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The Gospel Truth About Mary Volume II: Mary’s Perpetual Virginity and Assumption 6 Disc Audio CD Set For most Protestants-and even some Catholics-the Church’s teachings about Mary are a mix of superstitious nonsense, idolatry, and blasphemy. However, Catholic apologist Tim Staples-a former “bible-believing fundamentalist” himself-begs to differ. Staples too once questioned Catholic teaching about Mary-and bashed those teachings at every opportunity. Staples’ intensive study uncovered a mountain… |
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The Shocking Truth About the Pope and the Bible $15.50 Tim Staples is out to prove that the beliefs of the Catholic Church are rooted in Scripture. He accomplishes this task to resounding effect in The Shocking Truth about the Pope and the Bible on the subject of perhaps most heated debate between Catholics and Protestants: papal authority. Dive in with Staples to discover: * What Scripture passages make it clear that Christ bestowed divine authorit… |
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Catholic Verse Finder (Bible Cheat Sheet) English version (English and Spanish Edition) $2.45 This handy, laminated, two-sided sheet is packed with scripture verses that will help you defend Catholic teaching on a variety of topics. From Original Sin to Papal Primacy, this handy sheet show you the exact Bible verses you need to defend the faith against attack or just to help explain things to those with questions. This sheet goes with the Beginning Apologetics series…. |
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Bible-Answer-Man-Debate What would happen if a Catholic and a Fundamentalist delved together into the bedrock issues on which their theologies differ? Find out in… The Bible Answer Man Debate From non-Catholic misinterpretation of the Reverence due Mary to the Protestant notion of justification by faith alone, the central differences between Catholics and non-Catholic Christians are tackled in this three-CD series of d… |
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James: Mercy Triumphs (Member Book) $13.00 James, Jesus’ own brother, started out as a skeptic. See how one glimpse of the resurrected Savior turned an unbeliever into a disciple with Beth Moore’s study James: Mercy Triumphs. Once you get to know both the man and the Book of James, you’ll never be the same again.Bible scholars compare James to the prophet Amos. In other ways, James more closely resembles the Book of Proverbs than any New T… |
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Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church $6.65 Available Now! This is the official study guide to the Catechism of the Catholic Church in Q&A format. Includes common prayers in Latin and English and is beautifully illustrated. If you’re looking for a condensed version of the Catechism this is the book for you!… |
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Early Readers Bible $9.89 Children love the feeling of accomplishment they get from doing things by themselves: getting dressed, tying their shoes … and especially reading! That’s why boys and girls get so excited about The Early Reader’s Bible: the Bible that beginning readers can read all on their own. The Early Reader’s Bible Features: – 64 easy-to-read Bible stories, based on standard public school word lists – Color… |
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The New Catholic Answer Bible $29.83 The New Catholic Answer Bible |
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New Catholic Answer Bible-NABRe-Librosario (Large Print) $63.97 “>Here are a few samples of the questions you will find in this edition:> > > >What is the Holy Trinity?> > > >Why do Catholics Use Holy Water?> > > >Are the Seven Sacraments in the Bible?> > > >Why do the Catholic Bibles Have Seventy-three Books?> > > >Why do Catholics Call Priests Father ?> > > >Why does the Church Follow So Many Traditions?> > > >Clear and concise explanations of the Catholic Church’s teachings on critical issues are derived from Bible text and Catechism references; with double the supplemental content found in the original >The Catholic Answer Bible>. Features 88 of the most common questions Catholics are asked about their faith.> >New larger format with large print text. Ideal gift!> >Features include:> > > >Presentation Page> > > >Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation> > > >Origin, Inspiration and History of the Bible> > > >Three Year Cycle of Readings> > > >Celebration of the Eucharist and Page-edge Indexing> > > >The Bible with a Pray-along Rosary embossed in the cover.> > > >>Product Details>>Large Print>Page Count: >Dimensions: 9-1/8” (L) x 6-1/2” (W) x 1-3/8” (D)>Page-edge indexing>Gold-gilded Page Edges Silk Ribbon Marker >Release: 04/2011>” |
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Ignatius Catholic Bible $22.36 Ignatius Catholic Bible |
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Ignatius Catholic Study Bible $26.09 Ignatius Catholic Study Bible |
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My Daily Catholic Bible $18.63 My Daily Catholic Bible |
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The Catholic Prayer Bible $29.83 The Catholic Prayer Bible |
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A Catholic Guide to the Bible Workbook $3.5 A Catholic Guide to the Bible Workbook |
