Celibacy Curse Of Catholicism

Author : Mary Jo Berscheit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Celibacy
ISBN : 142591036X

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Celibacy by Mary Jo Berscheit Pdf

In this book author Mary Jo Berscheit challenges the Roman Catholic Church with its anti-Christ stand on clerical celibacy, forbidding of birth control, insistence on private confession, papal infallibility and declaring itself to be the "one true church" with the resultant torment for mankind. Her words describe her experiences, and those of others, weighed against the teaching of God's Word, the Bible. Or, even more specifically, words spoken to her by the Holy Spirit as when a Catholic priest announced from the altar at Sunday Mass: "Just remember this! Nobody but Roman Catholics go to Heaven!" And the Holy Spirit said authoritatively to her: "That's not true!"

Author : Mary Jo Berscheit
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781452040479

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Celibacy: Curse of Catholicism by Mary Jo Berscheit Pdf

In this book author Mary Jo Berscheit challenges the Roman Catholic Church with its anti-Christ stand on clerical celibacy, forbidding of birth control, insistence on private confession, papal infallibility and declaring itself to be the “one true church” – with the resultant torment for mankind. Her words describe her experiences, and those of others, weighed against the teaching of God’s Word, the Bible. Or, even more specifically, words spoken to her by the Holy Spirit as when a Catholic priest announced from the altar at Sunday Mass: “Just remember this! Nobody but Roman Catholics go to Heaven!” And the Holy Spirit said authoritatively to her: “That’s not true!”

Author : Michele Prince
Publisher : Hope Publishing House
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0932727603

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Mandatory Celibacy in the Catholic Church by Michele Prince Pdf

Author : Joseph F. Macgrail
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1022087711

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The Curse of Rome: A Frank Confession of a Catholic Priest, and a Complete Exposé by Joseph F. Macgrail Pdf

This exposé reveals the inner workings of the Catholic Church in America in the early 20th century, from the perspective of a disillusioned priest who has come to believe that the Church is corrupt and hypocritical. The author discusses topics such as celibacy, confession, and the role of women in the Church, and argues that the Church is in need of radical reform. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Heinz-Jürgen Vogels
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1556126530

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Celibacy by Heinz-Jürgen Vogels Pdf

The Catholic Church is at present tearing itself to pieces over the issue of the law of clerical celibacy. It might seem to some only a marginal or administrative problem, but it in fact goes to the heart of the matter on every side of modern church life. It is, of course, first of all an issue of sexuality, originall deriving from a beleife that all sex produces moral impurity. But it has gone on to become an issue about power, about pastoral care, and about sheer honesty. The publication in English of Vogel's scholaraly study of the subject is immensely to be welcomed. -from the Foreword byAdrien Hastings

Author : Joseph F. MacGrail
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433070296904

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The Curse of Rome by Joseph F. MacGrail Pdf

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101606018

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Why Priests? by Garry Wills Pdf

New York Times–bestselling author Garry Wills provides a provocative analysis of the theological and historical basis for the priesthood In a riveting and provocative tour de force from the author of What Jesus Meant, Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills poses the challenging question: Why did the priesthood develop in a religion that began without it and, indeed, was opposed to it? Why Priests? argues brilliantly and persuasively for a radical re-envisioning of the role of the church as the Body of Christ and for a new and better understanding of the very basis of Christian belief. As Wills emphasizes, the stakes for the writer and the church are high, for without the priesthood there would be no belief in an apostolic succession, the real presence in the Eucharist, the sacrificial interpretation of the Mass, and the ransom theory of redemption. This superb study of the origins of the priesthood stands as Wills’s towering achievement and will be of interest to all inquiring minds, believers and non-believers alike.

Author : Fr. Carter Griffin
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781949013337

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Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest by Fr. Carter Griffin Pdf

“The Church today demands a profound renewal of celibate priesthood and the fatherhood to which it is ordered.” Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated relic from another age. Others see it as a lonely way of life. But as Fr. Carter Griffin argues in Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, the ancient practice of celibacy, when lived well, helps a priest exercise his spiritual fatherhood joyfully and fruitfully. Along the way, Griffin explores: the question of optional celibacy some pitfalls of celibate paternity the selection and formation of candidates for celibate priesthood why biological fathers are also called to spiritual fatherhood the powerful impact of celibacy on the Church and the wider culture In a critical moment for the Catholic priesthood, Fr. Griffin brings light and hope with a new perspective on the Church’s perennial wisdom on celibacy.

