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Coffee and next steps

You don’t have to agree with everything to take a next step.

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What Does the Church Teach about Salvation for Protestants? · Catholic Answers

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The Church calls baptized Protestants brothers and sisters in the Lord.1 A next step can be small: one Mass, one coffee with a priest; and a valid baptism is never repeated.2

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The road to Emmaus, evening

On the road, He opens the Scriptures to them.3

At the table, He breaks the bread, and they finally see Him.4

Bible first. Then the table. That’s the Catholic shape of things.

01Where you stand

You’re already family

Church teaching

The Catholic Church says baptized Christians in other communities are justified by faith in Baptism and rightly called Christians, brothers and sisters in the Lord.15

Much that is true and holy is found outside the visible Catholic Church, and it all belongs to Christ.6

So what would a next step even look like?

02The practical part

Three low-pressure next steps

Go to one Mass and just watch. Listen for how much Scripture you hear.

Have coffee with a priest. Bring your hardest objection. You won’t be the first.

If you ever want to become Catholic, your baptism counts: a valid baptism isn’t repeated.2

And if you never do?

03The hope

Unity is Jesus’ prayer

Jesus prayed that His followers would be one.7 The Church calls working for that unity a duty of every Christian.89

You walked the road. Next, the table.

Your move

Try this, this week

  1. Read Luke 24:13-35.
  2. Find a parish and note one Sunday Mass time.
  3. Email the parish office: “I’m a Protestant Christian with some questions. Could I meet a priest for coffee?”

You’ll need

  • One free Sunday morning.
  • One question you’d ask a priest.

Remember Bible first, then the table.

If this is hard

If your family or church would take this badly, go slowly and stay honest. Nobody here wants you to burn a bridge.

How to talk to a priest

Only one thing to do

Your one next step

Find a parish, and send one short email asking for coffee with a priest.

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We’re just pointing. People walk with you. Find a Catholic parish near you, go to a Mass, or just ask a priest for ten minutes. You don’t need to have it figured out.

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Notes

How we know · 9 sources for this page
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 818. vatican.va
  2. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1272. vatican.va
  3. Luke 24:27, World English Bible. read the chapter
  4. Luke 24:30-31, World English Bible. read the chapter
  5. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1271. vatican.va
  6. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 819. vatican.va
  7. John 17:21, World English Bible. read the chapter
  8. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 821. vatican.va
  9. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 822. vatican.va

Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for use in the United States of America Copyright © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc. – Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with Permission. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica copyright © 1997, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Scripture: World English Bible, Catholic edition (public domain), modern verse numbers; Douay-Rheims numbers in brackets where they differ. Early Christian writers: Ante-Nicene Fathers (1885, public domain). Video: “What Does the Church Teach about Salvation for Protestants?,” Catholic Answers Live, supporting material, not a teaching source.

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