I've heard that if you were baptized in a Catholic church, you will always technically be considered a Catholic even if you go to another denomination. Is this true?
What about adult converts who were baptized in a Protestant church but was later received into the Catholic church? Since they were not baptized in the Catholic church, will they be no longer considered a Catholic if they revert to their Protestant faith?
ChicanaRose, what a beautiful name.
Once you are baptized into the Catholic Church, you are a Catholic no matter where you go even if you become protestant, Buddhists, Atheists, Muslim, Witchcraft, etc... The Catholic Church will always be waiting for you to come back HOME, like the story in Scripture re the Prodigal Son. You can immediately come back to the Sacraments of the Catholic Church the Sacrament of Penance aka Confession, partake of the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist, providing you have completed your Catechism of course, etc...
Only on the Grounds of Excommunication by the Catholic Church can you no longer be a Catholic.
IF you are baptized in a Protestant Church and then want to become a Catholic, there is no need to get re-baptized in the Catholic Church again.
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