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Hello all. I haven’t been on here for a couple of months now. I am still curious why God keeps leading me back to this forum and the Catholic Church. So because i am tired of wandering and feeling lost, i am back with question. The first other than the bible, and the Catechism, please give me the name of a book that won’t overwhelm.
I wander if any of you have a spouse that is not Catholic and or has no plan to be one? This is were i am. So i have several battles to fight.
Thanks again
Matthew
 
I highly recommend “Jesus of Nazareth” by Pope Benedict XVI.

I found, personally, it easily engaging by first looking at the table of contents for a topic that interests you at the moment e.g. “the Transfiguration” and going straight to that rather than reading cover to cover.

I found it to be very transformative and amazingly inspiring.

Also, I have noticed that God calls us all where we need to be. If (and I’m just saying if, God needs you to bring your flavor of faith elsewhere; it does not need to be considered a censure against your Lutheran brothers).

Just my :twocents: .

-Carol
 
Catholicism for Dummies. Excellent primer on the faith. Written by two very well educated and Priests (two PhDs and a ThD). Easily read and understood. It can be used as a catechism for the faith. Look for the second edition, as it has some up dates in it. I learn something each time I open my copy.
 
themattman said:
Hello all. I haven’t been on here for a couple of months now. I am still curious why God keeps leading me back to this forum and the Catholic Church. So because i am tired of wandering and feeling lost, i am back with question. The first other than the bible, and the Catechism, please give me the name of a book that won’t overwhelm.
I wander if any of you have a spouse that is not Catholic and or has no plan to be one? This is were i am. So i have several battles to fight.
Thanks again
Matthew
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Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberley Hahn (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993)

Surprised by Truth, edited by Patrick Madrid (San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994)

Easy and enjoyable yet informative.
 
as a former Lutheran now waiting for RCIA to begin this fall, welcome back!

i enjoyed Crossing the Tiber by Steve Ray…he details a good bit of the early church fathers teachings which i found helpful, but he deals mainly with the church’s teaching regarding baptismal regeneration and the real presence in the Eucharist, neither which should really surprise you coming from the Lutheran church…

i did enjoy the book, easy read, tons of footnotes, cheap used price, good church father teachings, can’t go wrong with this one 🙂
 
themattman said:
Hello all. I haven’t been on here for a couple of months now. I am still curious why God keeps leading me back to this forum and the Catholic Church. So because i am tired of wandering and feeling lost, i am back with question. The first other than the bible, and the Catechism, please give me the name of a book that won’t overwhelm.
I wander if any of you have a spouse that is not Catholic and or has no plan to be one? This is were i am. So i have several battles to fight.
Thanks again
Matthew
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What kind of books are you looking for…conversions? catholic teaching? theology?

Look for the books of Scott Hahn:

scotthahn.com/scott-hahn-books.html

And Peter Kreft:peterkreeft.com/books.htm

On the Saints? I would recomment the Perfect Joy of St. Francis.
 
themattman said:
I wander if any of you have a spouse that is not Catholic and or has no plan to be one? This is were i am. So i have several battles to fight.
Thanks again
Matthew
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This is a large problem for me as well. He has never become a member of the Lutheran church (we were married in a civil ceremony). He was raised Baptist but has not attended since he was young. Although he has never interferred with raising our children in the Lutheran church, and attended their Baptisms, etc., he maintains that the Lutheran church is TOO CATHOLIC and he would NEVER EVER convert.

So I continue to pray and hope my life is a witness to him.

I should probably make an appointment with a priest to discuss my concerns over our marriage and whether it would be possible for me to receive communion if I did convert to the RCC - although I was widowed, he was divorced and his former wife is still living. I can guarantee he will not co-operate with any attempt to annul, etc. While he would not actively stop me from exploring the Catholic faith, he will not support it, either. We have been married 28 years.

I wish you well in your faith journey.
 