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Alien Covenant: Genesis I $15.59 Alien Covenant: Genesis I explores the idea of ancient astronauts – humanoid aliens who came to Earth a long time ago and created safe havens and mankind. It presents a different story of creation, with an imaginative account of how the solar system came to be. As astronauts on a mission, God, Satan and the angels come alive in this revealing adaptation of the banned story of Adam and Eve, where lords and ladies require mono-atomic gold powder for everlasting life.A foreign legion of dragon-dog angels from the Planet of Fates, farming in the Garden of Eden and mining nearby, strike against God, who replaces them with hew-brutes and a hew-man called Adam. But Adam and his helper, Eve, mate against God’s law and are expelled into the wilderness. Is this part of God’s plan to lead his mission in a new direction? What are the Ancient Mysteries all about? Some may label this book as heresy, even blasphemy, but others who reason will smile at the cleverly suggested origins of names, stories, objects and customs from around the world.While in eighth grade at Catholic school, James Hansen questioned supernaturalism, especially miracles in The Holy Bible. He asked his teacher, “How come the miracles that happened thousands of years ago do not happen today?” Her answer – “It is a mystery.” – has been stuck in his mind ever since. James has researched mythology, religion, science and ancient astronauts for more than 40 years.He graduated from Oregon State University and attended graduate school at Harvard. Hansen lived in England for 10 years and has visited 22 countries, working for 24 years as a civil engineering assistant in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a master sergeant. A recent lymphoma survivor, he lives in Oregon with his wife. Alien Covenant: Genesis I is his first book. |
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Annals Of The Reformation And Establishment Of Religion, And Other Various Occurrences In The Church Of England $47.14 Subtitle: Compiled Out of Papers of the State, Etc General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1824Subjects: History / Europe / GeneralReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / Christianity / GeneralReligion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAP. XXXVII. The kingdom and church vindicated against Osorius, a popish writer. Dr. Haddon writes in answer to him ; and so doth John Fox. Osorius printed in English : and Musculus’ Common Places. The Bible and other church books published in Welsh. Some miscellaneous matters. A strange effect of joy. The queen at Windsor this winter reads much. -L HIS year came forth a state-book; being a necessary Anno 156s. quarrel of this church, and defence of this country, writ in Dr. Haddon answer to Hieronymus Osorius, a Portuguese, who the last year published a malicious libel against England, and the re- letter- formation of religion here, by way of letter to the queen ; intending to persuade her to return to the Roman catholic faith, as hath been mentioned already. The answerer, who seems to be pitched upon for this work by secretary Cecil, was Dr. Walter Haddon, master of requests to the queen, a man of great abilities in learning, and experience of the state and affairs of this nation, and withal had an excellent Ciceronian style : to be even with the said Osorius, whose Latin was the only thing that recommended his book. But his treatment of the queen, and her kingdom and people, was so rude and uncivil, and his arguments so weak and childish, that the said Haddon gave this short character of him, ” That he was a Om, ,,,,,-. ” most perverse, overthwart brawler, who, |
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Annals Of The Reformation And Establishment Of Religion, And Other Various Occurrences In The Church Of England $34.58 Subtitle: Compiled Out of Papers of the State, Etc General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1824Subjects: History / Europe / GeneralReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / Christianity / GeneralReligion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAP. XXXVII. The kingdom and church vindicated against Osorius, a popish writer. Dr. Haddon writes in answer to him ; and so doth John Fox. Osorius printed in English : and Musculus’ Common Places. The Bible and other church books published in Welsh. Some miscellaneous matters. A strange effect of joy. The queen at Windsor this winter reads much. -L HIS year came forth a state-book; being a necessary Anno 156s. quarrel of this church, and defence of this country, writ in Dr. Haddon answer to Hieronymus Osorius, a Portuguese, who the last year published a malicious libel against England, and the re- letter- formation of religion here, by way of letter to the queen ; intending to persuade her to return to the Roman catholic faith, as hath been mentioned already. The answerer, who seems to be pitched upon for this work by secretary Cecil, was Dr. Walter Haddon, master of requests to the queen, a man of great abilities in learning, and experience of the state and affairs of this nation, and withal had an excellent Ciceronian style : to be even with the said Osorius, whose Latin was the only thing that recommended his book. But his treatment of the queen, and her kingdom and people, was so rude and uncivil, and his arguments so weak and childish, that the said Haddon gave this short character of him, ” That he was a Om, ,,,,,-. ” most perverse, overthwart brawler, who, |
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Annals Of The Reformation And Establishment Of Religion, And Other Various Occurrences In The Church Of England $30.98 Subtitle: Compiled Out of Papers of the State, Etc General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1824Subjects: History / Europe / GeneralReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / Christianity / GeneralReligion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAP. XXXVII. The kingdom and church vindicated against Osorius, a popish writer. Dr. Haddon writes in answer to him ; and so doth John Fox. Osorius printed in English : and Musculus’ Common Places. The Bible and other church books published in Welsh. Some miscellaneous matters. A strange effect of joy. The queen at Windsor this winter reads much. -L HIS year came forth a state-book; being a necessary Anno 156s. quarrel of this church, and defence of this country, writ in Dr. Haddon answer to Hieronymus Osorius, a Portuguese, who the last year published a malicious libel against England, and the re- letter- formation of religion here, by way of letter to the queen ; intending to persuade her to return to the Roman catholic faith, as hath been mentioned already. The answerer, who seems to be pitched upon for this work by secretary Cecil, was Dr. Walter Haddon, master of requests to the queen, a man of great abilities in learning, and experience of the state and affairs of this nation, and withal had an excellent Ciceronian style : to be even with the said Osorius, whose Latin was the only thing that recommended his book. But his treatment of the queen, and her kingdom and people, was so rude and uncivil, and his arguments so weak and childish, that the said Haddon gave this short character of him, ” That he was a Om, ,,,,,-. ” most perverse, overthwart brawler, who, |
