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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are thinking like a Catholic.

Catholics frequently talk about people, usually Christian, converting to Catholicism and have a special reverence for converts.  Protestants usually think only of people converting to Christianity from a non-Christian religion.  There is a lot of fluidity among Protestant denominations that just doesn't exist between Catholics and Protestants.

Don't think about converting to Protestantism.  Just become a Lutheran, Episcopalian or whatever denomination you choose.[/quote]

I was being deliberately vague about the denomination. What I meant was, at what point do I say "I'm [denomination] now; I'm no longer Catholic" if/when asked (especially by relatives)?[/quote]

It's like others are trying to tell you, you are ____ when you say you are. Protestant churches accept the baptism you received in the Catholic church. Some people might attend a church for years before they feel like identifying as "that denomination" vs. a person that attends a church of the ___ denomination. One of the biggest differences between Protestant and Catholic is that you are one determining your identity as a Christian in a more individual way, rather than the specific tenants set forth by the Catholic Church.

It sounds like you are anticipating some questions from relatives and trying to figure out a response? If you have to answer this question sometime soon, before you've really determined a denomination, you could just say the truth. "I'm no longer a practicing Catholic. I'm visiting different churches (or attending one church) as I explore my new direction for practicing Christianity."

Good luck.

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