QUESTION:

7/23/2010: WHAT SHOULD I DO I USED TO BE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND I LEFT AND CAME BACK BECAUSE MY FRIENDS WOULD KEEP TELLING ME IT'S THE ONLY TRUE CHURCH BUT I ENDED UP LEAVING AGAIN AFTER SOME SERIOUS BIBLE STUDY I EVAN WENT TO A ORTHODOX CHURCH I KNOW SOME COPTIC ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS SOMETIMES I WANT TO BE ORTHODOX BUT I DON'T WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH GOD I LOVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUT I WOULD RATHER GO TO A PROTESTANT CHURCH I REALLY WANT TO REDISCOVER THE CATHOLIC FAITH I STUDY WITH BOTH CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS AND FROM TIME TO TIME ORTHODOX I WAS BAPTIZED CHRISTIAN BUT I WAS ALSO BAPTIZED AS AN INFANT WHICH WASN'T MY CHOICE I HAVE 4 SACRAMENTS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH I NEED CONFESSIONS AND COMMUNION MANY PROTESTANT CHURCHES DON'T EVAN SERVE COMMUNION

ANSWER:

It would seem that you need to dedicate time and energy to study the Scriptures, pray, fast, and make your spiritual home somewhere and permanently. For instance, you need to understand that infant baptism is an apostolic ordinance and that the Church is in the Eucharist. This excludes all Protestant denominations which cannot provide an assured manifestation of the Church and cause this turmoil and uncertainty. Please refer to the articles on this site, especially www.orthodoxanswers.org/ecclesiology.pdf

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