How to Convert to the Catholic Faith


 

These conversion steps apply also to anyone who has fell away from the Catholic faith including those in the novus ordo religion

and all false traditionalists such as the sspx, sspv, crmi and any who have believed in "baptism" of desire and blood.

 

If you have listened to God's call to be one of His children and embrace the Catholic faith you must make a profession of faith as

listed below. After you know and assent to primary teachings of the Catholic faith as embodied by the profession of faith

and are confident that you assent to all the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church, you must be baptized (if you haven't

already).  Verify that your baptism was valid by reviewing the proper form and matter of baptism. 

 

Baptism and Conditional Baptism: 

 

The form of baptism is: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”

 

While pouring water over the head (making sure if touches the skin) recite the baptismal formula.  When you say the "Father" pour

water on head, and then when you say "Son" pour water on head, and then when you say "Holy Ghost" pour water on head.

 

If there is some doubt about the validity of your baptism, the conditional form of baptism is: “If you are baptized, I do not baptize

you again, but if you are not yet baptized [pour water on the head, making sure it touches the skin] I baptize you in the name

of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”  Since there are barely any true Catholic priests in the whole country,

you can have a Catholic friend perform a conditional baptism, and you can baptize your own children.

 

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, “Exultate Deo,” 1439: “In case of necessity, however, not only a priest or a deacon, but even a layman or woman, yes even a pagan and a heretic can baptize, so long as he preserves the form of the Church and has the intention of doing what the Church does.” (Denz. 696)

 

Since you probably won't find any true Catholic priests available you should also go through the Confession Guide (listed above)

on a weekly basis.

 

Also say the rosary daily as this sacramental is the last refuge for faithful Catholics in these days of apostasy.

 

May you embrace the Catholic faith whole and inviolate.

 

Catholic Profession of Faith:

 

Preface  
Those who are outside the Church may be there for several reasons.  Those who have a valid baptism of water may be outside

of the Church for apostasy, heresy or schism.  The introduction to the profession of faith should match the situation.  It may be

that the standard form fits the situation, or those moving out of the Novus Ordo will say “having been fooled into the Novus Ordo.” 

 

Since there are probably no Catholic priests available (by true I mean one who is validly ordained) and no priest available who is

not a heretic you should say the profession of faith below with true contrition.

 

While kneeling the one making the profession of faith (seen in the formula below) must have a hand on all or some portions of the

Gospels.  You should only have a Douay - Rheims Bible since all other "bibles" are corrupted.

 

 


I, (your name), with firm faith believe and profess each and every article contained in the symbol of faith which the holy

Roman Church uses; namely:

● I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; and in

● one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages; God from God, light from light,

   true God from true God; begotten not made, of one substance (consubstantial) with the Father, through whom all things were made;

who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was made incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and

   was made man.

● He was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, died, and was buried; and

● He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven;

● He sits at the right hand of the Father, and He shall come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and of His kingdom there

    will be no end.

● And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, and giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who equally with the Father

   and the Son is adored and glorified; who spoke through the prophets.

● And I believe that there is one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.

● I confess one baptism for the remission of sins; and I hope for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.  Amen.

● I resolutely accept and embrace the apostolic and ecclesiastical traditions and the other practices and regulations of that same

   Church.

● In like manner I accept Sacred Scripture according to the meaning which has been held by holy Mother Church and which she now

   holds.  It is Her prerogative to pass judgment on the true meaning and interpretation of Sacred Scripture.  And I will never accept

   or interpret it in a manner different from the unanimous agreement of the Fathers.

● I also acknowledge that there are truly and properly seven sacraments of the New Law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and

   that they are necessary for the salvation of the human race, although it is not necessary for each individual to receive them all.

● I acknowledge that the seven sacraments are: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and

   Matrimony; and that they confer grace; and that of the seven, Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders cannot be repeated without

   committing a sacrilege.

● I also accept and acknowledge the customary and approved rites of the Catholic Church in the solemn administration of these

   sacraments.

● I embrace and accept each and every article on Original Sin and Justification declared and defined in the most holy Council of

   Trent.

● I likewise profess that in Mass a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice is offered to God on behalf of the living and the dead, and

   that the Body and Blood together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ is truly, really, and substantially present in the

   most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, and that there is a change of the whole substance of the bread into the Body, and of the

   whole substance of the wine into the Blood; and this change the Catholic Church calls transubstantiation.

● I also profess that the whole and entire Christ and a true Sacrament is received under each separate species.

● I firmly hold that there is a purgatory, and that the souls detained there are helped by the prayers of the faithful.

● I likewise hold that the saints reigning together with Christ should be honored and invoked, that they offer prayers to God on our

   behalf, and that their relics should be venerated.

● I firmly assert that images of Christ, of the Mother of God ever Virgin, and of the other saints should be owned and kept, and that

   due honor and veneration should be given to them.

● I affirm that the power of indulgences was left in the keeping of the Church by Christ, and that the use of indulgences is very

   beneficial to Christians.

● I acknowledge the holy, Catholic, and apostolic Roman Church as the mother and teacher of all churches; and…

● I unhesitatingly accept and profess all the doctrines (especially those concerning the primacy of the Roman Pontiff and his

    infallible teaching authority) handed down, defined, and explained by the sacred canons and ecumenical councils and

    especially those of this most holy Council of Trent (and by the ecumenical Vatican Council I).  And at the same time:

I condemn, reject, and anathematize everything that is contrary to those propositions, and all heresies

   without exception that have been condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the Church.

● I, N., promise, vow, and swear that, with God’s help, I shall most constantly hold and profess this true Catholic faith, outside

   which no one can be saved and which I now freely profess and truly hold.  With the help of God, I shall profess it whole and

   unblemished to my dying breath; and, to the best of my ability, I shall see to it that my subjects or those entrusted to me by

   virtue of my office hold it, teach it, and preach it.  So help me God and His holy Gospel.