| Author | : John P. Plummer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781933993003 |
This text introduces readers to the Independent Catholic movement in a friendly, easy-to-read style that will not tax their patience or their wallets. The text focuses on the most common varieties of Independent Catholicism in hopes of providing a short, useful orientation to the newcomer. (Catholic)
| Author | : Julie Byrne |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2016-05-24 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0231541708 |
“An excellent study of churches on the fringe that incubate new ideas and shed new light on mainstream religion.”—Times Higher Education Independent Catholics are not formally connected to the pope in Rome. They practice apostolic succession, seven sacraments, and devotion to the saints. But without a pope, they can change quickly and experiment freely—with some affirming communion for the divorced, women’s ordination, clerical marriage, and same-sex marriage. From their early modern origins in the Netherlands to their contemporary proliferation in the United States, these “other Catholics” represent an unusually liberal, mobile, and creative version of America’s largest religion. In The Other Catholics, Julie Byrne shares the remarkable history and current activity of independent Catholics, who number at least two hundred communities and a million members across the United States. She focuses in particular on the Church of Antioch, one of the first Catholic groups to ordain women in modern times. Through archival documents and interviews, Byrne tells the story of the unforgettable leaders and surprising influence of these understudied churches, which, when included in Catholic history, change the narrative arc and total shape of modern Catholicism. As Pope Francis fights to soften Roman doctrines with a pastoral touch and his fellow Roman bishops push back with equal passion, independent Catholics continue to leap ahead of Roman reform, keeping key Catholic traditions but adding a progressive difference. “Byrne’s enlightening research and analysis will undoubtedly raise awareness of these little-known Catholic denominations.”
| Author | : John P Plummer |
| Publisher | : Apocryphile Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2006-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781947826557 |
The Catholic Church is much more than the Roman Catholics. The Orthodox Church is more than the sects from Greece, Russia, Africa, and Syria. What are these independent churches? Explore the independent denominations and their adherents, who long for the sacraments but have been alienated by intransigent dogma and cookie-cutter churches. In this book, Dr. John Plummer explores the sacramental churches that are beyond and above and below the mainstream. Some are arch-conservative, while others are completely New Age. In this rich tapestry of churches you will find mystical schools, esoteric, and occult teachings. You will meet gay priests and bishops, and female priests and bishops. These paths less walked include liturgies reminiscent of simpler times, and a few that blow right past any limit or tradition. Each offers hope and worship, not for a "melting pot" of mass-market religion, but for those who hold fast to their individuality.
| Author | : Patricia Miller |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 342 |
| Release | : 2014-05-20 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0520276000 |
Good Catholics tells the story of the remarkable individuals who have engaged in a nearly fifty-year struggle to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church, as well as the concurrent efforts of the Catholic hierarchy to suppress abortion dissent and to translate Catholic doctrine on sexuality into law. Miller recounts a dramatic but largely untold history of protest and persecution, which demonstrates the profound and surprising influence that the conflict over abortion in the Catholic Church has had not only on the church but also on the very fabric of U.S. politics. Good Catholics addresses many of todayÕs hot-button questions about the separation of church and state, including what concessions society should make in public policy to matters of religious doctrine, such as the Catholic ban on contraception. Good Catholics is a Gold Medalist (WomenÕs Issues) in the 2015 IPPY awards, an award presented by the Independent Publishers Book Association to recognize excellence in independent book publishing.
| Author | : Charles Keith |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2012-10-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520272471 |
Keith explores the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. Much like the revolutionary ideologies and struggles in the name of the Vietnamese nation the revolution in Vietnamese Catholic life polarized the place of the new Church in post-colonial Vietnamese politics and society.
| Author | : J.M. Carroll |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 50 |
| Release | : 2019-10-24 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1794700382 |
Dr. JM Carroll's "The Trail of Blood" is a great historical premise concerning the beginnings of the church from "Christ it's founder, till the current day". Written in the early 20th century, Dr. Carroll details the history and plight of TRUE bible believers throughout time. Still as relevant today as it was almost 100 years ago, this timeless classic is a must-have part of any Christian's personal reading collection.
| Author | : George Weigel |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2014-04-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0465038913 |
The Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand year history. As the curtain comes down on the Church defined by the 16th-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium: a way of being Catholic that comes from over a century of Catholic reform; a mission-centered renewal honed by the Second Vatican Council and given compelling expression by Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. The Gospel-centered Evangelical Catholicism of the future will send all the people of the Church into mission territory every day -- a territory increasingly defined in the West by spiritual boredom and aggressive secularism. Confronting both these cultural challenges and the shadows cast by recent Catholic history, Evangelical Catholicism unapologetically proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the truth of the world. It also molds disciples who witness to faith, hope, and love by the quality of their lives and the nobility of their aspirations. Thus the Catholicism of the 21st century and beyond will be a culture-forming counterculture, offering all men and women of good will a deeply humane alternative to the soul-stifling self-absorption of postmodernity. Drawing on thirty years of experience throughout the Catholic world, from its humblest parishes to its highest levels of authority, George Weigel proposes a deepening of faith-based and mission-driven Catholic reform that touches every facet of Catholic life -- from the episcopate and the papacy to the priesthood and the consecrated life; from the renewal of the lay vocation in the world to the redefinition of the Church's engagement with public life; from the liturgy to the Church's intellectual life. Lay Catholics and clergy alike should welcome the challenge of this unique moment in the Church's history, Weigel urges. Mediocrity is not an option, and all Catholics, no matter what their station in life, are called to live the evangelical vocation into which they were baptized: without compromise, but with the joy, courage, and confidence that comes from living this side of the Resurrection.
| Author | : Neal Pease |
| Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2009-10-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0821443623 |
When an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on the continent, as “Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter.” All the same, the relations of the Second Polish Republic with the Church—both its representatives inside the country and the Holy See itself—proved far more difficult than expected. Based on original research in the libraries and depositories of four countries, including recently opened collections in the Vatican Secret Archives, Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church and Independent Poland, 1914–1939 presents the first scholarly history of the close but complex political relationship of Poland with the Catholic Church during the interwar period. Neal Pease addresses, for example, the centrality of Poland in the Vatican’s plans to convert the Soviet Union to Catholicism and the curious reluctance of each successive Polish government to play the role assigned to it. He also reveals the complicated story of the relations of Polish Catholicism with Jews, Freemasons, and other minorities within the country and what the response of Pope Pius XII to the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939 can tell us about his controversial policies during World War II. Both authoritative and lively, Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter shows that the tensions generated by the interplay of church and state in Polish public life exerted great influence not only on the history of Poland but also on the wider Catholic world in the era between the wars.
| Author | : J. Donovan |
| Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
| Total Pages | : 544 |
| Release | : 2015-07-18 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781331650416 |
Excerpt from Catechism of the Council of Trent: Translated Into English With Notes, Etc Question III. - Christ came into this World to teach the Faith, which the Apostles and their Successors afterwards propagated. But, as he had foretold that he would give a Teacher of justice to be the light of the Gentiles, that his salvation may reach even to the farthest part of the earth (is. Xlix. In these days he hath spoken to us by his Son (heb. I. 2) whom also by a voice from heaven, from the excellent glory (2 Pet. I. He has commanded all to hear and to obey. And then the Son gave some, apostles, and some, prophets, and others, pastors and teachers (eph. Iv. To announce the word of life; that we might not be carried about like children, tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine, but (eph. Iv. Adhering fast to the firm foundation of the faith, might be built together into an habitation of God in the Holy Ghost (eph. Ii. Question IV. - How the Words of the Pastors of the Church are to be received. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
