So I visited the Mormon Temple...

[why_me]

i think it depends on where you live.

Thanks for the post in reply to my post. I appreciate the time that you took to write it.

 

[MariaG]

You should check on this. As I just wrote, the brochure was advising catholics not to read anticatholic literature. Also, I remember as a boy that one must not go into a non-catholic church. That was also a sin. You can check with your priest on this to see if I am correct.

There is a difference between advising Catholics not to read anti-catholic literature and forbidding it.

As for you childhood memory, I think you misunderstood, were taught incorrectly or do not remember correctly. A Catholic Christian is NOT forbidden to enter a non-Catholic church. It is NOT a sin to do so. It would be a sin however, to choose to go to a non-Catholic Church INSTEAD of a Catholic one to fulfill your Sunday obligation.

God Bless,
Maria

 

[colliric]

Yes, a person should be well schooled. The people who “may be discouraged” from reading anti-Catholic material are ones who others probably feel are not solidly grounded in Catholic theology. For these people, reading the catechism hand in hand with the Bible should be encouraged rather than the reading of lies and attacks.

Although neither is “forbidden” no matter what ones level of knowledge is.

God Bless,
Maria

Yes certainly, I also find it is good to have a Catholic Study bible instead of a standard one, Mine is the Douay Rheims Challoner version which is actually a Study bible.

 

[DB_AND_ALI]

I personally have never been discouraged from reading anti-Catholic literature. In fact, in our parish bible study, we have “apologetics night” on the first Thursday of each month. That’s when we take an anti-Catholic tract or book and disect it, learning how to defend our faith against such attacks. These, not surprisingly, are the most well-attended bible studies. We have looked at Loraine Boettner’s Roman Catholicism, the mother of all anti-Catholic tomes, JW and SDA tracts about the RCC, and even Jack Chick comics. Then we explore the biblical texts that debunk that garbage.

The February session was about the rapture. It was one of the best ever.

Our pastor has encouraged us in this pursuit. He says it is like a vaccination against error.

God love you,
Paul

Paul , what a way to go…it’s not that we are going to become bitter and twisted like some anti-catholic authors ! What irritates me is the sheer scale of books available giving protestant viewpoints…particularly in our libraries. Protestants do not buy books at the catholic bookstore ! Hence we should all purchase books by well known catholic authors and duly ‘donate’ them to the local library.
You are also blessed to belong to a progressive parish…keep learning and one’s faith grows !