Posted on 10/20/2015 12:34:51 AM PDT by OrthodoxIndianCatholic
Introduction :
It is my objective and endeavour to bring Ex-Catholics back to the Catholic Church in 2015 as well as in 2016. I intend to achieve this through "Catholic Classics".
What I mean is this -- I want Catholics who have left the Catholic Church to read awesome and amazing "Catholic Books" posted on my Catholic Blog.
Many Catholics in India specially in "Metro Cities" have left the Catholic Church and have joined "Non - Denominational Churches".
Most of them are unaware of "Catholic Classics" which encompass and explain the beautiful Catholic Faith.
In Cities like Mumbai in Maharashtra, Panjim and Margao in Goa, Bangalore in Karnataka, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu Catholics have left the Church for a variety of reasons; mostly for monetary reasons but some have also left because of animosity with Priests, or Nuns, or Bishops.
Let me tell you my personal story with regard to "Catholic Classics" and how they changed my life forever.
In Mid- 2012, 3 years back, I was quite angry with Catholic Priests because of negative experiences I had with them while growing up in Mumbai.
In the latter half of 2012, while surfing the "Net" for Catholic Websites I came across a beautiful, outstanding, and extra-ordinary Catholic Website called "E-Catholic 2000"-- "Catholics for the Third Millenium".
Once, I entered this amazing website I happened to stumble across four Catholic Classics--
1) Calvary and the Mass.
2) True Devotion to Mary.
3) Secret of the Rosary.
4) Secret of Mary.
After reading these 4 Catholic Classics over a number of months - I lost all animosity I may have had against Catholic Priests in Mumbai or anywhere else.
I promise you that when you read these 4 books, you will be changed forever and will fall in love with the Catholic - Christian Faith instantly as I did.
These are 4 Books, that positively changes lives and souls.
Read them and you will never be sorry that you visited my "Catholic Blog" accidentally or purposely.
These "Catholic Classics" proudly promote Jesus Christ as the "Centre of our Faith".
The Catholic Church is more than 2000 years old. Let us never forget that.
These Catholic Classics present to us the vibrant Catholic Faith as it has been through the centuries.
Conclusion :
No one will ever regret reading "Catholic Books" @ my blog. These Catholic Books help to build one up in the faith and help to strengthen one about the truths of the Catholic Faith.
I strongly recommend 4 Catholic Classics to Catholics who have left the Church and who might visit my Catholic Blog in the future.
1) Calvary and the Mass
http://www.ecatholic2000.com/calvary/mass.shtml
2) True Devotion to Mary
http://www.ecatholic2000.com/montfort/true/devotion.shtml
3) Secret of the Rosary
http://www.ecatholic2000.com/montfort/rosary/rosary.shtml
4) Secret of Mary
http://www.ecatholic2000.com/montfort/secret/secret.shtml
Happy and Holy Reading.
It is said that a picture is worth ... but alas, people like Vlad are unable to comprehend the subtle truths therein with Elsie’s cartoons.
Thanks for proving my point. You attacked the CCC and clearly did not know the 2nd edition was about 100 pages longer because of indices and not textual changes.
“...but alas, people like Vlad are unable to comprehend the subtle truths therein with Elsie’s cartoons.”
Really? Well, here are the truths Elsie apparently didn’t comprehend and responded to ultimately with a cartoon.
Here are the facts:
1) You apparently wanted to make hay out of the fact that there is a “NEW†(1997) edition of the CCC - and did so while posting verses from the “NEW†International Version of the Bible and you apparently didn’t see the obvious problem with that.
2) You apparently didn’t know that there are no major differences in the text between 1st and 2nd editions of the CCC. All textual edits boil down to a handful of pages and didn’t change a single doctrine in the least.
3) You apparently were completely unaware that the 2nd edition was published with a huge series of citation indices and a glossary and that those pages accounted for just about every single page of added text to the CCC as a whole. The textual edits to the main text were so minor that none of them singly or even in aggregate added any pages to the text except perhaps - and I really mean PERHAPS - lengthening the CCC by one or two pages overall.
So, you were wrong, on everything. Those are the facts.
Is attacking the Catholic Church for having a “NEW” catechism while posting verses from the “NEW” International Version a sign that someone is “unable to comprehend [a] subtle truth” or just a sign of outright hypocrisy?
“Unable to prove his own points; must have others do it for him.”
Wouldn’t that make you:
Liable to prove vladimir998’s points; can’t help but do it for him.
“This is what Vlad has paid his dues for.”
This then must be what Elsie paid his dues for:
“To Protestantism False Witness is the principle of propagation.” (John Henry Newman, Lecture 4. True Testimony Insufficient for the Protestant View)
“You could be a Mormon...”
No, but maybe you should go LDS: http://religiondispatches.org/does-mormonism-encourage-lds-people-to-lie/
Yes the seed is the word which sprouts in the non-believer and thus a new believer is born. Now re-read that and you will see that some those new Christians lose their way.
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