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Blessed Marie Of New France, The Story Of The First Missionary Sisters In Canada Study Guide $6.6 RACE for Heaven study guides use Mary Fabyan Windeatt’s saint biographies to teach the Catholic faith to all members of your family. Written with your family’s various learning levels in mind, these flexible study guides succeed as stand-alone unit studies or supplements to your regular curriculum. Thirty to forty minutes per day will cover the following topics: the spirituality and holy habits of the saints, family discussions on important faith topics, critical thinking and reading comprehension skills, study of Catholic doctrine and the Bible, history and geography incorporated into saintly literature, and both Catholic and secular vocabulary words. Lessons cover between one and four chapters of each Windeatt biography. Each study guide contains an answer key but does not include the text of the Windeatt biography, which will need to be purchased separately. Experience quality read-aloud time with spiritual living books for a relaxed religious education. |
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Born To Love $14.87 Many Christians today find it hard to accept that “homosexuality is wrong” based on the Bible or Church authority: it seems to contradict what they know to be obviously OK and normal. Others are convinced that gay-lesbian lifestyle is wrong, but have no answer for those who justify it with Scripture. Born to Love is a clear, solid presentation of Catholic teaching on homosexuality and related topics. Fr. John Waiss’ presentation is well grounded in John Paul II’s personalist philosophy and Theology of the Body, making convincing arguments that are accessible to all. He focuses on the intrinsic good of the person and on the true meaning of sexuality as created by God. This is much more helpful than a list of “do’s and don’ts.”Born to Love is written as a dialogue that gives it a personal, easy-going feeling and avoids treating homosexuality in a generic or abstract manner. The story is engaging, capturing the reader’s interest while piquing his curiosity about what is coming next. Fr. Waiss’ many years of pastoral experience gives the dialogue an authentic feel. Yet his great strength is the ability to present Church teaching positively, thoroughly, and methodically, while remaining completely faithful to Catholic doctrine. He does it with great compassion.YOUNG PEOPLE will find in Born to Love insights on how to deal with friends and peers who may advocate the homosexual persuasion as valid and wholesome as any other. They will discover how they can be truly compassionate while sticking to the truth of their Faith, being true to themselves as well as to God.PARENTS will find in Born to Love suggestions for improving their relationships with their children-no matter what age-relationships that will be the foundation of their future identity as persons. They will learn that improving all their relationships (including with God) is the best help they can offer, especially when faced with a loved-one who has embraced the gay-lesbian lifestyle. They will |
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Catholic Passion: Rediscovering the Power and Beauty of the Faith $12.95 In The Catholic Passion, David Scott, biographer of Mother Teresa (A Revolution of Love), presents the Catholic faith as a spiritually fulfilling, intellectually coherent answer to the most important human questions: Why are we here? What can we know of God? How should we live?The Catholic Passion is not an argument for the Catholic faith but a journey to the heart of it, a richly rewarding reflection on prayer, the Bible, the sacraments, the Church, and God-made-human in Jesus Christ. Anyone with a passion for the Catholic faith will be moved by this book, as well as anyone who is seeking a faith that burns in the heart as it enlightens the mind. |
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Catholic Q & A: Answers to the Most Common Questions About Catholicism $19.95 In this question and answer compendium, topics encompassing many aspects of Catholic religious, practical, and moral life are discussed, including the Bible, the Mass and sacraments, divorce and remarriage, saints, attitudes toward other religions, and end of life issues. Since shortly after Vatican Council II, Father John J. Dietzen has been addressing questions about Catholicism in his weekly columns; these authoritative, comprehensive, and up to date answers about Catholic belief and life will inform and challenge practicing and lapsed Catholics, curious Christians, and others who wish to learn more about the Roman Catholic faith. Written in an engaging and warm pastoral style, this comprehensive reference avoids tedium while conveying concise information and covers many situations that are not addressed in the traditional Catechism. Areas where church teaching is silent are explored, and official church positions are explained in plain language. Hundreds of questions are drawn from years of ministry and counseling, while new queries have been added to address current trends and issues. |
