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I hope this is where I should post this. I’m looking for suggestions on books on: refuting anti-Catholic claims like the whore of babylon ect. I’m also looking for books on the reformation from a Catholic point of view. Or Catholic books that present both Catholic and Protestant beliefs and contrast them. For example: confession, Prayer to Saints, and the Eucharist.

Also, any books or websites about United Methodists particularly their origions from the Anglican Church and when the Anglican Church/Methodist Church did away with it’s Catholic beliefs and why.

I know that’s a lot but I’m very interested in these subjects. Thanks!
 
One book that was instrumental in my conversion is Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating (the founder of Catholic Answers, who is our host).

If you IM me your mailing address, I would be pleased to send you a copy (brand new and still sealed in shrink-wrap), free of charge.

Cheers!
 
Learningconvert said:
I hope this is where I should post this. I’m looking for suggestions on books on: refuting anti-Catholic claims like the whore of babylon ect. I’m also looking for books on the reformation from a Catholic point of view. Or Catholic books that present both Catholic and Protestant beliefs and contrast them. For example: confession, Prayer to Saints, and the Eucharist.

Also, any books or websites about United Methodists particularly their origions from the Anglican Church and when the Anglican Church/Methodist Church did away with it’s Catholic beliefs and why.
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You might be interested in “Freedom of the Will (A Wesleyan Response to Jonathan Edwards)” by Daniel Whedon, 19th century. I got it several years ago intending to compare it alongside Edwards’ “Freedom of the Will”; unfortunately Edwards can make me physically ill and I didn’t want to fall back into a deep dark hole. 😛

Suggestions for the Catholic stuff: “Unabridged Christianity” by Fr. Mario Romero, “The Belief of Catholics” by Ronald Knox, “Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic” by David Currie, “Evangelical is Not Enough” by Thomas Howard…I’m sorry, I don’t have a neutral source to recommend that would simply put Catholic doctrines alongside those of other denominations without emphasizing any. The “Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church” is sort of an official “cliff notes” version of the CCC that might make it easier to see at a glance what Catholicism teaches.
 
Also, “The Catholic Reformation” by Henri Daniel-Rops might be interesting.
 
DavidFilmer said:
One book that was instrumental in my conversion is Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating (the founder of Catholic Answers, who is our host).

If you IM me your mailing address, I would be pleased to send you a copy (brand new and still sealed in shrink-wrap), free of charge.

Cheers!
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I got this book last year. Very good and I highly recommend it. *Catholics for dummies * is also a good book to read about the faith in laymens terms for a knucklehead like me. It goes through lots of topics like the reformation but not in depth.
 
  1. Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberley Hahn (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993)
    One of the greatest stories explaining their search for a church and understanding
    individual faith issues they had to satisfy. When reading this I became aware of just how much I took my faith for granted, and made me appreciate what had been handed to me at no cost. My personal thanks to God just zoomed up by
    1000%.
  2. Surprised by Truth, edited by Patrick Madrid (San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994)
    This comprises 11 convert stories on the order of Scott Hahn’s story that are soul
    wrentching. Here is a sample of some of the topics discussed and explained in this book:
  • Apostolic tradition preserved and proof
  • Infant baptism
  • Real presence and Mass
  • Upon this Rock and Peter
  • Pope’s infallibility, head, and misconceptions
  • Abortion
  • Repitious prayers
  • Why church infallibility is necessary, and authority
  • The firstborn
  • Sola Scriptura
  • Wrong impressions by protestants
  • Confession
  • Birth control
  • Communion of saints
  • Mary
  • Works necesary
  • Justification and salvation
  • Mortal and venial sins
    A many of the thin line issues are also included.
  1. Crossing the Tiber, by Stephen K. Ray (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1997)
    This is also a convert story which is fascinating. But the real value is in
    his footnotes which are extensive, which explain and validate many of our
    Catholic truths. He excells in his method of explaining doctrine.
    He mentions this catechism in his bibliography.
The Catholic Catechism, by John A. Hardon (New York: Doubleday, 1981)
“This is a very extensive, easily read, and well organized compilation of
church teaching.”

Catholicism for Dummies
Quickly look up questions and answers.
 
Learningconvert said:
I hope this is where I should post this. I’m looking for suggestions on books on: refuting anti-Catholic claims like the whore of babylon ect. I’m also looking for books on the reformation from a Catholic point of view. Or Catholic books that present both Catholic and Protestant beliefs and contrast them. For example: confession, Prayer to Saints, and the Eucharist.

Also, any books or websites about United Methodists particularly their origions from the Anglican Church and when the Anglican Church/Methodist Church did away with it’s Catholic beliefs and why.

I know that’s a lot but I’m very interested in these subjects. Thanks!
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I would certainly second several of the books mentioned, especially Rome Sweet Home by the Hahn’s. Scott Hahn is a former Protestant pastor and wrote several works in apologetics. You may want to check out his books The Lamb’s Supper (on the Mass), Hail Holy Queen (on Mary), and check out this website and go to the apologetics tab under library which has many good articles: salvationhistory.com

as far as the whore of Babylon, this comes from the belief that the harlot in Revelation is identified with Rome and will come to be destroyed; however, the harlot is clearly identified with Jerusalem in about seven places in Revelation, but Rome should be understood to be the seven headed beast that the harlot is sitting on (Rome was built on seven hills and Jerusalem was propped up on the wealth of Rome at this time). Then the beast eats the harlot - and this happened in history - Rome destroyed Jerusalem.
 
“Catholic and Christian” - An Explanation of Commonly Misunderstood Catholic Beliefs by Alan Schreck, copyright 1984. An excellent, easy to understand primer on Catholicism.
 
Thank you everyone for the book suggestions. I will be doing lots of reading!
 
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