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Unique book will appeal to Mormons and Catholics

Perchance | 7:24 a.m. July 24, 2009

Perchance is there an official Catholic review of this book?

no appeal tto me,I'm Catholic | 8:23 a.m. July 24, 2009

And the official statement by Catholic Answers"Mormonism is a non-Christian religion",Protestants have some heritcal teachings,but are considered seperated-bretheran.
We have the same Jesus(triune God)

Anonymous | 8:34 a.m. July 24, 2009

This couple obviouslt were not devout. I pray for there souls.

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must read | 10:42 a.m. July 24, 2009

Sounds like a great story about a personal journey to truth.

Alex | 10:54 a.m. July 24, 2009

I was a very devout Catholic but one day I was honest to read the Book of Mormon and to listen to the missionary discussions. They didn't convinced me, I prayed and received an answer. My years as faithful Catholic prepared me to receive the LDS message. You Catholic friends would be surprised how many thing Catholics and Mormons have in common. Just as examples: We believe in Apostolic succesion, protestants don't, we believe in priesthood authority derived from Jesus Christ, protestants are ordained (but who knows by what authotity), we believe in holy sacraments, protestants don't, and the list goes on and on.
MY invitation to you, Catholic friends is that you should venture to listen the message and then pray (not recite prayers) but ask of God about the veracity of the message. I love and respect the Catholic Church as well as its members, but I can tell you that the more devout, the more prepared to obtain the truth.

Sleuth | 1:34 p.m. July 24, 2009

The “Catholic God” and the “Mormon God” differ slightly. One is an ethereal essence that fills the immensity of space, without body, passion or parts, etc., and the other, a Holy and Exalted Perfect Man Being anthropomorphic in likeness and image. One is immaterial and beyond description and the other happily identifiably corporeal. One is dimensionless, three-in-one "incomprehensible," existing outside of time and space, and the other, operating both in and out of space-time, requires you to understand and know Him, etc., etc., etc. How does one overcome that except by the controversion of doctrines?

RE: Alex | 2:14 p.m. July 24, 2009

Do you know what some of the things Catholic's do not have in common with Mormons: 1. Men become Gods(exhaltation)not God became a man(incarnation)2. The creeds teach: 3 persons one God,Joeseph Smith said the creeds were corrupt and a abombination. RCC teaches,as well as protestants the virgin birth of Christ, not Mormons. Joseph was Marys second husbad(Orson Pratt,The seer p 158) A natural act (Mormon Docrine pg 547)not of the Holy Ghost (JOD B Young )They have a low view of Mary(Notre Dame)a great lady

RE ; Sleuth | 3:02 p.m. July 24, 2009

Joseph Smith sounds like (John 4:24) God is a Spirit. "And then Ammon said: Beleivest thou that there is a great Spirit? And he said, Yea. And Ammon said unto him again: Beleivest thou that this Great Spirit,Who is God,.....(Alma 18:26-28)
"Behold my hands and my feet,that it is myself; handle me, and see; for a Spirit hath not flesh and bones,as you see me have."Luke 24:39)
"can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? Do not I fill heaven and earth."
No TR for me.

Catholic Not Interested | 3:24 p.m. July 24, 2009

To Sleuth,

"The “Catholic God” and the “Mormon God” differ slightly. One is an ethereal essence that fills the immensity of space, without body, passion or parts, etc., and the other, a Holy and Exalted Perfect Man Being anthropomorphic in likeness and image. One is immaterial and beyond description and the other happily identifiably corporeal. One is dimensionless, three-in-one "incomprehensible," existing outside of time and space, and the other, operating both in and out of space-time, requires you to understand and know Him, etc., etc., etc. How does one overcome that except by the controversion of doctrines?"

Can you please point out the differences between LDS "Holy Ghost" (a God) and the "incomprehensible" God of Catholicism?

I submit to you that the LDS "Holy Ghost" is "an ethereal essence that fills the immensity of space, without body, passion or parts,", "immaterial and beyond description", "dimensionless," and "incomprehensible" "existing outside of time and space"

LDS criticisms of Catholic theology is thoroughly hypocritical!

We Catholics are tired of Mormons attacks on our religion, its history, and its theology!

Enough already!

Nancy & Stan | 7:09 p.m. July 24, 2009

How informative and wise, how interesting to research and place doctrine side by side. Education leads to thoughtful, prayerful reflection. Surely, no informed person would be offended by an expansion of recognized doctrine.