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Catholic and Christian $14.99 From the Publisher:You’re on the spot. Someone wants you to explain some aspect of Catholic belief. Do you really think the pope is infallible? Why do Catholics pray to Mary? Where do sacraments come from? What do you think of the Bible? Are you saved? You wish some well-informed Catholic friend were around to help with the answer. Or perhaps you are asking the questions yourself. Where do Catholic beliefs come from? Why do we pray for the dead? How does the rosary fit into a biblical faith? The best-selling Catholic and Christian provides the answers you need. It is a readable and concise summary of commonly misunderstood Catholic beliefs–the teachings and practices that don’t get much attention in Sunday homilies and in religious education, but which puzzle Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This is a book for all Catholics who want to know more about their faith. |
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Compendio catecismo de la iglesia catolica (Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church) $1.99 El hambre de fe de los catolicos sigue creciendo. El papa Benedicto XVI da a la Iglesia el “alimento” que busca en las 598 preguntas y respuestas contenidas en el Compendio del Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica. Catholics’ hunger for the faith continues to grow. Pope Benedict XVI gives the Church the “food” that is sought in the 598 questions and answers in the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This 200-page volume offers a quick synopsis of the essential contents of the faith as promulgated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Like the 1992 Catechism, the Compendium has a four-part structure, and includes a section on common prayers and Catholic doctrinal formulas. Because of the question-and-answer format, catechetical leaders – parents, pastors, teachers, principals, and catechists – have a unique opportunity to dialogue with the faithful, and reinvigorate the Church’s ongoing mission of evangelization and catechesis. Individuals can come “to know the unfathomable riches of the salvific mystery of Jesus Christ” by reading, using, and memorizing parts of the Compendium of the Catechism. An essential tool for youth and young adults, the Compendium is the perfect companion to a youth or young adult’s Bible, spiritual reading, or textbook. Catechetical leaders in high schools, colleges, and parishes will appreciate its versatility – as a reference book, discussion starter, or core resource for RCIA programs. |
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Compendio catecismo de la iglesia catolica (Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church) $14.95 El hambre de fe de los catolicos sigue creciendo. El papa Benedicto XVI da a la Iglesia el “alimento” que busca en las 598 preguntas y respuestas contenidas en el Compendio del Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica. Catholics’ hunger for the faith continues to grow. Pope Benedict XVI gives the Church the “food” that is sought in the 598 questions and answers in the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This 200-page volume offers a quick synopsis of the essential contents of the faith as promulgated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Like the 1992 Catechism, the Compendium has a four-part structure, and includes a section on common prayers and Catholic doctrinal formulas. Because of the question-and-answer format, catechetical leaders – parents, pastors, teachers, principals, and catechists – have a unique opportunity to dialogue with the faithful, and reinvigorate the Church’s ongoing mission of evangelization and catechesis. Individuals can come “to know the unfathomable riches of the salvific mystery of Jesus Christ” by reading, using, and memorizing parts of the Compendium of the Catechism. An essential tool for youth and young adults, the Compendium is the perfect companion to a youth or young adult’s Bible, spiritual reading, or textbook. Catechetical leaders in high schools, colleges, and parishes will appreciate its versatility – as a reference book, discussion starter, or core resource for RCIA programs. |
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Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church $8.38 Catholics’ hunger for the faith continues to grow. Pope Benedict XVI gives the Church the “food” that is sought in the 598 questions and answers in the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This 200-page volume offers a quick synopsis of the essential contents of the faith as promulgated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Like the 1992 Catechism, the Compendium has a four-part structure, and includes a section on common prayers and Catholic doctrinal formulas. Because of the question-and-answer format, catechetical leaders – parents, pastors, teachers, principals, and catechists – have a unique opportunity to dialogue with the faithful, and reinvigorate the Church’s ongoing mission of evangelization and catechesis. Individuals can come “to know the unfathomable riches of the salvific mystery of Jesus Christ” by reading, using, and memorizing parts of the Compendium of the Catechism. An essential tool for youth and young adults, the Compendium is the perfect companion to a youth or young adult’s Bible, spiritual reading, or textbook. Catechetical leaders in high schools, colleges, and parishes will appreciate its versatility – as a reference book, discussion starter, or core resource for RCIA programs. |
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Did Jesus Have a Last Name? And 199 Other Questions from Catholic Teenagers $8.99 Sequel to the best-seller, Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? This long-awaited sequel to the best-selling Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? uses the same easy-to-read, question-and-answer format that has proven successful in capturing the hearts and minds of Catholic teens. With 200 actual questions from teens, Did Jesus Have a Last Name? offers clear and concise answers to some of the most burning questions about the Catholic Faith. Teens will learn the answers to questions such as: • How can we believe in a God we can’t see? • Is the Catholic faith the only true religion? • Did the miracles in the Bible really happen? Though written for teens, this book is perfect for people of all ages who want to learn more about the Catholic Faith. Matthew Pinto and Jason Evert have a gift for providing clear, theologically-precise explanations without losing the masterful charm of contemporary language. |
