Free Download Reasonable Pleasures: The Strange Coherences of Catholicism By James V. Schall
2013 | 203 Pages | ISBN: 1586177877 | EPUB | 1 MB
The fact of pleasure is obvious to us, but its relation to reason is less understood. We are beings who laugh and run, sing and dance, but we too seldom reflect on why we do these things. Above all, we are beings who think and who want to know whether our lives make sense. In this thought-provoking study of the relationship between our reason and our experience of pleasure, popular professor and author Fr. James Schall shows how reason, religion and pleasure are not in conflict with one another. Religion has to do with how man relates to God. Catholicism is not so much a religion as a revelation. It records and recalls how God relates to man.The popular mood of our time is that neither religion nor revelation has much to do with real life. Yet when we look at things as having meaning and order, they fit together in surprising ways. This coherence should bring us joy, and teach us how reason, religion and pleasure can work together for our benefit. Schall shows us in this book why we have many reasons to think that our lives make sense, that our pleasures can be reasonable, and our reason itself is a pleasure.
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Free Download Reason to Believe: Why Faith Makes Sense By Richard L. Purtill
2009 | 230 Pages | ISBN: 1586170880 | EPUB | 1 MB
Is religious belief reasonable? Of course the so-called New Atheists, such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, energetically say, "No!," Many others, including some believers, insist that faith is utterly beyond reasoned argument. Faith, they declare, is believing something that reason tells you can't be so. In this way they think they shield belief from rational criticism.But philosopher Richard Purtill will have none of that approach to religion. In this newly updated classic work, Purtill carefully applies the power of the mind to understanding whether there is a rational basis for certain religious beliefs. His focus is on widely held Christian beliefs, although much of what he says applies also to other religious traditions. Purtill assesses the common objections to religious belief the claims that religious tenets are nonsensical, wishful thinking, the result of gullibility, immoral, or refuted by modern discoveries. Then he considers the arguments in favor of Christian belief by studying the nature of faith, of the universe, of morality, of happiness, and the world with God in it. He also scrutinizes certain beliefs involving claims of Christian revelation - the credentials of revelation, the idea of God, Jesus as God's Son, organized religion, and the last things (death, judgment, heaven and hell). The two appendices tackle the Christian doctrine of the Atonement and the influence of certain Christian writers on the revival of Christian belief in the 20th century. An updated For Further Reading section is included.Reason to Believeis not a work of revealed theology or religious devotion; it is a highly readable book on the philosophy of religion, aimed at the reader who wants to think seriously about religion but who doesn't know all the philosophers' and theologians' jargon and who may or may not be a committed believer.
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Free Download Reader's Journal for the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults By United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
2007 | 123 Pages | ISBN: 1601370032 | EPUB | 1 MB
This easy-to-use journal is the perfect companion to the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. The reflections in the journal support and further expand on the topics in each chapter of the USCCA, helping the reader deepen their enounter with the living Christ. Use the journal with catechumens as part of their preparation for the Easter sacraments. Make it available to participants in your adult faith formation program.
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 21 Lectures ( 2h 32m ) | Size: 2.54 GB
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Free Download Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind By David B. Currie; Scott Hahn
2004 | 528 Pages | ISBN: 1928832725 | EPUB | 1 MB
Author David Currie grew up convinced that one day all true Christians will suddenly be snatched up to Heaven. The unfortunate souls left behind by this "rapture" will endure seven horrible years of tribulation, at the end of which Christ will return to earth for a glorious thousand-year reign. Today, millions of Christians accept this end-times theology, assuming - as Currie did - that the Bible clearly teaches it. Many plan their whole lives around it. But, after studying Scripture for decades, Currie has come to see that if you accept the Bible, you have to reject the rapture. In these remarkable pages - which constitute the world's most careful and thorough scriptural study of the rapture - Currie demonstrates why. He considers all the relevant verses (and there are hundreds!) and examines them in the light of ancient history, the writings of the earliest Christians, and the claims of rapturist theologians. With painstaking thoroughness, he unlocks the meanings of the key biblical prophecies that culminate in Christ's Messianic Kingdom - including those verses in Daniel, Matthew, and Revelation that rapturists turn to most. Marshaling evidence that's as startling as it is compelling, Currie argues that these prophecies of war and tribulation don't point to some still-unrealized apocalyptic future. Rather, most of them were fulfilled long ago: the spiritual, priestly Kingdom prefigured in the Old Testament was inaugurated on Calvary, consummated in 70 A.D. with the destruction of the Temple, and continues to exist today ... in the Catholic Church! That may surprise you. Yet, shows Currie, it's the only conclusion that fits all the scriptural and historical evidence. Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind makes Scripture, prophecy, and history come alive, and it demonstrates that if you open your Bible, you'll find that God's plan for the future of the world is not filled w
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Free Download Radio Replies Vol. 3 By Leslie Rumble; Charles Mortimer Carty
2001 | 335 Pages | ISBN: 0895550911 | EPUB | 1 MB
Radio Replies are questions and answers about the Catholic faith compiled and published by the famous radio priests, Fathers Rumble and Carty. Father Rumble broadcast from Sydney, Australia, and Father Carty from St. Paul, Minnesota. The questions printed here were sent in by the many listeners of these intrepid priests, who answered them over the air. Later, they assembled into these three volumes their best questions and answers, plus the prodigious learning these men display. Containing some 4,374 questions and answers, these books provide hours of stimulating, informative reading on virtually every subject relating to the Church, and being fully indexed, they readily serve as a wonderful source of reference about the Faith. Further these writings, like none other, impart an immediacy and a crusading spirit, which convey to the reader a warmth and a love and a zeal for our holy religion.
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Published 6/2023
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Free Download Question Time: 150 Questions and Answers on the Catholic Faith By John Flader; George Cardinal Pell
2010 | 313 Pages | ISBN: 1589795938 | EPUB | 1 MB
Has the Church changed its teaching on Limbo? Will we ever have women priests or married priests? What is the origin of the feast of Mary, Help of Christians, and the Miraculous Medal? Does a Communion Service satisfy the obligation of attending Mass on Sundays? In Question Time, Fr Flader draws on more than 40 years of experience to answer questions on everything Catholic: doctrine, the sacraments, moral life, prayer and devotions. The book is written in an easy-to-read style and contains a wealth of information, invaluable for anyone who is interested in the Catholic faith or who is in a position to hand on the faith themselves: priests, teachers, catechists, parents, RCIA coordinators, sacramental program coordinators, recent converts, and more.
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Free Download Preaching the Mystery of the Faith: The Sunday Homily By United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
2013 | 49 Pages | ISBN: 1574554948 | EPUB | 1 MB
"The document.... was developed by the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations, of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in collaboration with the Committees on Doctrine, Divine Worship, Evangelization and Catechesis, Cultural Diversity in the Church, Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Communications, and Canonical Affairs and Church Governance."--T.p. verso.
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Free Download Power of Articulation: Imagery of Social Structure and Social Change
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031330765 | 129 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2 MB
This open access book is the first book that attempts to treat the notion of articulation as an important concept to be added to the lexicon of communication studies and social science. It constitutes the first comprehensive and systematic discussion of 'articulation' in English, providing an introduction of its usages and what has occurred on its 'travels' from one theoretical realm to another in political philosophy, structural linguistics, new economic anthropology, cultural studies and post-Marxist discourse theory. The proposed research takes a relational approach to society and social action in a way that recognises their relative autonomy. It entails an introduction of the 'discursive turn' in the imagery of society and social change, thereby proving that the relational concept of articulation/Gliederung has potential to consider society as both a structured, complex whole and a product of human interaction.
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