Just Spiffy | 7:50 p.m. July 24, 2009

I think we all need to go join the catholic faith and then we can all have 2 memberships in 2 different churches. This would be seeing eye to eye and getting along very well.

Pardon Me But... | 8:57 p.m. July 24, 2009

Its all a crock. I believe in science and the scientific method. The rest is all superstition.

Mormon girl | 9:14 p.m. July 24, 2009

to, Just Spiffy:::: I always wanted to be a nun, wife and a mom too. Sounds terrific! When to we start?

Catholic person | 9:37 p.m. July 24, 2009

NONSENSE!

To Catholic Not Interested | 2:31 a.m. July 25, 2009

I wasn't attacking your God. You are entitled to believe in and worship how ever you may desire to. I was merely, and generally speaking, stating a fact. Moreover, the Holy Ghost, as taught by the LDS is a Man (anthropomorphic) in likeness and image, but is not corporeal. Furthermore, while His influence and power are omnipotent and omnipresent, His operation in the Godhead differs from that of the Father and Son. He is the revelator, the testator and the power by which all things move. Your attempt to compare the LDS teachings of the Holy Ghost to the 4th century, Greek metaphysical theological Trinitarian God is tenuous and defective.

Sleuth

To "No TR For Me" from Sleuth | 3:11 a.m. July 25, 2009

What does no TR mean?

I appreciate the difficulties of certain Biblical, scriptural passages pertaining to God’s corporeality, but remember, Paul was a trained Pharisee, a metaphysician, a mystic, and had he wished to announce the sectarian omnipresence of God, as a formless spiritual essence filling the immensities of space, he would have used other and far different language than, “… He raised him [Christ] from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places …” (Eph. 1:19-21.) Nor would Paul have said, if he believed in the sectarian omnipresent God that fills the immensity of space that Christ “… is the image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15) nor would Paul have said to the Philippians that Christ is "in the form of God." (Phil. 2:6.) If Christ is the “express image” of God’s person (Heb. 1:3.), then God is not an ethereal being that fills the immensities of space. We know that Christ was Man and we know that “express” in Heb. 1:3 means, resembling or bearing an exact representation.

Anonymous | 5:11 p.m. July 26, 2009

The teachings on infant baptism made it easy for me to switch from Catholicism to Mormonism. All the innocent children will be saved, regardless of whether they're baptized. And as for everyone else, we all have to do the same things, but we'll all get the same fair chance.

But some Mormons are still stuck on believing Catholics think babies are condemned if not baptized. Maybe many do think that, but it's not official Catholic doctrine. If we don't want to be misrepresented, we shouldn't misrepresent others.

Likewise, I'm sure I'd enjoy this book, but I won't use it as an authoritative source of Catholic doctrine. They should get to tell their own story.

re: Catholic Not Interested | 5:12 p.m. July 26, 2009

The Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit according to LDS doctrine.

Anonymous | 5:13 p.m. July 26, 2009

"This couple obviouslt were not devout. I pray for there souls."

Just explain a little more. That's all I ask sometimes. If you believe they'll go to he** for changing religions, then come out and say it. If you don't believe they'll go to he**, then there's nothing to make a fuss about unless they harm you directly.

Anonymous | 5:14 p.m. July 26, 2009

Some Mormons: "It's so wonderful they found the truth!"

Some Catholics: "It's so terrible they left the truth!"

If you fall into either of these categories, you probably won't learn anything with your closed mind.

RE: Sleuth 3:11 | 5:38 p.m. July 26, 2009

(Hebrews 1:3 NIV) " The Son is the radiance of God's glory and exact representation of his being..." is a bettet translation. Representation in Greek is (Xarakter)or character. being is(upostaseos)or reality.
(Phil 2:60 NIV) "Who being in the very nature, God....
TR Temple recomend

The Original True Church | 3:57 p.m. July 30, 2009

Where did you Mormons learn about Catholicism? From ex-Catholics? Do you encourage people to learn about Mormonism from ex-Mormons?

To RE: Sleuth 3:11

"(Hebrews 1:3 NIV) " The Son is the radiance of God's glory and exact representation of his being..." is a bettet translation. Representation in Greek is (Xarakter)or character. being is(upostaseos)or reality. (Phil 2:60 NIV) "Who being in the very nature, God...."

You got the words right, but not the meanings. Your interpretation does not go far enough. The original Greek words show unambiguously that Jesus IS GOD!

Welcome to Trinitarianism!

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