I'm joining the Catholic Church next month. Advice/Books/Etc.?

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Hello fellow Freepers. I believe this is my first post on the Religion forum.

Over the past week or so, I put some thought into something I've been pondering for a while; my spiritual welfare. As it was, I had been part of the 'Sola Scriptua' school of thought (Evangelical Christian). By the Bible and only the Bible. Sounded good enough.

Well...what about before the Bible was put into word? It stuck in my head when reading an article earlier on FR concerning a deconstruction of Sola Scriptura and its inherent weaknesses as a foundation for one's faith.

This, combined with a genuine lack of churchgoing (as a family, we've been uncertain about going to various churches, given that top-down problems with Episcopal/Methodist/etc. churches and their increasing liberalization are a genuine problem for one's spiritual welfare), compelled me to make a decision.

I don't know if my family will follow me, persay, but I'm going to go ahead and take the plunge.

Next month, I'm going to the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle near my home, and I'm joining the Roman Catholic Church.

As is, I have a few volumes of the Magnificat pamphlet and the Catechism of the Catholic Church to read.

Any other pointers from other Catholic Freepers?

[netmilsmom]

Dr. E is a she btw, and XeniaSt is a he.

[P-Marlowe]

xzins post making it personal has been deleted.

When you post a vanity thread about yourself, you open yourself up to personal attack or personal challenge. The author "made it personal" by posting a personal vanity thread about himself.

I would request that xzins' post be restored.

[Cronos]

But, Constantine the Emperor was not a pope.

How CAN you say that??? Don't you know that Xenia has more gnosis, more knowledge than you or me or any other Catholic about what the CAtholic Church teaches? He knows the secret gnosis and the secret handshake to catch'em. Shalom.

[Cronos]

Who is confused by Latin?

No, Petronski, you misnuderstand. Xenia says we should read the Bible only in Koine Greek and Aramaic and Ancient Hebrew -- in the languages it was written in. TRanslating it into any other language is Haram. Xenia can read all of those ancient languages, I presume, so he is kindly telling us that we should learn it and learn from him all the gnosis.

[narses]

“...you open yourself up to personal attack ...”

Really? Why can’t civility obtain? Why would you or anyone WANT to ATTACK a poster?

[P-Marlowe]

Still making this personal eh? Whay strain at gnats to impugn another posters integrity?

xzins is not the subject of this thread, Ultra Sonic 007 is.

If you an post an OPEN vanity thread about yourself, then you should be ready to take a little personal heat. If Ultra Sonic 007 wanted to keep himself from being personally challenged, he could have posted this thread as a devotional.

[Judith Anne]

Which is precisely why we DO need a conspiracy. This has GOT to be surpressed.

[Cronos]

I became a member of Christ 31 years ago

Ok, congratulations -- I have been part of the Church that has made me a member of Christ. God bless you!

[P-Marlowe]

Why would you or anyone WANT to ATTACK a poster?

Is that a "personal attack" on me?

[Judith Anne]

duh, “suppressed.”

[Cronos]

You guys came to understand that down deep you really want to eat baklava, drink thick sweet cafe and maybe dance a little bit after the Liturgy

Ah, you got me. But serously, thank you, kosta etc. for letting us learn more about the ways of the Eastern Church. It's helped us both grow.

[Cronos]

oooh, worse than that is ouzo or resina — the smell is enough to make me run away :) but spiros in Plata is great!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I don’t mind.

xzins’ post can be restored. I have no qualms with it. I’ve said my piece on the accusations.

[Cronos]

Millions more were not

Millions? thou exaggeratesth

[Cronos]

sory, brought up in a Jesuit school and college!

[Cronos]

Yes, you bash’em, cash’em and lash’em.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

Take a look at his website on abortion, and then you may judge the character of US: the best anti-abortion website on the internet There is nothing duplicitous about him. Period.

[Judith Anne]

I went to the website, it is quite impressive. You must be so proud...

[Religion Moderator]

Talking about deleted posts is "picking at the scab" - stop it.