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[phaedrus]

I have a question. No, I didn't check to see if the Vatican has an FAQ site.

I was baptized when I was a baby. I went to Catholic church maybe five times in my life, and was never confirmed or anything. Am I Catholic?

[Hank Scorpio]

[kangnamdragon]

As a former seminarian, I am sure I can answer this question.

If you are baptised Catholic, then you are Catholic forever.

[katydid]

Ah. Well. That explains a lot on my part. I suffer from way too much guilt at times. Goes perfectly with being Catholic.

[J.B. Clamence]

[kangnamdragon]

[jaebea]

Wow, that's interesting.

Can you renounce it? I know someone who was probably baptised and so forth as a Catholic, but he converted to a Protestant when he hit uni.

He views himself as a Protestant, and so does his family and his church, but what's the story there?

Thanks in advance.

jae.

[kangnamdragon]

It is not possible to renounce it. He may think he is a Protestant, but in the eyes of God and the Catholic Church, he is Catholic. That does not mean he is considered to be a "good Catholic" or "practicing Catholic." He is considered to be a Catholic who is not in communion with the Church.

But, technically one is not baptised Catholic. He is baptised as a Christian in the Catholic Church. All Christians, Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox are baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Ghost). So, it does not matter because he was baptised as a Christian, and probably his Protestant minister would say he would not have to be baptised at the Protestant church. Likewise, if a baptised Protestant converts to Catholicism, he or she would not have to be baptised again. He or she would only have to be confirmed. He is considered Catholic because he was baptised by a priest, but technicaly was baptised Christian.

[eamo]

[weatherman]