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Divided by God $15 A brilliant and urgent appraisal of one of the most profound conflicts of our time Even before George W. Bush gained reelection by wooing religiously devout values voters, it was clear that church-state matters in the United States had reached a crisis. With Divided by God, Noah Feldman shows that the crisis is as old as this country–and looks to our nation’s past to show how it might be resolved. Today more than ever, ours is a religiously diverse society: Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist as well as Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish. And yet more than ever, committed Christians are making themselves felt in politics and culture. What are the implications of this paradox? To answer this question, Feldman makes clear that again and again in our nation’s history diversity has forced us to redraw the lines in the church-state divide. In vivid, dramatic chapters, he describes how we as a people have resolved conflicts over the Bible, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the teaching of evolution through appeals to shared values of liberty, equality, and freedom of conscience. And he proposes a brilliant solution to our current crisis, one that honors our religious diversity while respecting the long-held conviction that religion and state should not mix. Divided by God speaks to the headlines, even as it tells the story of a long-running conflict that has made the American people who we are. |
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Divided by God: America’s Church-State Problem–and What We Should Do about It $9.99 A brilliant and urgent appraisal of one of the most profound conflicts of our timeEven before George W. Bush gained reelection by wooing religiously devout “values voters,” it was clear that church-state matters in the United States had reached a crisis. With Divided by God, Noah Feldman shows that the crisis is as old as this country—and looks to our nation’s past to show how it might be resolved. Today more than ever, ours is a religiously diverse society: Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist as well as Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish. And yet more than ever, committed Christians are making themselves felt in politics and culture.What are the implications of this paradox? To answer this question, Feldman makes clear that again and again in our nation’s history diversity has forced us to redraw the lines in the church-state divide. In vivid, dramatic chapters, he describes how we as a people have resolved conflicts over the Bible, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the teaching of evolution through appeals to shared values of liberty, equality, and freedom of conscience. And he proposes a brilliant solution to our current crisis, one that honors our religious diversity while respecting the long-held conviction that religion and state should not mix. Divided by God speaks to the headlines, even as it tells the story of a long-running conflict that has made the American people who we are. |
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Douay-Rheims Bible Old and New Testaments $2.99 Douay-Rheims Bible1914 Catholic Encyclopedia, “The original Douay Version, which is the foundation on which nearly all English Catholic versions are still based, owed its existence to the religious controversies of the sixteenth century. Many Protestant versions of the Scriptures had been issued and were used largely by the Reformers for polemical purposes. The rendering of some of the texts showed evident signs of controversial bias, and it became of the first importance for the English Catholics of the day to be furnished with a translation of their own, on the accuracy of which they could depend and to which they could appeal in the course of argument. The work of preparing such a version was undertaken by the members of the English College at Douai, in Flanders, founded by William Allen (afterwards cardinal) in 1568. The chief share of the translating was borne by Dr. Gregory Martin, formerly of St. John’s College, Oxford. His text was revised by Thomas Worthington, Richard Bristowe, John Reynolds, and Allen himself – all of them Oxford men. A series of notes was added, designed to answer the theological arguments of the Reformers; these were prepared by Allen, assisted by Bristowe and Worthington.”The original translation was based on the Latin Vulgate. However, it was revised from 1749-1752 by Bishop Richard Challoner, who corrected it according to the Clementine edition of the Vulgate (published by Clement VIII in 1592, after the Rheims New Testament) and the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. He also updated the spelling, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Today, all Douay-Rheims Bibles in print are actually the Douay-Rheims-Challoner version. Due to the large file size, this electronic version does not include the Apocrypha. |
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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America $99 This is one of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? Is the result a democratic politics of the ballotbox, or is it more like an authoritarian politics of command from on high? Does the evangelical faith of the Bible hinder or promote a politics of the ballot box? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion – Islam – fuels vexed debate among analysts theworld over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: The often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world’s unstable politics. The present volume considers the case of Latin America, where evengelical Protestantism is increasinglychallenging the historical Catholic hegemony in the religious sphere. In Latin America, Protestant identity was forged in relation to the dominant Catholicism, producing an adversarial style of Protestantism. This necessarily colors the role of evangelicalism in Latin America civil society. In hisIntroduction editor Paul Freston offers a historical overview of evangelicalism in the region. The book then offers individual case studies of five countries: Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Latin America, bring first hand-knowledgeto their chapters and employ both field and archival research to develop their data and analyses. The result is a groundbreaking work that will be indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of theregion. |
