The rite term.As one who has been diligently working to educate my parishioners about the RCIA RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA Rite of Catholic Initiation for Adults RCIA Retail Clerks International Association RCIA Richmond Creative Investors Association RCIA Request for Clarity, Information & Assistance process, I was disappointed to see the December cover story ("Trading spaces
According to the rite, the term "convert" should never be used in reference to baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. Christians who are received into full communion with the Catholic Church. In most if not all cases these individuals have already been converted to Christ, and so we are united in that common faith. Although it has commonly been used to refer to anyone being received into the Catholic Church, continued usage only reinforces present barriers to ecumenism ecumenism Movement toward unity or cooperation among the Christian churches. The first major step in the direction of ecumenism was the International Missionary Conference of 1910, a gathering of Protestants. . Jim Peters Aurora, Colo. |
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