Author Topic: Where do you go to church? (Read 781 times)

Tiffany · « **on:** February 26, 2013, 03:50:47 PM »

I attend some social functions at protestant churches.
What is a good response to this? They are not trying to convert me just making small talk. I don't have a chapel.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2013, 04:04:14 PM »

My mother unfortunately does the same thing, despite being Catholic, because of the difficulty of dealing with "Catholics" - they are the people in her neighborhood.

You should simply tell them you are a Catholic who doesn't accept the modern changes of Vatican II, for that reason you do not attend a Vatican II oriented church.

Sigismund · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2013, 09:10:09 PM »

That seems sensible. Or, you could say your are a traditional Catholic and then explain what that means if they ask you. I expect many will ask.

Tiffany · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2013, 01:06:18 PM »

Thank you both! :)

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2013, 01:13:36 PM »

Tiffany,

On Monday I attended a lecture on Vatican II at a novus ordo church, one that I had in the past been a member of.

I simply gave the name of the chapel I attend and left it at that. I was there for the lecture and not to get into anything with some well-meaning novus ordite.

That's the easy way out. I may have been negligent to tell them that they are following apostates but then I would have to explain the differences between the Catholic Church and the post-vatican II conciliar church and people would just say things like "The pope defines catholicism" or "Even satan must obey a docuмent once a pope has signed it" or something similar to that.

Did I do wrong by attending a novus ordite pro-Vatican II lecture? I went there just to hear their side.

OHCA · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2013, 04:14:25 PM »

Quote from: Capt McQuigg

Did I do wrong by attending a novus ordite pro-Vatican II lecture? I went there just to hear their side.

I can only envision a few narrow exceptions by which this would not be wrong. Generally speaking, exposing oneself to a protestantesque/new-age/rudderless belief lecture presents some degree of hazard to ones faith and is thus wrong.