Why did I return to Catholicism?

Dana Pham (pronouns: who/cares)
2 min readAug 28, 2021

I’ll keep this brief:

  1. The Apostolic traditions surrounding the altar in the church building, used to celebrate the Eucharist during Mass, like offerings and sacrifice in other religions.
  2. The Catholic Church has a Magisterium that started in New Testament times by the Twelves Apostles, not just the Bible that was only strung together 1600 or so years ago by the Church. It was always about communion and opening this to the world.
  3. The Catholic Magisterium and works of others in the Church continues to develop a cogent and cohesive understanding of the Word of God in order to make Matthew 18:15–17 work, even today. The Holy Spirit, which inspired the Bible, is not confused.
  4. The Bible chronologically cycles the same theme throughout, starting with Genesis that brought Heaven to Earth temporarily. The same recurring theme of the forever renewing ‘love-hate’ covenant between God and his children. The Earth wasn’t made in seven days, seven in Hebrew is closely associated with oath/covenant.
  5. Every time there is a covenant renewal, the Biblical story is more fleshed out for us to better understand God to the point that the Second Adam, Son of God, hypostatic union in nature, makes the ultimate sacrifice at Calvary. Then the Apostles and their early successors helped the early Christian communities contextualise the Old Testament and Gospels.
  6. Revelation finally gripped up the Bible on the aspiration for a Second Garden of Eden free from a living Hell, and the rest is Catholic Magisterial history. Sin manifests Hell, so there’s a mystery for me to solve: how do we bring Heaven and Earth closer together through good and virtue, to get ‘the Hell out’ of here as much as possible?

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Dana Pham (pronouns: who/cares)

Trans-inclusionary radical feminist (TIRF) | Liberal Arts phenomenologist from @notredameaus | Anglo-catholic | all opinions expressed here are my own