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Catholicism: East of Eden

by Richard Bennett

All human beings want to approach God in a way that pleases themselves. That is no surprise: we all are proud and self-righteous, and by nature disobedient to the revealed will of God. That was the ancient problem Cain had faced when he went out from the presence of God to live ‘east of Eden’ – and it continues to be the moral struggle of the 21st century. Always what is most needed in such a struggle is an unquenchable desire to possess and to be possessed by the Truth. How is Catholicism ‘east of Eden’? Worldwide interest in all things Catholic mixes with consternation over recent disclosures from within the Church. Amidst doctrinal and moral confusion, most issues remain unanalyzed and unexplained, leaving both Catholics and non-Catholics wondering where the Roman Catholic Church stands. This book will leave no doubt about the truthful answer.

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Publication

Publisher
The Banner of Truth Trust
Date published
Jun 1, 2010
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Dust jacket
No
Total pages
336 pages
ISBN-13
9781848710832

Reference

Publisher page
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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. From Tradition to Truth: A Priest’s Story
  • 2. The Lord Gave His Word: Unshakeable Authority
  • 3. The Mystique of the Catholic Priesthood
  • 4. The History of the Papacy from Its Inception to the Reformation
  • 5. The Response of the Papacy to the Reformation
  • 6. The Papal Claim to Have the Keys of the Apostle Peter
  • 7. Baptism, Confirmation, and the Anointing of the Sick
  • 8. Encounters in the Confession Box
  • 9. The Mass as a Sacrifice
  • 10. Holy Communion
  • 11. The Mystic Plague
  • 12. Images of Christ and the Gospel
  • 13. The Biblical Mary and Tradition
  • 14. God’s Institution of Marriage, Not Papal Rome’s
  • 15. Convent Life
  • 16. Biblical Unity in the Lord and Papal Conformity
  • 17. The Alignment of New Evangelicals with Catholicism
  • 18. A Concluding Portrait of Catholicism
  • Appendices:
  • 1. The Scripture Given to the Early Church
  • 2. The Apocrypha
  • 3. The Church as the Pillar and Stay of the Truth
  • 4. The Bible and the Catechism Compared