Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic

Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic
Title Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic PDF eBook
Author Peter Kreeft
Publisher Sophia Institute Press
Pages 145
Release 2018-03-02
Genre Religion
ISBN 1622826140

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My title explains itself. But it’s misleading. There are more than 40 reasons. In fact, there are at least ten to the 82nd power, which, I am told, is the number of atoms in the universe. And that’s just in ordinary matter, which makes up only 4.9% of the universe, the rest being dark matter and dark energy. Each of my reasons is an independent point, so I have not organized this book by a succession of chapters or headings. After all, most readers only remember a few big ideas or separate points after reading a book. (I’ve never heard anyone say “Oh, that was a good continuous-process-of-logically-ordered-argumentation” but I’ve often heard people say, “Oh, that was a good point.” Which takes me back to my main point: “Why are you a Catholic?” is a good question. A good question deserves a good answer. Here are forty of mine.

Why Stay Catholic?

Why Stay Catholic?
Title Why Stay Catholic? PDF eBook
Author Michael Leach
Publisher Loyola Press
Pages 363
Release 2011-03-15
Genre Religion
ISBN 0829435646

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Why Stay Catholic? is a lively, timely book about the "good stuff" within the Catholic Church today.

Crisis and Challenge in the Roman Catholic Church

Crisis and Challenge in the Roman Catholic Church
Title Crisis and Challenge in the Roman Catholic Church PDF eBook
Author Debra Meyers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 269
Release 2020-07-07
Genre Religion
ISBN 1793604924

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This volume explores the historical, theological, sociological, and ethical dimensions of the current issues threatening the two thousand-year-old Roman Catholic Church. The interdisciplinary analysis contained within the volume exposes the destructive convictions and actions of the Roman Catholic clergy that has produced the current institutional crisis while suggesting options for moving forward. Documenting the cases that constitute the many crises currently surrounding Catholicism, the volume aims to provide clarity and conscience. At the same time, with a constructive vision of an ethics and religious practice rooted in integrity and transparency, the authors offer a path towards holistic and holy reformation by and for Catholics.

Why Be Catholic?

Why Be Catholic?
Title Why Be Catholic? PDF eBook
Author Patrick Madrid
Publisher Image
Pages 242
Release 2014-06-03
Genre Religion
ISBN 0307986446

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The popular blogger and publisher of Envoy magazine offers 10 key reasons why he loves being Catholic (and you should too). Drawing heavily on poignant anecdotes from his own experience as a life-long Catholic born in 1960s, Madrid offers readers a way of looking at the Church--its members, teachings, customs, and history--from perspectives many may have never considered. Growing up Catholic during a time of great social and theological upheaval and transition, a time in which countless Catholics abandoned their religion in search of something else, Patrick Madrid learned a great deal about why people leave Catholicism and why others stay. This experience helped him gain many insights into what it is about the Catholic Church that some people reject, as well as those things that others treasure. Drawing upon Madrid's personal experiences, Why Be Catholic? offers a deeply personal, fact-based, rationale for why everyone should be Catholic or at least consider the Catholic Church in a new light.

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic
Title Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic PDF eBook
Author David Currie
Publisher Ignatius Press
Pages 228
Release 2009-09-03
Genre Religion
ISBN 1681490587

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David Currie was raised in a devout Christian family whose father was a fundamentalist preacher and both parents teachers at Moody Bible Institute. Currie's whole upbringing was immersed in the life of fundamentalist Protestantism - theology professors, seminary presidents and founders of evangelical mission agencies were frequent guests at his family dinner table. Currie received a degree from Trinity International University and studied in the Masters of Divinity program. This book was written as an explanation to his fundamentalist and evangelical friends and family about why he became a Roman Catholic. Currie presents a very lucid, systematic and intelligible account of the reasons for his conversion to the ancient Church that Christ founded. He gives a detailed discussion of the important theological and doctrinal beliefs Catholic and evangelicals hold in common, as well as the key doctrines that separate us, particularly the Eucharist, the Pope, and Mary.

Why I Am a Catholic

Why I Am a Catholic
Title Why I Am a Catholic PDF eBook
Author Garry Wills
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 420
Release 2003
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780618380480

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In this provocative work, which could not be timelier, Garry Wills, one of our country's most noted writers and historians, offers a powerful statement of his Catholic faith. Beginning with a reflection on his early experience of that faith as a child and later as a Jesuit seminarian, Wills reveals the importance of Catholicism in his own life. He goes on to challenge, in clear and forceful terms, the claim that criticism or reform of the papacy is an assault on the faith itself. For Wills, a Catholic can be both loyal and critical, a loving child who stays with his father even if the parent is wrong. Wills turns outward from his personal experiences to present a sweeping narrative covering two thousand years of church history, revealing that the papacy, far from being an unchanging institution, has been transformed dramatically over the millennia -- and can be reimagined in the future. At a time when the church faces one of its most difficult crises, Garry Wills offers an important and compelling entrée into the discussion of the church's past -- and its future. Intellectually brisk and spiritually moving, Why I Am a Catholic poses urgent questions for Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike.

Before I Go

Before I Go
Title Before I Go PDF eBook
Author Peter Kreeft
Publisher Sheed & Ward
Pages 260
Release 2007-10-15
Genre Religion
ISBN 1580512305

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Renowned Catholic writer Peter Kreeft presents 67 things he has learned about life, faith, morality, priorities, marriage, and more as his legacy to his children— and to readers. He shares his practical wisdom, as well as his concern for truth and goodness, in a beautifully written and compelling style.