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Q: What are some fiction books with Catholic or Orthodox settings and mesages?
PLEASE READ NOTE:
if its a catholic book, i want pre-Vatican II settings.
something that focuses on Catholic or Orthodox theology.
I DO NOT WANT something that is fabricated or tries to challenege the Church, such as the Da Vinci Code
some books that are similiar to things i want are Catholic by Brian Moore and A Canticle for Leibowitz
any titles?
i said fiction. im christian so dont ive athiest answers
A: G'day Shadowzoid,
Thank you for your question.
Catholic Fiction has a list with the top 5:
1) Helena by Evelyn Waugh
2) Cure of Souls by Phil Rickman
3) The Passion of Mary Margaret by Lisa Samson
4) A World Away by TJ Smith
5) Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
http://www.catholicfiction.net/
Amy Welborne has compiled a list on Amazon of great Catholic books. The top 5 are:
1) The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
2) Flannery O'Connor Collected Works by Flannery O'Connor
3) Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
4) Mr Blue by Myles Connolly
5) The British Museum is Falling Down by David Lodge
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Catholic-Fiction/lm/R5XODNU0TMTH
Inside Catholic recommends books by Waugh, Greene or O'Connor
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?Itemid=80&id=3504&option=com_content&task=view
Regards
Q: What books has the Catholic Church "added" to the Bible?
Like what are some books that a Catholic Bible has and another doesn't? Thanks! Is it just Maccabees?
A: None, The Protestants took some away.
In first century Jerusalem there were at least four OT Canons in use by different Jewish Groups. There was the Canon of the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Ethiopian Jews and the Diaspora/Essene Jews. Jesus and the disciples used the Septuagint which was the Canon of the Diaspora/Essenes. We know this because it is quoted in the New Testament. This Canon continued to be the Canon of Christians until after the Reformation and, in fact until about 200 years ago when the Protestants adopted a condensed version of the Canon eliminating the Deuterocanonicals from their Bibles. Even the AKJ originally contained the complete Christian Canon. It has been said by critics of Christ’s Church that the Deuterocanonicals were never believed to be inspired and just the opposite is true. The decision by Christians as to which books are inspired and useful for teaching was decided at the African Synods in the late fourth and early fifth century. There was never a question about their inspiration.
The OT Canon chosen by the Protestants is actually a Jewish Canon not chosen by the Jews until after the establishment of Christianity as a result of the spread of Christianity to slow the growth of the new group in Jerusalem after the fall of the Temple in 70AD. Until then as I said previously there were many Canons in use. The adoption of the Canon missing the Deuterocanonicals united the Jews against the Christians was decided in the Jewish Council of Jamnia because the Deuterocanonicals referred too strongly to the Messiah fulfilled in Christ.
Some Protestants will claim that only the Jews have the authority to choose Canon but the Church deferred that decision to Christ and the disciples and it is clear through biblical research, that the Septuagint is the Bible used by the first century Church and quoted in the NT Scriptures. The fact that Protestants choose to adopt the Canon that was approved by the same Jews that accused our Lord that resulted in His crucifixion suggests the source of this confusion as from the father of lies who led the Pharisees to accuse Christ and petition for His punishment. It is another way that Satan divides the body of Christ and separates the faithful denying Christ’s prayer that we all be one in Christ through His Church. The Christian Church has always used the Septuagint as Canon and never the truncated version of modernist Protestants.
Some Protestants erroneously believe that Catholics added to the Bible with the Deuterocanonicals but this shows an ignorance of their own history and the history of Christianity as witnessed by Christ’s Church. The facts are that the Protestants removed the Deuterocanonicals and even considered strongly to remove some of the NT books currently in use by Protestants and Catholics. Fr. Martin Luther was in favor of removing the book of James because it conflicted with His heretical man made doctrines of the “Solas”, Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide. The heretic Ulrich Zwingli wanted to remove the Gospel of John because of its teaching of the commandment to Eat Christ’s Body and drink His Blood which contradicted his view of a real absence of Christ instead of a real presence in the Eucharist. Even Fr. Martin Luther could not endorse such a departure from Scriptures and deny that Christ is truly and really present in the Eucharist in Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
Q: do u guys know of any really good chistian/catholic books?
i love to read and i've been gettin n2 more spiritual stuff.
im catholic, and anything tht relates 2 tht particular faith is preferable
but im definatly open to any and everything
A: "The Privilege of Being a Woman" by Dr. Alice Hildebrand.
Q: Which books have the Protestant Bible left out that the Catholic Bible haven't?
