How could an ex-Jw become Catholic

by My Struggle 54 Replies latest jw friends

  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips
    there is plenty to look at to if you get bored of the sermon.

    A visual sermon. A gospel in art. That is how I think of it. I love the Stations of the Cross.

    Burn

  • NanaR
    NanaR

    JWDaughter:

    Excellent comment! I particularly like this part:

    Through Tradition the Christian Faith could be made accessible to everyone, not just those who were capable of reading, Christianity was from the very beginning a faith for everyone, slave and free man alike. The Bible is a human record of the Divine Revelation, but (though inspired by Him) it is not written by God, nor is it possible to interpret it without the context that Tradition provides: the New Testament was assembled by people who assumed that a lot of things were common knowledge and didn't need further explanation or elaboration."

    In our modern times, it is easy to forget that for the first 1500 years (at least) of Christianity, individual Christians did not have regular access to copies of the Holy Scriptures. Many could not read either.

    That is why the Liturgy of the Word -- in which scripture is proclaimed in the Mass -- was so vitally important. It is also why the great cathedrals have stained glass windows -- they were Bibles in glass that could be "read" by everyone.

    As to the parting of ways between the Eastern and Western Church, both Pope Benedict XVI (as well as John Paul II before him) and the Patriarch of Constantinople (and other Eastern Church leaders) are in prayerful dialogue regarding Christian Unity. I have two friends who are Russian Orthodox. The Orthodox faith is beautiful and apostolic.

    Pax,

    Ruth

  • coffee_black
    coffee_black
    Coffee Black - Nice new avatar. Do you have something to tell us??

    S4.... my avatar is a picture of my son, David.... just changing things up a bit...the last one was a picture of my daughter....have to give them equal time doncha know....

    Coffee

  • Seeker4
    Seeker4

    Hmmm...that's what I suspected.

    I'm busy watching the Super Tuesday returns tonight. I love that we have political races with several candidates that one can actually believe in!!

    S4

  • cabasilas
    cabasilas

    Of possible interest to those who were interested in this thread. Australian lay Catholic apologist John Francis Coffey has given permission for his lectures and writings in response to the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses to be freely distributed on the Internet. For those interested, these can now be found at Internet Archive. A listing of these audio lecture pages follows. (Each audio lecture page also contains a text of the lecture available in PDF): After Jehovah's Witnesses, What?: http://www.archive.org/details/AfterJehovahsWitnessesWhat The Testimony of History for the Catholic Church: http://www.archive.org/details/TheTestimonyOfHistoryForTheCatholicChurch The Catholic Church and the Bible: http://www.archive.org/details/TheCatholicChurchAndTheBible The Catholic Church and the Papacy: http://www.archive.org/details/TheCatholicChurchAndThePapacy Three Doctrines: Purgatory, Eucharist, Virgin Mary: http://www.archive.org/details/ThreeDoctrinesPurgatoryEucharistVirginMary The text for all the audio lectures are also available here in this PDF: http://www.archive.org/details/JehovahsWitnessesAndTheCatholicChurch Coffey's book "The Gospel According to Jehovah's Witnesses" is also available at Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/TheGospelAccordingToJehovahsWitnesses The book was published in the late 80s and the talks date from about 1990 to 1993. So, they are a bit dated but may still be of interest to some here.

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