What Reasons Do Evangelicals Give for Converting to Roman Catholicism?
There are many reasons why a given individual may convert to the Roman Catholic Church. Among these are frustration with the barrenness of secular philosophies and the desire for finding spiritual reality; an attraction to the formal, high style of worship offered in Catholicism, i.e., a response to the emotional content generated by Catholic liturgy and worship; exposure to liberal Protestantism and a resulting confusion over biblical authority/teachingand the corollary belief that one must have an authoritarian head (Pope) or leader (Teaching Office) in order to properly interpret the Bible. (In other words, the need for an infallible external authority to counteract the alleged theological “uncertainty” of “sectarian” Protestantism.) Other reasons include the desire for Christian “unity” regardless of the cost doctrinally; the belief that Jesus Himself instituted the papal office under the headship of Peterand that therefore the Catholic Church is the one true Church. In fact, there
