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...Using the inspiration of St. John of the Cross, the author uses a poem/song that he had written prior to his conversion to Roman Catholicism and then contemplates what each line might mean given his new found faith....

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...riter, preacher, and superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London. An Oxford scholar and Anglican priest since 1839, Faber converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845 following his mentor John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman. During the 1850s, Father Faber published several popular spiritual books, which have been treasured by Catholics ever since: All for Jesus, Growth i...

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...ism . In 1904 he was ordained a Catholic priest. This book is his personal story of his journey to the Catholic faith, containing comparisons between Catholicism and the Anglican religion. (Summary by Maria Therese)...

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..., free at last from all minor quarrels, and ranged against itself in two camps, Humanitarianism for those who believe in no divinity but that of man, Catholicism for those who believe in no divinity but that of God.” This apocalyptic novel from the early 1900's is sometimes deemed one of the first modern dystopias. (Summary from an original London Times review and Wikipedi...

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...he imminent Second Coming. The epistle has caused controversy: Protestant reformer Martin Luther argued that it was not the work of an apostle. Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Mormonism claim it contradicts Luther's doctrine of justification through faith alone (Sola fide) derived from his translation of Romans 3:28. The Christian debate over Justification is stil...

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...n [1580] and Latin [1584] Book of Concord. As the longest document in the Book of Concord, it offers the most detailed Lutheran response to the Roman Catholicism of that day as well as an extensive Lutheran exposition of the doctrine of Justification. (By Wikipedia)...

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...he rights of all the major religions, represented in the country: Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Other lesser traditional ...

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...ue: “Finally, at the end of the 18 th century, one of my ancestors converted to Catholicism. That’s how I have always thought of myself: as a goo... ...e was still considered to be a Jew despite his conversion and six decades of devout Catholicism. So, he agreed to pay her child support until the il...

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...ustification by faith alone and Christian liberty, and it vigorously attacked the teachings of those Calvin considered unorthodox, particularly Roman Catholicism to which Calvin says he had been strongly devoted before his conversion to Protestantism. The over-arching theme of the book – and Calvin's greatest theological legacy – is the idea of God's total sovereignty, par...

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...ustification by faith alone and Christian liberty, and it vigorously attacked the teachings of those Calvin considered unorthodox, particularly Roman Catholicism to which Calvin says he had been strongly devoted before his conversion to Protestantism. The over-arching theme of the book – and Calvin's greatest theological legacy – is the idea of God's total sovereignty, par...

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...Anglican priest in 1895 by his father, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Eight years later, after weighty consideration, Robert Benson converted to Roman Catholicism. In 1904 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest and took up residence in Cambridge, where he ministered to Roman Catholic students as their unofficial chaplain. In 1911, he was made a monsignor. Despite the brevi...

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...ustification by faith alone and Christian liberty, and it vigorously attacked the teachings of those Calvin considered unorthodox, particularly Roman Catholicism to which Calvin says he had been strongly devoted before his conversion to Protestantism. The over-arching theme of the book – and Calvin's greatest theological legacy – is the idea of God's total sovereignty, par...

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...by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan, primarily because it supports toleration for various Christian denominations. Locke's work appeared amidst a fear that Catholicism might be taking over England, and responds to the problem of religion and government by proposing toleration as the answer. Unlike Hobbes, who saw uniformity of religion as the key to a well-functioning civil soci...

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...ducation. In many lands the predominant religions fight this need. Islam, Catholicism and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints frown ... ... —―We have a bit of a paradox in the Christian religions, especially with Catholicism, because so many of the saints were without families. Their goa... ...eldom exclusive. By that I mean when you take a whole belief system, like Catholicism or Buddhism, you will find a number of different emphases with... ... of education is merely indoctrination. Indoctrination into Christianity, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Islam, atheism., and ‗yes‘ even to the assumption...

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...pelled from the country, and another quarter of a million were forced to convert to Catholicism." Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust (All quotes f... ...tion. In the next chapter I will attempt to ponder the complex interaction between Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity as it was manifested in Cr... ...he two great competitors of Orthodox Christianity in the tight market of souls were Catholicism and Islam. The former co-sponsored with the Orthodox... ...e only visible difference was the recognition of papal authority by the Catholics. Catholicism presented a coherent and veteran alternative to Orth... ...orative harangues. The second great threat was Islam. Still, it was a latecomer. Catholicism and Orthodoxy have been foes since the ninth century...

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...psychotic. He isn‘t thinking rationally. Even you Ray, what if you had gone to the university in Cairo or Tehran and studied Islam rather than Cathol... ... for their various beliefs. Perhaps Isabella of Spain may have had some hand in pushing the Spanish Inquisition, when she tried to make Roman Cathol...

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...marriage, King Henry:  Married his mistress anyway,  Denounced Roman Catholicism and took England out from under Rome‘s religious control, and ...

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...marriage, King Henry:  Married his mistress anyway,  Denounced Roman Catholicism and took England out from under Rome‘s religious control, and ...

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... In the idol temples of Yucatan -- A battle with the natives -- Conversions to Catholicism -- A terrible slaughter of Indians -- Indian maidens distri... ...a son of Erik, returned to Norway in 999, and finding his country converted to Catholicism, he also embraced the faith, after which he took a priest w... ...e conditions which Cortez imposed. They renounced their own religion, embraced Catholicism, destroyed their idols, and accepting the priests that were... ...n the overthrow of the bloody religion of the Mexicans, and the institution of Catholicism in its stead. He again appealed to Montezuma to renounce hi... ... Mexican capital, and to a zealous effort for the conversion of the natives to Catholicism, and so successful was this attempt that Mexico became, und... ...rounding country. These had such influence that the natives ultimately adopted Catholicism as their religion, to which they have continued to adhere t...

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...dred years ago, about the same time that Austria and France gave up their Catholicism and Wales gave up the Anglican religion. More recently Spain an... ...ave up the Anglican religion. More recently Spain and Italy have given up Catholicism as the state religion and Sweden has given up its Lutheran stat... ...required. Even so, many women who have had abortions continue to practice Catholicism, and many parishes take pains to embrace and reintegrate them ... ...d the Pope‘s thinking. Where does charity and compassion come into modern Catholicism? The Church even refuses to allow HIV/AIDS patients to use con...