Author : Eve Tushnet
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594715433

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Gay and Catholic by Eve Tushnet Pdf

Winner of a 2015 Catholic Press Award: Gender Issues Category (First Place). In this first book from an openly lesbian and celibate Catholic, widely published writer and blogger Eve Tushnet recounts her spiritual and intellectual journey from liberal atheism to faithful Catholicism and shows how gay Catholics can love and be loved while adhering to Church teaching. Eve Tushnet was among the unlikeliest of converts. The only child of two atheist academics, Tushnet was a typical Yale undergraduate until the day she went out to poke fun at a gathering of philosophical debaters, who happened also to be Catholic. Instead of enjoying mocking what she termed the “zoo animals,” she found herself engaged in intellectual conversation with them and, in a move that surprised even her, she soon converted to Catholicism. Already self-identifying as a lesbian, Tushnet searched for a third way in the seeming two-option system available to gay Catholics: reject Church teaching on homosexuality or reject the truth of your sexuality. Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith is the fruit of Tushnet’s searching: what she learned in studying Christian history and theology and her articulation of how gay Catholics can pour their love and need for connection into friendships, community, service, and artistic creation.

Author : Rick Prashaw
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781039126176

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Father Rick Roamin' Catholic by Rick Prashaw Pdf

As a boy, he played a priest saying Mass. Fast forward to the ’70s—long hair and rock-n-roll—a time for enjoying a new freedom as a budding young journalist at the Vancouver Sun. But after a random, chance trip to Seattle to visit family at a rectory, his life changed in an instant. Because when God calls, you answer. Father Rick thrived in the Second Vatican Council Reformation. He helped build communities and opened minds and hearts through his humour, passion, and understanding. Eleven years passed, and Father Rick began to feel the familiar pull of change. Love finds a way. He could no longer deny his new calling—husband to Suzanne and Dad to an irascible Adam who would lead him to forever love. Father Rick, Roamin’ Catholic is an eye-opening memoir shining a light on faith, religion, and the little-known life of priests. There is joy and mischief in the stories Rick tells a niece in Toronto as they munch Easter eggs on Good Friday during the Covid pandemic. He writes about a Church’s declining attendance and troubling issues, right beside miracles, good works, and good people. “My faith was now more Roamin’ than Roman Catholic, a God bigger than any catechism taught me. Be who we are. Love who we love. A believer, still standing."

Author : Chad A. Ripperger, Ph.d.,Fr Chad a Ripperger Phd
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154105671X

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Deliverance Prayers by Chad A. Ripperger, Ph.d.,Fr Chad a Ripperger Phd Pdf

Prayers for use by the laity in waging spiritual warfare from the public domain and the Church's treasury.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015569184

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The American Catholic Quarterly Review ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael H. Crosby
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725240865

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Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church by Michael H. Crosby Pdf

In this courageous work Michael Crosby offers a trenchant analysis of mandatory celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church. He shows how the imposition of celibacy has now revealed a deeper issue: the abuse of power as well as the abuse of women and homosexuals in the Church. Crosby asserts that: --to argue that the present discipline of mandatory celibacy is based on the New Testament is a misuse of scripture; --imposed celibacy continues to be used as a means of maintaining clerical control through fear and intimidation; --a religious system demanding celibacy exposes a deeper control: the abuse of power endemic throughout the system; --while difficult to live out even when freely chosen, enforced celibacy can result in dysfunctional behaviors at all levels. Integrating his personal experience as a celibate and cleric with biblical exegesis, historical study and the behavioral sciences, Crosby believes that: --healthy celibacy demands intimacy with God and others; --a healthy church will reorder its current power dynamics in a way that mitigates sexual abuse; --this will once again reveal Roman Catholicism to be a religion with an inspiring model of evangelical life and witness. This updated revision of Crosby's award-winning 'Celibacy: Means of Control or Mandate of the Heart?' also addresses the abuse of power in the Catholic Church by those male, clerical celibates who control it. He convincingly points the way to a Church that will be--with all its ministers--healthier and holier.

Author : Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Temperance
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105524193

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Proceedings of the ... General Convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America by Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America Pdf

Author : Gerdenio Sonny Manuel,Gerdenio M. Manuel
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809147847

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Living Celibacy by Gerdenio Sonny Manuel,Gerdenio M. Manuel Pdf

Living Celibacy presents five pathways toward promoting the psychosexual health of Catholic priests: (1) Live close to God and one's deepest desires; (2) Develop broad and deep interpersonal relationships and communities of support; (3) Ask for love, nurture others, and negotiate separation; (4) Cope with stress and recognize destructive patterns of behavior; (5) Celebrate the holy. The pathways are not a theology of celibacy, nor do they explain why one chooses a celibate lifestyle. Rather they describe how chastity is experienced and enacted, what some of the opportunities and struggles might be, and how the experience of celibacy can enrich priestly life and ministry. Sensible, thoughtful, sane, informed by real-life examples, and well-grounded in both Catholic spirituality and contemporary psychology, Living Celibacy will prove a valuable resource to all priests who seek to be loving, celibate men. Too often books on this important aspect of priestly life neglect the psychological dimensions of the celibacy, view it only from a "sacrificial" point of view, or rely on an overly abstract theology. But as a longtime priest and professional psychologist, Sonny Manuel brings a perspective on the celibate life that offers insights both spiritual and practical. This is an ideal book for anyone frorn-4 first-year seminarian to an experienced priest. Book jacket.