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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America $24.95 This is one of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? Is the result a democratic politics of the ballotbox, or is it more like an authoritarian politics of command from on high? Does the evangelical faith of the Bible hinder or promote a politics of the ballot box? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion, Islam, fuels vexed debate among analysts theworld over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world’s unstable politics. The present volume considers the case of Latin America, where evangelical Protestantism is increasinglychallenging the historical Catholic hegemony in the religious sphere. |
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First Holy Communion $7.35 Arising directly from a parent’s need, this is a clear account of how a parent, or teacher, can prepare a child for First Holy Communion without talking down to or patronizing the child.Mark Allen found no suitable published book to prepare his son for First Holy Communion. In the Roman Catholic Church, First Holy Communion is an event of the greatest significance, similar to confirmation in the Church of England or Bar Mitzvah for Jewish children. A lot of the material published is trite and worst of all tends to patronize the children for whom it is intended.To help parents and teachers answer questions about the ceremony Mark Allen offers readings and background from scripture and catechism. Children are hardheaded and like stories and facts. The narrative of the Bible provides facts, events which happened, and along with them the objective truths of revelation.The Mass is our sacramental encounter with the person of Jesus and instruction for First Holy Communion should therefore be centered on him and on the Gospel story of his life. Preparation should reflect the unity of the mass, its liturgy of the Word and the Eucharistic Rite – the mystery of Christ in our community as Church.Routine is the key aid to progress. The course provided in this book is based on a series of half-hourly sessions for parents or teachers to hold with their child. It is both practical and down to earth. |
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First Holy Communion: A Parent’s Preparation $19.95 Mark Allen found no suitable published book to prepare his son for First Holy Communion. First Holy Communion in the Roman Catholic Church is something of the greatest significance equivalent to confirmation in the Church of England or Bar Mitzvah for Jewish children. A lot of the material published is trite and worst of all tends to patronise the children for whom it is intended.To help parents and teachers answer questions about the ceremony Mark Allen offers readings and background from scripture and catechism. Children are hard-headed and like stories and facts. The narrative of the Bible provides facts, events which happened, and along with them the objective truths of revelation.The Mass is our sacramental encounter with the person of Jesus. Preparation therefore should be based on him and on the Gospel story of His life. The preparation should reflect the unity of the mass, its liturgy of the Word and the Eucharistic Rite, the mystery of Christ in our community as Church.Routine is the key aid to progress. The course provided in this book is based on a series of half hour sessions for parent and teacher with the child. It is thus both practical and down to earth. |
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The Answer to Freud’s Claim That Masturbation Causes Neurosis
Sigmund Freud’s priceless contribution was to help us understand the subconscious. He endured public ridicule in order to publish his ideas. Thanks to his pioneering work, it is now acceptable to write about sexuality. We all owe him credit. However, with all respect to Oxford Freudians, his statement that masturbation causes neurosis is incorrect. It is not the act of having masturbated, but the unwarranted guilt associated with it that can cause psychological problems.
First let’s clarify a term. In his writings, Freud calls masturbation “onanism”. This is in reference to Onan of Biblical times. Many people believe that the Bible says it is a sin to masturbate because in the Bible, in Genesis 38:8-10, a man named Onan married his brother’s childless widow because he was required by law to give her an inheritance through a progeny. But instead of getting her pregnant, Onan practiced the withdrawal method with her. The result was that God punished him by killing him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
Since Onan’s brother died without having children, Onan was supposed to marry the widow and get her pregnant. In ancient Hebrew society, wives could not inherit property, so if the widow was wealthy, she had to have a male descendant to inherit and take care of her. Generally people in those times wanted to keep the money in the family so she had to marry the eldest surviving brother.
Sometimes the widow was poor and had debts. In this case she was still required to marry her brother in law and he in turn had to pay her debts and divide his inheritance among his children and hers. This is called a redeemer in the Bible. Onan did not want to give the inheritance to his widow. So he had sex with her but did not get her pregnant. For this reason God punished him.