And why is it that Protestants decided to remove those books from the Bible, whereas Catholics keep them?
Doesn't it seem a bit fishy that the church committee is adding and leaving out books that itself seem appropriate? How does the committee know which books are inspired by God and which aren't?
A: Protestants have fully accepted each and every one of the 27 books that the Catholics selected for the New Testament over 1,500 years ago.
The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.
The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation of 46 books, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.
The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.
After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.
The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).
The Christian Church filled with the Holy Spirit did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint. 46 + 27 = 73 Books total.
1500 years later, Protestants decided to keep the Catholic New Testament but change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon.
The books that were removed supported such things as
• Prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45)
• Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7)
• Intercession of saints in heaven (2 Maccabees 15:14)
• Intercession of angels (Tobit 12:12-15)
The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.
Here is a Catholic Bible website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/
With love in Christ.
Q: Books and Movies concerning the Catholic Church between the 1930's-1950's?
I have a theology assignment that asks me to find books and movies concerning the Catholic Church between the 1930's-1950's.
It can include:
Books and movies concerning the Catholic Church between the years 1930-1950
or
Books and movies made between 1930-1950 concerning the Catholic Church
I'm 16 years old and not very cultured, so I'm kind of in the blank right now. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
A: Movies:
A Nun's Story
The Scarlet and the Black
Shoes of the Fisherman
Q: Why does the Catholic Bible contain 73 books while the Protestant Bible has only 66? ?
With both claiming to have the complete Word of God, which one should be believed and why?
A: Because they like to pick and choose what they believe.
Q: Good Catholic contemporary fiction books?
Does anyone know of any contemporary Catholic fiction books? There are a lot of contemporary fiction Protestant books but other than Andrew Greeley I don't know many Catholic ones.
A: Anything by Dan Brown...
Q: how many books are in the Catholic Bible?
I have to know for school because i have a test and i don't know the answer.
A: Seventy-two books. Martin Luther pulled out the ones he didn't like, and that's the bible most protestants use today. The Catholics retain all the books.
Q: How many Protestants are forbidden by their Protestant pastors to read any Catholic books?
Like the "Catechism of the Catholic Church"
or "Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic" -David B. Currie
or "The Lamb's Supper" -Dr. Scott Hahn
or "The Salvation Controversy" -James Akin
Why do so many people always have to lie to attack the Church? The Catholic Church did not "forbid" people from going to see "Da Vinci Code" the Church strongly advised against it for the same reason that the Church would advise against you going to see a porno. It's spiritual garbage. But the Church knows that if it says it's forbidden then many fools will go to see it just for that reason. That's why the Church didn't come right out and say it was forbidden.
A: I've never been "forbidden" to read any other faith type book from my Pastor ever.
Q: I'm Catholic, is it alright for me to read books by James Joyce(cause he renounced his Catholic faith) ?
He renounced his faith and doesn't believe in God so can I still read his books. It would be great if someone found a Catholic site reviewing James Joyce's books.
Like for example: A Portrait of the artist as a young man
A: If you have only ever read a book written by a Catholic author you severely missing out on some fantastic novels and text books.
Your maths text book may have been written by a Jewish person you know, better check ...
Q: Good Catholic Teen Books?
I'm especially interested in any books about atheist teenagers converting to Catholicism. Otherwise, any inspirational Catholic books will be great.
A: Congratulations and welcome if you are a former atheist converting to Catholicism!
Try:
Did Adam & Eve Have Bellybuttons? or Do I Have to Go?
Both are by Matt Pinto.
Q: How do Protestants feel about Apocrypha...knowing the Catholic church defined the current Bible books?
Apocrypha being the hidden or lost books of the bible that were not included by the catholic church in the final copy of the Bible.
jocko...thanks for the clarification
A: Well, I'm not protestant so I can't give you that perspective.
I am atheist, and my perspective is that it is all a bunch of hogwash.
*With love in nothingness*
Q: Large Print Catholic Books?
I have searched the internet and find people who need large print Catholic books are overlooked. Oh, there are Catholic Bibles and some prayer books in large print but not much.
I was hoping to buy some book by St. Louis deMontfort for my parish's adoration chapel, and I have come up with zilch.
A: I am not sure Shirley because i have not looked for that. I can tell you that there are an awful lot of Catholics that use this forum but may not be here right now. I can't e-mail but you can contact me that way. I hope someone can give you a better answer. If not i can try to help you later. Peace be with you
Q: i want to have free catholic books?
free catholic books
A: I'd contact the Knights of Columbus. I believe they are the ones who take publications for poor folk seriously. If not, they certainly will know who does.