Posted on 03/19/2014 1:32:10 PM PDT by rwa265
If a Protestant looking into the claims of Catholicism were to ask me, “What one book should I read, where I can find a quick answer to any question I have?” I would tell him to read Devin Rose’s new book The Protestant’s Dilemma. I would also recommend this book to Protestant apologists, even those of many years, well-skilled in polemics. It will remind them of the heavy burden of proof they face, and the weakness of their position on point after point. The truth may set them free and bring them home too. (It has happened.)
All this may seem like overstatement — the obligatory praise from one Catholic blogger to another. But it is not.
Consider first the range of issues this book takes up. There are thirty-six chapters, each one on a different topic, from the papacy to sola scriptura, from the canon of the Bible to Purgatory, from confession to Eucharist to infant baptism. If something about the Catholic Church troubles you, this book has the answer. If you think you have found the point on which Catholicism fails, this book will show you why it is one more point upon which Protestantism fails.
Consider also the brevity. The book is just over 200 pages long, which means that Mr. Rose’s answers get to the root of the question without a knot of academic detail. It is harder to do than it might seem. This is the book of a man who has spent a long time studying the questions that divide Protestants and Catholics, and who knows how to present his case in a way that is easy for anyone to understand. At the same time, the book is useful for the professional apologist, for it recalls his mind to the basics.
(Excerpt) Read more at scottericalt.com ...
You said GERMAN, there is a huge difference between German and Germanic. I pray for you.
From metmom herself. I am merely following her example. You just ignore them when they are answered anyway, why SHOULD anyone bother?
Actually that would be protestants that do that, metmom and izzy, the most notable examples on this thread.
I can't believe that you are so petty as to DEMAND Metmom finished your acronym that she made to someone ELSE and insist she was "ignorant" when she didn't jump to your command. What, are you ten years old??? It sure seems like on topics some Roman Catholics here blindly agree on, fools seldom DO differ.
Like I said following the example of metmom, So would that make her the petty 10 year old. And for the record Catholics do not blindly agree, everyone of us here has investigated the Catholic Church to some degree or another. On the other hand it is the prots that blindly spew any negative thing they can find about the Catholic Church regardless of the facts.
Izzy's post 628: Really??? Who wrote the German languagebible around 300 AD translated right from the original Greek??? Here's a hint...It wasn't a Catholic...
If he meant Germanic he should have said it. words mean things. Talk about blindly following.
I want a WHITE rabbit for Easter.
At least I do not get ACCUSED of 'my opinion'.
I would rather be known as a faithful Christian than one who appears to be a slave to merely ONE 'authorized' teaching.
Pleased to be part of the group; since it appears that many have no genteel manners they use for the fairer sex (gender) anyway.
Curious, you have post 666, must be just a coincidence, or not...
True; but those that WANT to try to deny our foundation just LOVE to trot it out from time to time as if it PROVES the point they are trying to make.
Thank GOD the Mayflower Compact is there to refute their nefarious desires.
Are you two TRYING to make this about me?
| To: metmom Making it personal is the knee jerk, default answer when you’ve made a point that can’t be refuted. I chalk it up as a win.
Thank you for the sage advice, since you have not been able to tell me the meaning of AFSD, I will chalk that up as a humongous win. |
One must toss harder, if they want SOME stuff to ADHERE to the wall.
If you are Catholic, it appears that one of the things you learn is how to frame the argument.
And how to try to limit the choices...
Like, "Mary is in Heaven. Fielding over 1,000 requests a SECOND to be forwarded to Jesus."?
It helps but still needs work. It seems that there may be punctuation missing. Just a thought.
You can try again......
That is obvious.
(Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam = FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD)
Isaiah 42:8
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, .... That is my name, and I will not give my glory to anyone else; I will not share my praise with carved idols.
HMMMmmm...
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