There is a healthy amount of disagreement about the meaning of these passages among Christians, who otherwise agree on issues of salvation. Some think that Onan was masturbating, but the passage says he had intercourse with her and withdrew at the last moment, spilling the semen. “He went into her” means intercourse, and “slew” means God killed Onan.
Some people believe that “spilling the seed”, that is spilling the semen, is a loss of a human life. On the basis of this argument, the Catholic Church teaches that sex is only for procreation and married couples should not use birth control. The problem with this is that couples have to abstain from sex, or have many more children than they planned. This is very stressful to a woman’s health and an emotional financial burden too big to bear for most people.
Freud wrote:
“Our present patient’s behavior in the mater of onanism was most remarkable. He did not indulge in it during puberty to any extent worth mentioning, and therefore, according to one set of views, he might have expected to be exempt from neurosis.” (Wedding & Corsini, 1979, p. 27).
Freud believed that masturbation always causes neurosis. He even expected that if a man had never masturbated, he would never get a neurosis. However he discovered that the patient in this case has a neurosis nevertheless. The patient did not masturbate as a child because he was punished, beaten, by his father for trying it (Wedding & Corsini, 1979, p. 28). Nevertheless, the patient had a neurosis.
Lets look at Freud’s world from a modern perspective first and then from the context of his time. Even today, many a man has not been given privacy when he was a teenager. Children today are still discouraged from masturbating by their parents and many do not allow their children to lock the door in their room. This causes boys to masturbate quickly in order to avoid getting caught. This practice over time leads to habitually coming quickly.
When the boy grows up and has sexual relations he realizes that he is a fast ejaculator at least in part from the habit of masturbating. So he associates this limitation to his sexual potential with masturbation. Another potential problem is habitually masturbating in the shower; a boy can get used to the feel on water over his genitals and eventually need to feel water to be exited to orgasm. This can happen if the only time he is allowed to lock the door is when he is bathing.
However, there are also some children who have more psychologically open minded parents that do not discourage masturbation and give their children privacy. In this case a boy is free to take his time; nevertheless he may lack knowledge about the purpose of masturbation and adult sexuality.
What is the purpose of masturbation within a Christian view today? For those Christians who believe masturbation is not a sin, its purpose is to give the boy a practice in learning how to have sex, and to help him keep chaste until marriage by satisfying himself with self stimulation. However, not many boys are told that women take a long time to reach orgasm through intercourse and the women need the husband to have an erection for a long time. So they may not take their time even if they are given privacy because they lack important information.
In our culture there is still lack of knowledge about sex. On the one hand, pictures of scantily dressed women and commercials with one man and several women pressure men to be super sexual. Boys are looked down upon by adults and abused by peers if they do not look masculine enough. But little is told to boys about women’s sexual needs. This is unfortunate, because the greatest sexual satisfaction a man can have is to give pleasure to his wife.
That is not to say that married men should not masturbate. He may do so if his wife is unable to have sex due to sickness. Or the husband may simply want to control his own sexuality once in a while. But the most satisfying sexual pleasure a man can enjoy is to love the woman he sleeps with as if it was his own body, giving just as much importance to her pleasure as his (Ephesians 5:28-29).
Now let’s look at Freud’s time period in Vienna. Men were expected not to masturbate but it was acceptable by that society that a man goes to prostitute. That is the opposite of our time. Today prostitution is illegal in many countries and considered a sin to take part in. Then as now, having sex with a prostitute is a humiliating experience for men which lacks love, can endanger health, and costs extraordinary prices. As far as privacy during Freud’s time, there was little privacy and families with many children and they hardly ever had a room all to themselves. Boys were discouraged form masturbating and felt guilt by indulging in it.
Back to our example of the boy who was denied privacy as a boy, he may associate such guilt with masturbation, that when he becomes an adult he will discourage his son to masturbate and the cycle of self denial perpetuates itself. It is the guilt of having masturbated not the masturbation itself that can cause psychological problems but the man may not distinguish between the two and have unwarranted guilt.
Fantasyzing is associated with the accompanying act of masturbation. Many men have an emotional reason for believing that it is a sin to fantasize. Another possible source of guilt about masturbation may come from a particular misunderstanding of the Biblical passages Matthew 5:27-28, which state,
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.”
It does not say “if you THINK about a woman lustfully”; it says “if you LOOK at a woman lustfully”. For example, Kind David who watched Bathsheba take a bath instead of his own wife ended up committing adultery with her. Another example of looking lustfully in modern times is pornography.
