Some of you may have encountered Rod Dreher and his departure from the Catholic Church. It’s been all over the Catholic Blogosphere for a few days now. I, however, don’t get out much, so I didn’t see it until yesterday.
I’m not going to comment on Rod or his departure directly. I know Rod, though not well. Our sporatic correspondence goes back two or three years to around the time he moved to Dallas. I’m not going to comment directly here because I’ve already commented directly to Rod himself. Anything I say here may get painfully close to disclosure of private information, and I don’t really want to risk that.
But Rod’s well publicized departure brings up an interesting point on the submission of an individual to the Church. The Pontificator has an excellent post on the subject. There are plenty of others as well. But the important matter for a potential convert is this: properly understood, conversion to Catholicism is a one-way trip.
