I went into a huge Christian bookstore the other day looking for a decal of a fish to put on the truck. I found it. As a matter of fact I found everything imaginable that dealed with Christianity. I also found books on every religion in the world. They sold the Koran and had many books on the history of Islam. They had books on Buddism. They had books on Mormans. They had books on every protestant faith you could think. What they didn’t have was the first Catholic bible or anything else to do with Catholicism. Nothing, not the first thing. No New American Bible, no RSV Bible, no Douay Rheims Bible, no Ignatius Bible. About the only Bible they had was the NKJV protestant bible. Also the Book of Morman and the Koran and every other type of faith you could think of, except Catholicism. As I was paying for the fish decal I asked the young lady behind the counter did they sell crucifixes; that I had seen plenty of crosses but no crucifixes. She looked at me and said “Christ came down from the cross”. I paid for my decal and left the store.
To say that the vast majority of protestants don’t consider Catholics as christians is an understatement. If the items sold in that huge Christian store are an indication protestants consider Muslims closer to Christianity that Catholics.
The vast majority of Protestants don’t even think about the Catholic Church.
And a ‘christian bookstore’ that sells the Book of Mormon is NOT a christian bookstore.
Hey Sir good evening. I live in Texas and they carry the NAB in the local Christian book store. I think those Christian book stores like the regular Barnes and Noble book stores are all going away soon because people buy books, Bibles etc. on line or download to their electronic device. If you go to christianbooks.com they have a large supply and catalogue of Catholic books, Bibles and other items.
http://www.christianbook.com/catholic
I grew up in the North East and remember those Church supply stores which were mainly Roman Catholic. I was surprised I could never find a Bible there but could get a bunch of candles and robes for a good price:)
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I live in a heavily RC area, and the amount of Catholic bookstores is minimal, which is telling. But why would you want to buy the NAB, seeing as it promotes liberal scholarship ? But which censure applies to many Prot sources also.