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I’ve been wanting to convert to the Catholic faith for about 5 months now (the amount of growth I’ve had in that time is amazing!). I’m a college student who is learning both Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew, so my time is a little limited.

With that said, any suggested reading? Good books for a former Protestant?
 
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Welcome!

Surprised by Truth 1-3 by Patrick Madrid are good. Conversion stories.

chnetwork.org tons of conversion stories there too.

Little on the heavy side but worth the time and effort: GK Chesterton’s Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.

Catholicism vs. Fundamentalism, by Karl Keating our gracious host.

Steven Ray’s web site has a bunch of conversion stories.

This website has a lot of references on the left hand margin.

But most of all, PRAYER.

God bless you as you continue to embark on this most wonderful of all journeys—going home.

in XT.
 
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I’ve been wanting to convert to the Catholic faith for about 5 months now (the amount of growth I’ve had in that time is amazing!). I’m a college student who is learning both Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew, so my time is a little limited.

With that said, any suggested reading? Good books for a former Protestant?
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Aquinas already offered some great books, so I just wanted to encourage you.

May I ask, are you in an RCIA program, or still justing thinking?
 
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trumpet152:
I’ve been wanting to convert to the Catholic faith for about 5 months now (the amount of growth I’ve had in that time is amazing!). I’m a college student who is learning both Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew, so my time is a little limited.

With that said, any suggested reading? Good books for a former Protestant?
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May help me to make a suggestion if I know which background you’re coming from. Were/are you a mainstream Protestant? Fundamentalist? Evangelical? Depending on you’re background you’ll probably respond differently to different authors.

The Catechism is always a good start though.
 
Thanks for the ideas; I’ll certainly get started! To answer some questions, I was a fundamentalist. Thankfully, God has shown the Church. I am not yet in RCIA classes (though I wish to be). Family constraints forbid that from happening at the moment (See This Thread).
 
“The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism” by Louis Bouyer- an excellent book explaining why the positive aspects of Protestantism can only be brought to their fulfillment in the Catholic Church (written by a former Lutheran)

“On Being Catholic” by Thomas Howard- covers many basic areas of disagreement between Catholics and Protestants

“The Lamb’s Supper” by Scott Hahn- wonderful book about the Mass
 
Trumpet:

Look what God has done for you!!! You’re not a full fledged catholic yet, but he’s already laid out your apostolate—your family. Love them with all of your heart. So, take all of their resistance as your mortification. That is your wealth. This is the pain that you can use to sanctify your journey. If it were made too easy, then you can’t be tested.

Like the other posts, you’re not a child anymore and you have the right to the direction of your own soul. It may cause friction. Show them as much love and affection at this time—to assure them that you’re not just a rebel. In turn they might also see your growth and maturity, they will take it easier on you.

GKC once said that the CC is the last bastion of true romance and heraldry, that the CC frees a man by letting him bind himself in vows. What you’re going through is your knightly call to the beautiful, noble and true. This journey will demand all of the virtues that you have to be tested, so ask the good Lord to show you the graces that he already gave you.

in XT.
 
I think “Life is Worth Living:”(not The T.V. Series no Your in front)“A Christian Philoshophy of Life” (I think that is how the end goes) by the late ArchBishop Fulton J. Sheen. It is a spectacular introduction. He goes over the Seven Sacrement, The divinity/humanity of Christ, The Papacy and Infalliblity and quite a bit more. The chapters are rather conscise which is good scince you are a rather busy Student and it is done proboly with the greatest clearity and charity I have ever seen. It was a big influnce (as was most of the stuff Fulton J. Sheen did) on my conversion.
 
“By What Authority: an Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition”, by Mark P. Shea

“Frequent Confession”, by Benedict Baur.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a must.
 
I’d second the Catholic Home Study Course and also Fr. Lukefahr’s book The Privelege of Being Catholic. I’d also go with Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Keating; I’m half way through and it’s very good.
 
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