Stilldreamn said:
Although he has never interferred with raising our children in the Lutheran church, and attended their Baptisms, etc., he maintains that the Lutheran church is TOO CATHOLIC and he would NEVER EVER convert.
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themattman said:
I wander if any of you have a spouse that is not Catholic and or has no plan to be one? This is were i am. So i have several battles to fight.
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A quote that resonated with me (and might help you):

“The gravest obligation requires the acceptance and practice, not of the religion which one may choose, but of that which God prescribes and which is known by certain and indubitable marks to be the only true one.”
This is from Leo XIII in his Encyclical Immortale Dei (November 1, 1885), but that is not essential. What struck me is the choice that is put forward.

I suppose it could be simplified even more to:
What is more important, doing what we want or doing what God wants?

God bless you both on your journeys.
 
po18guy said:
Catholicism for Dummies. Excellent primer on the faith. Written by two very well educated and Priests (two PhDs and a ThD). Easily read and understood. It can be used as a catechism for the faith. Look for the second edition, as it has some up dates in it. I learn something each time I open my copy.
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👍👍👍 This actually helped me return to the Church and helped lead my wife TO the Church. Great place to start to get your bearings before you try to get into any one topic too in depth.
 
Surprised by Truth, edited by Patrick Madrid (San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994)
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I agree w/ the above book. There’s 1 & 2 - double the enjoyment!

I have a husband that has no plans of converting and I’m fine w/ it. It has never been an issue w/ us. 🙂

Now, if he were a CUB fan 😦 … all bets OFF! HA! I hail from the great city of*** BASEBALL HEAVEN - St. Louis Cardinals - World Series Winners - we say 12 in 12!***
 
Scott Hahn’s books are probably the biggest factor in my conversion from being Lutheran just over a year ago.

I also enjoyed “Crossing the Tiber” as mentioned above.

I feel like Hahn’s books are very well written, not overly complicated and covers most of the issues you’ll probably have.

I would also look into the Handbook of Catholic Apologetics by Peter Kreeft, it is quite a bit more complex but it is pure gold.
 
Reverted in 2002- wife is cradle Catholic- did research- especially read the early Church Fathers- Christianity can only be Roman Catholic when you read the early writers.
 
I am Catholic, my husband is Lutheran. He has no intentions of converting, however, he does attend Mass with me every Sunday. We have attended his church once, and he would like to go again, which I’m fine with (I’ll go on Saturday, we’ll go to his church on Sunday).

It’s not an issue for us at all. I just asked him a week ago if he would like to convert… he looked at me funny and said ‘no’. LOL… oh well, I asked 🙂
 
I was the spouse who didn’t want to convert about 7 years ago. I actually went to the church with my wife with a bible in hand, so I could prove her wrong. I wanted to show her that everything the Roman Catholic church did was against the bible… then I found myself immersed in scripture. It took a while to get there, but I ended up becoming Catholic myself.

I think anything by Scott Hahn helps. Many of his books helped me over the hurdle. I also suggest, like the above posters, Pope Benedicts two books on Jesus of Nazareth. Ah, and I would read Fulton Sheens the Life of Christ.
 
bmullins said:
I was the spouse who didn’t want to convert about 7 years ago. I actually went to the church with my wife with a bible in hand, so I could prove her wrong. I wanted to show her that everything the Roman Catholic church did was against the bible… then I found myself immersed in scripture. It took a while to get there, but I ended up becoming Catholic myself.

I think anything by Scott Hahn helps. Many of his books helped me over the hurdle. I also suggest, like the above posters, Pope Benedicts two books on Jesus of Nazareth. Ah, and I would read Fulton Sheens the Life of Christ.
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Good call on Archbishop Fulton Sheen, can’t go wrong there.
 
The Catholic Passion by David Scott is good. I would also read the early church fathers (not a book about them, but their actual writings).

I’m Catholic, married to a protestant, a former protestant myself. 👍
 
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