Rome sweet home

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It’s a wonderful book by Scott Hahn…and a wonderful title

I can’t think of anything that would pry me from being a catholic that is loyal to the pope and the magesterium

I think that Pope Benedict is doing a great job…we are very lucky:)
 
redrosetea said:
It’s a wonderful book by Scott Hahn…and a wonderful title

I can’t think of anything that would pry me from being a catholic that is loyal to the pope and the magesterium

I think that Pope Benedict is doing a great job…we are very lucky:)
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Can you explain what you mean by “loyal to the Pope and Magisterium?”
 
Ironically Dr. Hahn is among the top American theologians.Ironic in that he is a former Protestant.

His conversion story is said to have brought thousands into the church. A latter day Newman. His St. Paul Center is worth a look. And support I’d add. Its provides free online “world class”, orthodox Bible study. Check out the Online Instruction link. Dr. Hahn is becoming involved through his outreaches in Catholic Bible study in Central America most recently.

Dr. Hahn is a sign I guess. A gift to the Catholic church. The evangelical converts have brought their on-fire spread the good news Christianity into Catholic Chritianity. Listen to CA Live - about half at least of the regular apologist guests are former Protestant evangelicals.

Catholic radio has exploded in the last decade and evangelical converts have been a key to that. Coming from a Protestant background where Protestant radio has been a given. Even today there are just around 130 - 140 catholic radio stations compared to several thousand Protestant radio stations. But given that were about a dozen Catholic radio stations a decade ago that is good news.

Again, to paraphrase Fr. Mitch Pacwa, keep the St. Paul Center between your gas and phone bill. If you are looking for an effective, orthodox apostolate to support I highly recommend you consider Dr. Hahn’s St. Paul Center.

Here is a link to Dr. Hahn’s apostolate:

salvationhistory.com/
 
Thank you I am going to take a look…He is a very easy to understand writer. He doesn’t find it necessary to dazzle you Wit things that you need a degree to fully understand
 
redrosetea said:
Thank you I am going to take a look…He is a very easy to understand writer. He doesn’t find it necessary to dazzle you Wit things that you need a degree to fully understand
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Great. Take the courses. Hahn is branching out - his recent co-authored book challenges Dawkins and the “new atheism”.

But as I said, if you get worth from his apostolate please support it however you can.

Catholics are indeed “tight” compared to Protestants. One can give what one can give but Catholics - and I am talking orthodox Catholics - need to support orthodox ministires. If all one can afford is 100 bucks a year fine. But find an apostolate that speaks to you and support it to the extent you can. The St. Paul Center is one of those apostolates deserving of support IMO.
 
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??? What do you mean? Do you have an example?
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Pope St. Pius X in 1907 stated this:

“One of the primary obligations assigned by Christ to the office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock is that of guarding with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the saints, rejecting the profane novelties of words and the gainsaying of knowledge falsely so called…We may no longer keep silence, lest We should seem to fail in Our most sacred duty, and lest the kindness that, in the hope of wiser counsels, We have hitherto shown them, should be set down to lack of diligence in the discharge of Our office.”

That is as good a job description of the Pope as can be given.

My position is that the post-conciliar Popes (And John XXIII to some extent) have been negligent in their duties and instead indulged in that which was condemned by the Sainted Pontiff.
 
rien said:
Great. Take the courses. Hahn is branching out - his recent co-authored book challenges Dawkins and the “new atheism”.

But as I said, if you get worth from his apostolate please support it however you can.

Catholics are indeed “tight” compared to Protestants. One can give what one can give but Catholics - and I am talking orthodox Catholics - need to support orthodox ministires. If all one can afford is 100 bucks a year fine. But find an apostolate that speaks to you and support it to the extent you can. The St. Paul Center is one of those apostolates deserving of support IMO.
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We are retired and on a fixed income but we support our church and EWTN every month
 
GerardP said:
Pope St. Pius X in 1907 stated this:

“One of the primary obligations assigned by Christ to the office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock is that of guarding with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the saints, rejecting the profane novelties of words and the gainsaying of knowledge falsely so called…We may no longer keep silence, lest We should seem to fail in Our most sacred duty, and lest the kindness that, in the hope of wiser counsels, We have hitherto shown them, should be set down to lack of diligence in the discharge of Our office.”

That is as good a job description of the Pope as can be given.

My position is that the post-conciliar Popes (And John XXIII to some extent) have been negligent in their duties and instead indulged in that which was condemned by the Sainted Pontiff.
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The “authenticity” of a pontiff’s reign is not marked by how well he measures up to Pius X “job description.”
 
redrosetea said:
We are retired and on a fixed income but we support our church and EWTN every month
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Then you are doing what you can. All that is needed. But spread the word about the St. Paul Center and pray for it. And take the free online Bible studies. Great stuff.

I apologize if my post offended. It was meant to reference younger non-retired orthodox Catholics.
 
Timothysis said:
The “authenticity” of a pontiff’s reign is not marked by how well he measures up to Pius X “job description.”
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No one said anything about their “authenticity.” We are talking about their loyalty to the Magisterium of the Church.
 
I read the book as a protestant when my husband and I were in the process of trying to understand the teaching of the Catholic Church. It was very helpful for us to have insight into the conversion process of another married couple who were not always on the same page spiritually. We found it an easy and informative read during a rather turbulent and confusing time. Thankfully we came into the Church together unscathed. 🙂

I have to say that the title “Rome Sweet Home” is dreadful and kept us from opening the book for years. It is offensive to protestants who obviously do not think that Rome is home, let alone sweet. As the book is written for protestants, Mr Hahn would have been wise to choose a title that didn’t offend them before they’d even opened the cover.
 
I am not sure the book was only written with Protestants in mind…I think it was written for Christains…and I love the title it is just how I feel about it
 
redrosetea said:
I am not sure the book was only written with Protestants in mind…I think it was written for Christains…and I love the title it is just how I feel about it
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Of course Catholics love the title. 🙂 I can assure you that Protestants do not. It puts up an immediate barrier to even opening it (speaking from personal experience.) As the book is frequently used as an evangelistic tool, wouldn’t it have made more sense to appeal first to Protestants and second to those already Catholic?
 
I have no idea. I guess he felt he only had to please God, and let the rest of us try to do the same

Welcome home…🙂
 
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