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Title: Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church by Stephen K. Ray ISBN: 0-89870-577-0 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (28 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Commanding Presence
Comment: Anyone who's read Mr. Ray before knows what I mean. He argues convincingly, and provides copious source notes. You can't go wrong. By the way, before I get into the review "proper," I would recommend that you also purchase Mr. Ray's *Upon This Rock*, a phenomenal defense of the Papacy.
This book, *Crossing the Tiber*, is really two books in one. It is divided into a conversion story (which is one really long chapter, consisting of somewhere around 100 pages), and a defense of two doctrines: the Eucharist and Baptism. As is his custom, Mr. Ray builds his defenses by citing all relevant Scripture, along with plenty of foot-note commentary, and then citing all relevant Patristic sources, again, with much foot-note commentary.
This book packs a powerful one-two punch in this way, and is highly recommended for anyone who needs a good reason to join the Catholic Church. Mr. Ray's conversion story plows the field, by raising in the reader's mind all the questions that were raised in Mr. Ray's mind during the course of his journey. His defense of the Eucharist and Baptism at the end of the book plant the seeds in this newly plowed field, by giving plenteous arguments from Scripture, supplemented with evidence of how the entire Church had always understood these Scriptures from the beginning.
If you're not a theologian, that's ok. This work isn't overly heavy on technicality, just on solid reasoning. It's easily followed by anyone, and you may just find yourself becoming a theologian by the end of the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow. Church Fathers Speak
Comment: This is truely an amazing book that every Christian should read. It draws heavily from the Old Testament, New Testament, and early Church Fathers to show that the Catholic Church is what it claims to be - the Church Jesus promised his disciples, for this is the only Church that adheres to the teachings of the apostolic tradition and early Church Fathers. I love to challenge my Protestant friends to read it. It encourages discussion about the real issues, not religious prejudice. I also love that Ray does not feel the need to bash the Protestant tradition. This is important. Though he exposes their shallow theology and even how modern Protestantism disagrees with the thought of Calvin, Luther, and other Reformers, he does not denigrate it. Truely, Truely, a great read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Former baptist
Comment: Stumbled across this book by accident or maybe it was divine providence. I was a very happy southern baptist until I read this book. Then I was horrified. This book very plainly laid it all out for me and I found myself reading everything I could get my hands on after this to back up his claims.
I am now in RCIA. That is the year long class you must go through to convert to the catholic church. My entire family is converting. Praise God for this book!
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Title: Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church (Modern Apologetics Library) by Stephen K. Ray, Stephen K. Ray ISBN: 0898707234 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating ISBN: 0898701775 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: May, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Surprised by Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic by Patrick Madrid, James Akin, Marcus Grodi ISBN: 0964261081 Publisher: Basilica Press Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition by Mark P. Shea ISBN: 0879738510 Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David B. Currie ISBN: 089870569X Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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