Posted by guest on August 3rd, 2006
[ed. note: I am moving this question here along with John in MN's thoughtful response for increased visibility.]
Mercedes writes:
Hello!
I am an active catholic. I was raised in a catholic school and I am now dating a Mormon guy.
We want to get married and I have made it very clear that I will not convert and that we will have to find a way to live with the differences our religions have.
I am mostly worried about us having children, because I want to raise them as catholic, so if anyone has any life experience to share with me I will be very glad to hear it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Brad Haas on July 20th, 2006
The English edition of the classic book Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Dr. Ludwig Ott, printed by TAN, bears this description on the cover:
A One-Volume Encyclopedia of the Doctrines of the Catholic Church, showing their Sources in Scripture and Tradition and their Definitions by Popes and Councils.
I like the book. It covers just about everything. It also shows where each doctrine is on the ladder, i.e. how certain we can be of it. I thought it might be helpful to reproduce that part of the book, as Dave was asking for such things.
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Posted by guest on July 17th, 2006
[Ed. Note: The following is a partial survey of Catholic writing on the Mormon baptism question before the authoratative ruling reached in 2001. It was compiled by Ted Jones, a Mormon historical researcher, and posted here with his permission. By posting this here, I do not mean to contest the precedences that the Father Ladaria commentary sees as important. Rather the summaries provided by Mr. Jones supplement and support the notion that the Catholic Church became increasingly aware of unconventional Mormon beliefs over time.] Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dave Keller on July 17th, 2006
Adrian asks:
I would like to know if you agree on the following: a couple of years ago, an official document from the Vatican established that the baptism performed but the LDS Church is not considered valid by the Catholic Church. Also, generally speaking, the Catholic Church considers valid the baptism of the main Protestant Denominations and of the Orthodox Church. The Catholic Church is having Ecumenical dialogue with this last churches, while with the LDS Church can only have inter-religious dialogue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dave Keller on July 10th, 2006
I haven’t written for this blog for quite awhile and I am very busy right now with my college stuff. I have also been researching positions on Mormon priesthood development that will take much but not all of the sting of criticisms that Mormons, such as Hugh Nibley, have made about Catholic priesthood development.
So let’s use this thread to exp Read the rest of this entry »
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