Many people who are fundamentalists pride themselves on their literal reading of the Bible, such as the account of a six day creation in Genesis and they believe literally all the miracles without interpreting the Bible. But when it comes to sex they do not read literally, they infer from the passage that it also means that you can not have sexual fantasies. However all people fantasize unless they were born without genes for sex hormones.
If we are going to infer from the passages we must look at the context in order to apply the meaning of the passage to our lives well. Jesus was talking about adultery. If a man is trying to make sly looks to a married woman and following her to see when she is alone so he can try to seduce her, he is guilty of adultery even if he finds her alone and she says, “No.”
The passage continues to say that if it your eye that causes you to sin, cut it out. The author of this article believes this was written for many men living in Afghanistan and some parts of India where the women are covered from head to toe with a little hole for the eyes. They can hardly breathe, yet if these men see the woman show a little bit of her ankle, they beat her. I can imagine how difficult it would be to walk with a long tunic that reaches over the ankles without tripping, especially since the woman’s field of vision is limited. Many women can not afford the long tunic called a burka and remain prisoners in their own home for life. They do not get sunlight so when they are pregnant they often lose the baby due to a viatmin D deficiency. The body makes vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight.
It is another case of looking at a woman lustfully, reading a sexual impropriety that is not there. Even going to see a doctor is seen as something sexual and therefore not allowed. It is the sin of the men looking at the women not of the women themselves. Because of the lust in their eyes the men see impropriety in a woman’s natural looks. If this is still a problem today, imagine what it was like in Biblical times. he Bible was written for all people at all times. It has something to say to everyone. In all fairness Western culture is just as guilty of lust through pornography as Eastern cultures of mummifying live women.
Some people teach that fantasizing is bad because thought precedes action, and action follows thought. But this is true only in cases of people without self-control. A person, who is healthy, has self-control and will be able to think about something and not necessarily do it. For example, a person could feel tempted to steal something but not do it. Or a person could visualize themselves donating vasts amounts to money to the poor and never carry it out. Thinking is not the same as doing.
I Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
Jesus was tempted in everything.
Hebrews 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin”
Hebrews 2:17-18 “For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
Our high Priest is Jesus. That means he was tempted with every sin man could possible be tempted with and he did not sin. Therefore it is not a sin to be tempted.
We have shown how fantasizing is not bad in itself since you do not have to do what you think about. We have discussed how men may feel guilty about childhood masturbation because they were denied privacy and made a habit of rapid ejaculation to avoid getting caught. What about girls? Is it alright for girls to masturbate? Yes, girls who are discouraged from masturbation have a different but equally disturbing sexual limitation. Many women tell their daughters never to touch their genitals except when they wash. Some women even tell their daughters that her genitals are dirty without distinguishing between sin and healthy sexuality.
A girl needs to masturbate to learn how to have an orgasm and also to learn how to come more quickly. Women who do not masturbate do not learn to have an orgasm and may as much as the first ten years of married life in orgasmic. Some women never come in all their life.
The Answer to the Problem of Guilt
As far as men are concerned, it not the act of masturbation which can cause a neurosis, but the guilt associated with it. As a Christian author, my final word is that anything that a person may feel he has done wrong, whether it is unwarranted guilt as in the case of masturbation, or whether it is remorse for a sin such as prostitution, or whether it is just an honest mistake like punishing a child for masturbating, there is an answer to guilt in Jesus Christ.
Jesus is God’s son. He lived a sinless life and by his sacrifice on the cross he paid for all out sins and for our release from guilt. Those who believe that Jesus is their God and Savior receive forgiveness of their sins and errors. Believing in Jesus can bring great relief and peace; it also helps us to overcome sins.
To explain how Jesus frees us from sin and paid for our wrongdoing picture a person who has been kidnapped. The person is tied up and can not get loose even if he wants to. That is how sin is, we may want to stop sinning and feel able to stop.
The kidnapper wants more money than the person can afford to pay. Only a sinless life has the great worth to pay for our sins. Jesus took our punishment upon him and he also frees us from sin. He paid the ransom for all of us by giving his own life by crucifixion so we can be free of the punishment of hell. By doing this, Jesus made it possible for us to have eternal life and unimaginably great happiness in Heaven.
Sin also separates us from God. It makes us feel guilty to pray and approach God. At times we may erroneously believe that because we have sinned, we can not pray and we are not worthy to go to church. But God always wants us to seek him by prayer and worship. He is available to clean us from sin by his sacrifice. All you have to do is to believe that Jesus is your Savior and confess your sin to God in repentance.
Bibliography
Freud, Sigmund A Case of Obsessional Neurosis in D. Wedding & R. J. Corsini (Eds.), (1979) Great Cases in Psychotherapy (p.27). Itaska, IL: F.E. Peacock Publishers.
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