Catholicism: East of Eden

Insights into Catholicism for the 21st Century

Author

Richard Bennett

Category Theology Books

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146 in stock

Weight	1 lbs
Dimensions	8.5 × 5.4 × 0.8 in
ISBN	9781848710832
Binding	Paperback
topic	Roman Catholicism
Original Pub Date	2010
Banner Pub Date	Jun 1, 2010
page-count	336
format	Book

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.

Review

Review by Dominic Stockford

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	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