Catholicism: East of Eden

Insights into Catholicism for the 21st Century

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Weight 0.45 kg
Dimensions 21.5 × 13.6 × 2.0 cm
ISBN 9781848710832
Binding

Paperback

format

Book

page-count

336

topic

Roman Catholicism

Original Pub Date

2010

Banner Pub Date

Jun 1, 2010

Book Description

All human beings want to approach God in a way that pleases themselves. That is no surprise: we all are proud and self-righteous, and by nature disobedient to the revealed will of God. That was the ancient problem Cain had faced when he went out from the presence of God to live ‘east of Eden’ – and it continues to be the moral struggle of the 21st century. Always what is most needed in such a struggle is an unquenchable desire to possess and to be possessed by the Truth.

How is Catholicism ‘east of Eden’? Worldwide interest in all things Catholic mixes with consternation over recent disclosures from within the Church. Amidst doctrinal and moral confusion, most issues remain unanalyzed and unexplained, leaving both Catholics and non-Catholics wondering where the Roman Catholic Church stands. This book will leave no doubt about the truthful answer.

In Catholicism: East of Eden, the author has endeavoured to address the 21st century issues of Catholicism with candour and empathy. Each topic is carefully documented so that the reader who wishes to know for certain if what is written here is true can easily find the information. Here is a book that speaks to both mind and heart.

Table of Contents Expand ↓

Acknowledgements vii
1 From Tradition to Truth: A Priest’s Story 1
2 The Lord Gave His Word: Unshakeable Authority 15
3 The Mystique of the Catholic Priesthood 34
4 The History of the Papacy from Its Inception to the Reformation 53
5 The Response of the Papacy to the Reformation 75
6 The Papal Claim to Have the Keys of the Apostle Peter 92
7 Baptism, Confirmation, and the Anointing of the Sick 108
8 Encounters in the Confession Box 123
9 The Mass as a Sacrifice 138
10 Holy Communion 151
11 The Mystic Plague 171
12 Images of Christ and the Gospel 186
13 The Biblical Mary and Tradition 201
14 God’s Institution of Marriage, Not Papal Rome’s 223
15 Convent Life 241
16 Biblical Unity in the Lord and Papal Conformity 256
17 The Alignment of New Evangelicals with Catholicism 272
18 A Concluding Portrait of Catholicism 286
Appendices:
1 The Scripture Given to the Early Church 299
2 The Apocrypha 305
3 The Church as the Pillar and Stay of the Truth 313
4 The Bible and the Catechism Compared 319

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