ironmonk Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 (edited) When something is "too much to read"... Is it really? "Too much to read" has caused many Catholics to leave the Church, and many anti-Catholics to remain anti-Catholic. We all (reading this) have the means to be scholars for we all are online and have access to all the history and teachings of the Church that we would ever need to understand her teachings more fully. We are at fault if we do not dive into the study and read what is too much to read. ....Just a thought... Think about it... God Bless, ironmonk Edited August 27, 2004 by ironmonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 You're right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 [quote name='ironmonk' date='Aug 27 2004, 09:39 AM'] When something is "too much to read"... Is it really? "Too much to read" has caused many Catholics to leave the Church, and many anti-Catholics to remain anti-Catholic. We all (reading this) have the means to be scholars for we all are online and have access to all the history and teachings of the Church that we would ever need to understand her teachings more fully. We are at fault if we do not dive into the study and read what is too much to read. ....Just a thought... Think about it... God Bless, ironmonk [/quote] Thats what I'm talking about monk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Easier said than done. God bless, Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeteenchick527 Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Iornmonk....thats so true...but i also agree with mikey...but i mean...if u cant read all of it at once...spend like 10 min a day reading somethin like the Catechism or bible or another book/website/information about the church's teachings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I agree there can never be too much reading one of the most important things we must do is to read. Through reading we gain the knowledge to defend our faith and learn why the Church teaches certain things. It's almost a very good idea to cross reference Church teachings with the Bible, this not only helps you learn Scripture better but it helps you to be able to defend the teachings of the Church as Biblical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironmonk Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 [quote name='StColette' date='Aug 27 2004, 08:29 PM'] I agree there can never be too much reading one of the most important things we must do is to read. Through reading we gain the knowledge to defend our faith and learn why the Church teaches certain things. It's almost a very good idea to cross reference Church teachings with the Bible, this not only helps you learn Scripture better but it helps you to be able to defend the teachings of the Church as Biblical. [/quote] That is a very good idea. I've been reading the Scriptures since I was six... at twelve I got a burning desire to read and re-read and keep reading the scriptures. I read at least one chapter a day (the chapters are very small), sometimes I would read much more... but always at least one chapter... as Aesop said "Little by little does the trick". I then began to take notes, and grouped them by topic.... by the grace of God I think that is what helped me get the correct context of the bible... for when I decided to search out the One Church and found out that it was Catholic - I was already a baptised Catholic - I could easily see the basis of Church teachings in the Scriptures. Learning the faith is a lifelong process. I suggest reading at least one chapter a day of the Scriptures, note the footnotes, and look at the cross references, take notes.... and along side our scripture study, read the ECF's and Council writings. God Bless, ironmonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Were you influenced by church scriptual evidence, or did you just read it, and found the church that applyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Man...... this post is too long.... J/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 [quote name='StColette' date='Aug 27 2004, 06:29 PM'] It's almost a very good idea to cross reference Church teachings with the Bible, this not only helps you learn Scripture better but it helps you to be able to defend the teachings of the Church as Biblical. [/quote] That's what the Cathechism does...both ways! In each part of the Cathechism, it will give scriptural references..... And in the back part of the cathechism (at least the hardcopy version), there is a cross-reference of scripture verses to applicable parts of the Cathechism, something I found useful when going through Romans and preparing notes for my parish Bible study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 my posts are short, but my tracts are long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiannii Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 It is easy to make wild anti-Catholic claims such as there being a female pope in hostory. To refute this would require research and reading - much more required effort than making the claim...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 [quote name='yiannii' date='Aug 28 2004, 06:58 PM'] It is easy to make wild anti-Catholic claims such as there being a female pope in hostory. To refute this would require research and reading - much more required effort than making the claim...lol [/quote] Yeh. Its cowardly. I think it was Scott Hahn or Karl Keating that said: 'For an anti-catholic it takes 10 seconds to make a comment, but it takes a Catholic 10 minutes to refute it'. Something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 [quote name='MorphRC' date='Aug 28 2004, 03:53 AM'] I think it was Scott Hahn or Karl Keating that said: 'For an anti-catholic it takes 10 seconds to make a comment, but it takes a Catholic 10 minutes to refute it'. [/quote] How true that is !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Wish I knew where I got it from.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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