Catholic Literature in the Net

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St. John of Damascus, A.D. 675-749)
One of the Church Fathers and also Doctor of the Church


An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith

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John Henry Cardinal Newman
The most famous among Anglican converts to Catholicism. An excerpt from the work of Wifrid Ward entitled 'Life of Cardinal Newman' (2 vols.) :

John Henry Newman is indeed himself a remarkable instance of one of his own most characteristic contentions, that the same object may be seen by different onlookers under aspects so various and partial as to make their views, from their inadequacy, appear occasionally even contradictory. A very able German Catholic critic recently said to the present writer, 'Newman is the originator of the theory of development in dogma—he is that or he is nothing.' This critic took the famous Essay on its theoretical and philosophical side. But while to some Newman is thus before all things a religious philosopher—and he has often been compared with Pascal—there are others, like Lord Morley, who appear to see in him little more than a great master of English prose who is hardly to be reckoned a thinker at all. By yet others he has been placed in the category of the great ecclesiastical writers in history, the eloquence and force in some of his later sermons suggesting a comparison with Bossuet, his personal charm and delicate balance of mind recalling Fénelon. English Catholics think of him primarily as the great defender of their religion against Mr. Kingsley, Dr. Pusey, and Mr. Gladstone; as the man who has annihilated by his brilliant irony both High Church Anglicanism and the bombast of Exeter Hall in the lectures of 1849 and 1851. Yet the champion who entered the lists on behalf of the Roman claims in 1849 is still hailed by many as the founder of modern Anglicanism. There are, on the other hand, thousands for whom Newman's writings belong, to use Dean Stanley's phrase—'not to provincial dogma, but to the literature of all time.' He is for them the author of the Oxford Sermons, with their matchless insight into human nature; the religious poet who wrote the 'Dream of Gerontius' and 'Lead, {3} kindly Light'; while the 'Apologia' belongs in their eyes to the literature of self-revelation, not to apologetic. To others, again, he is the theologian who has an almost unequalled knowledge of the first three centuries of Church history. Such was Döllinger's estimate of him. And by some he was for long chiefly thought of as the greatest exponent of the views of the minority at the Vatican Council.



Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Newman's famous conversion story and "spiritual" autobiography

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
A very nice read.

[mannyamador]

They are products of human wisdom and are used to justify the strange teachings that weren't in the documents

Uh... which documents? The Bible? In case you forgot, God NEVER gave you or anyone else a Bible. The Bible is a product of the work of the Catholic Church. So if you doubt the teachings of the Church, you automatically undermine the authoruty of the Bible.

It's amazing how you haven't figured this out. But it's true: there are none so blind as those who refuse to see!

I would recommend others to check out these two websites as they contain very many documents which can be very usefullfor learning about the doctrines of the Church, its theology, and apologetics.

Eternal Word Television Network
http://www.ewtn.com
Contains many documents from the Church Fathers, Catholic publications, etc.

New Advent
http://www.newadvent.org
This site has the Catholic Encyclopedia, among others.

Catholic Culture
http://www.catholicculture.org
Formerly Petersnet. This site carries ratings on the orthodoxy of other "catholic" websites, and more.

[MrBiddle]

Uh... which documents? The Bible? In case you forgot, God NEVER gave you or anyone else a Bible. The Bible is a product of the work of the Catholic Church. So if you doubt the teachings of the Church, you automatically undermine the authoruty of the Bible.

There was already Canon, certain and surehanded from 170 - 220 A.D. and even before then in the early church although some annoying heretics felt they could write "Epistles" too, and they tend to undermine the authority of the Apostles when Paul even said that his Gospel was sufficient enough for knowledge on salvation (1 Cor. 15: 2, Gal. 1: 8 )

compare this with The Scriptures alone cannot be used for our knowledge on salvation as they do not contain all the necessary truths - (My Catholic Faith, Bishop Morrow )

But it was only during the 3rd century that the apostasy was full blown at the former capital of Turkey.

And I maintain, William Tyndale's English translation was still the first that came out of Guttenburg's machine... Erasmus's Greek NT came years later.

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William Most
Catholic theologian


Repayment of Works?

Is There Salvation Outside of the Church?

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addendum:

Catholic Apologetics Today: Answers to Modern Critics

[mannyamador]

And I maintain, William Tyndale's English translation was still the first that came out of Guttenburg's machine... Erasmus's Greek NT came years later.

To maintain this in spite of the mountain of evidence that shows otherwise (plus the fact that Tyndale's New Testament was printed around 69 years AFTER the Latin Gutenberg Bible) is madness. You really ought to think of becoming a comedian.

I think that given the above obstinacy we can expect your other assertions to be just as nutty. Read some history, not just your pastor's sermons and Jack Chick's idiotic tracts.

[MrBiddle]

I think that given the above obstinacy we can expect your other assertions to be just as nutty. Read some history, not just your pastor's sermons and Jack Chick's idiotic tracts.

His tracts are contentious, he's NOT one of the people I read... I read Timothy Kauffman though....

To maintain this in spite of the mountain of evidence that shows otherwise (plus the fact that Tyndale's New Testament was printed around 69 years AFTER the Latin Gutenberg Bible)

Same crystal clear evidence that the RCC didn't exist until the 3rd century... although there were already hereretical apostates even before the first 100 years of Christianity whom the church has based and use to justify their extrabiblical doctrinals.

69 years after the Latin Gutenburg Bible? botbot na. ;-b

[Obese Bo Ricardo]

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KWINTAS OG PUSIL by
Andro Mazo

Asa man makita sa Bibliya nga si Pedro
ga rosaryo og ganovena?
Asa man makita sa Bibliya na si Pedro
nangurus og nisimba og rebulto?

Asa'y mas mauwawon nga kamatayon -
i-firing squad ba ka? o i-lansang ba sa krus?
Kung si Kristo gipatay, sa panahon ni Rizal,
musugot ba mo - mukwintas og pusil?

Gi ingon ba ni Juan nga kuwang ang kamatooran
sa atong kaluwasan og atong pagsangpit igo ra
siya niingon dili verbatim ang pagdocumento.
Si Pablo miingon paagi niining ebanghelyo,
maluwas kamo!

Asa man makita sa Bibliya nga si Pedro
nitugpa's Roma og nahimong obese bo?
Asa man makita sa Bibliya nga si Pedro kay
nihalad og mga kandila?

Giingnan na kamo, "kung sangyawon mo
namo... o anghel sa langit --
og ebanghelyo, lahi sa amo nang nasangyaw,
siya kay gibinaliw!"

[mannyamador]

Same crystal clear evidence that the RCC didn't exist until the 3rd century... although there were already hereretical apostates even before the first 100 years of Christianity whom the church has based and use to justify their extrabiblical doctrinals.

And the world is flat. Yeah right.

Still can't prove your idiotic claim about Tyndale's Bible, I see. Not a shred of evidence. Typical.