic #4: A Comedy, on Why a Medieval Jew Became a Medieval Catholic
Becoming Catholic #23: Wicked Shepherds—St. Augustine on Remaining in the One True Church
Setting the Record Straight—Illuminating Facts About the Protestant Revolt
Becoming Catholic #25: Protestants: “The Church is morally corrupt!” Pope: “Correct. We repent!”
Becoming Catholic #35: Victorian Protestant Scholar Praises the Papacy as the Most Enduring Institution in World History
Becoming Catholic #36: How Protestantism Laid the Foundations of Modern Secularism—Dr. Alan Fimister
Quote Archives
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Catholic Church and Faith
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Canon of the Scripture
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Apostolic Tradition
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Apostolic Succession
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Offices of Bishop, Priest, and Deacon
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Baptismal Regeneration
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Sacrifice of the Eucharist
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Sacrament of Confirmation
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: The Sacrament of Confession
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Mortal Sin—Christians Can Lose Their Salvation
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Intercession of the Saints
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Purgatory
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Holy Mary, Mother of God, New Eve, Ever-Virgin
Becoming Catholic Quote Archive: Development of Doctrine
Study Banks
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: “Grace” in the New Testament
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: Baptism in the New Testament
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: Justification in the New Testament
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: Church Unity Commanded in the New Testament
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: The Holy Spirit
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: The Kingdom in the New Testament
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: The Ancient Lists and Testimonies of Popes Succeeding from Peter
Becoming Catholic Study Bank: The Kings and Queen Mothers of the Davidic Kingdom in the Old Testament