Which Book Increased Your Faith

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One that I don’t think has been mentioned, but it’s really fantastic

The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous

It’s a really fantasstic book on Christian mysticism from the 14th century.
 
I have quite a few, but tops in my list would be, in no particular order:

The Everlasting Man
Mere Christianity
Return of the Prodigal Son
 
I’m new to Catholicism but I just got my hands on the Catechism of the Catholic church. Can anyone give me advice on how this is best read?

e.g. Should it be read start to finish or is it best that I read up on the questions I have to begin with|?

Andrew
 
StranraerHibby said:
I’m new to Catholicism but I just got my hands on the Catechism of the Catholic church. Can anyone give me advice on how this is best read?

e.g. Should it be read start to finish or is it best that I read up on the questions I have to begin with|?

Andrew
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I’m also reading this for the first time. I am reading it from start to finish but very slowly as I don’t find the language easy. Luckily it is on my I-phone so can read it anywhere:shrug:
 
Re Chatechisim, I am also reading it. I am also reading it slowly.lol, but I have it on my nook, so I just read a little at a time.
One thing I was reading that I was having a hard time reading was Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas. I don’t understand how to read it. Anyone here read that and have any tips for me?
 
The Fullfillment of All Desire by Ralph Martin

Thy Will Be Done by St. Francis de Sales
 
Domnall said:
One that I don’t think has been mentioned, but it’s really fantastic

The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous

It’s a really fantasstic book on Christian mysticism from the 14th century.
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👍👍 (two thumbs up for this classic!)
 
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Besides the Bible, which book/s, that you have read have really made an impact on you and your faith?

For me its St Faustina Diary and books on St Padre Pio.
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Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction
St. Augustine: A Very Short Introduction
A Case for Faith by Lee Strobel
 
SuzanneD said:
Re Chatechisim, I am also reading it. I am also reading it slowly.lol, but I have it on my nook, so I just read a little at a time.
One thing I was reading that I was having a hard time reading was Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas. I don’t understand how to read it. Anyone here read that and have any tips for me?
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It’s set up in a style that was popular in the middle ages. Basically, he writes it from the points of view of two different people; someone making a statement and several objections, and another person who answers the statement and the objections. So, in the form of answering hypothetical objections and questions, he lays out doctrine and reason for it.

I’ve been reading the Malleus Maleficarum and the Compendium Maleficarum lately. They’re set up in the same style, though it is very different subject matter.
 
I am getting different books recommended all the time. My book pile is increasing! lol
 
Diary of a Country Priest, and Under the Sun of Satan, both by George Bernanos
The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
 
Imatation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
Three to Get Married by Ven. Fulton Sheen (goes deeper than just marriage)
The Sadness of Christ by S.t Thomas More
 
Hi,
There are a lot of good books out there. I would say the following are the three that I read which increased my faith the most. They are “The Seven Storey Mountain” - Thomas Merton, “Life of Christ” - Fulton Sheen and “The Long Loneliness” - Dorothy Day.
 
“Who Moved the Stone?”. originally written by Frank Morrison in 1930, Lee Strobel wrote the introduction to the latest edition (reprint). Essentially, the author entered the project as a great skeptic of the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, but his journey led him to become a believer, not unlike Lee Strobel. I’m not finished yet, but the book is very good so far. Give it a thought…
 
St John of the Cross collected works, especially “The Ascent of Mt Carmel”. Profoundly explains the paradox of losing one’s life in order to gain real life.

Anything by John Paul 2, but especially “The Way to Christ” which has a great no-frills explanation of what sin is. John Paul 2 can really get right to the essence of the faith and explain it in the most reasonable way, such that it becomes embedded in your reason and your heart.
JP2 helped me to “make sense of” the faith.

When I was first coming back to the faith Henri Nouwen’s “Return of the Prodigal Son” overwhelmed me with it’s realization of God’s unconditional love. I’d recommend this to anyone struggling to let go of past sins.
 
ajecphotos said:
Besides the Bible, which book/s, that you have read have really made an impact on you and your faith?

For me its St Faustina Diary and books on St Padre Pio.
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Brideshead Revisited and everything by Waugh.
 
The Last Superstition, by Edward Feser.

Once you read that book and understand what Ed is writing, you will be able to absolutely obliterate most of the most common objections to religion and theism generally.
 
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