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Onsite Features
Book Review: Mary: What the Bible Really Says.
An amateur muses on the meaning and proper translation of Mary's Gospel title kecharitomene.
One book every Protestant committed to the great principles of the Reformation must read.
Sacred Images is a biblical defense of having and revering sacred images.
The Bible and Sacred Tradition testify to Petrine primacy in Saint Peter the Rock, First Pope of Rome.
The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity's The Father as the Source of the Whole Trinity, a contribution to the Filioque dialogue.
The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation's agreed statement on Baptism and "Sacramental Economy".
Cleansed After Death - the Eastern Orthodox don't believe in purgatory... do they?
How some apologists actually cause misunderstandings.
People often ask: Does the Catholic Church have an official position on evolution?
What are some of the benefits of Natural Family Planning?
Does Apologia recommend any particular program of Bible study?
Justification Resources for Protestants and Catholics who want to better understand the Catholic teaching.
Who is Bishop Theodore G. Romzha?
Catholics who want a good overview of all the Oriental and Eastern Churches, both Orthodox and Catholic, should read this book.
Links to Specific Topics
Immaculate Conception - in Eastern Christian tradition
Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II & Patriarch Bartholomew I - signed June 29, 1995; toward unity
Joint Declaration of Patriarch Athenagoras I and Pope Paul VI - read simultaneously in Constantinople and Rome December 7, 1965; excommunications committed to oblivion
Orientale Lumen - The Light of the East by Pope John Paul II
Ut Unum Sint - That All May Be One by Pope John Paul II
Slavorum Apostoli - The Apostles of the Slavs (commemorating Sts. Cyril and Methodius and their mission) by Pope John Paul II
A Concilio Constantinopolitano I - Apostolic Letter for the 1600th Anniversary of the First Council of Constantinople by Pope John Paul II
The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church - by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Orthodox and Catholics - an excerpt from Louis Bouyer's The Church of God
The Nicean-Constantinopolitan Creed - an excerpt from Vladimir Soloviev's Russia and the Universal Church
Revised Protestant Version - a humorous new "translation" of the Bible to make it conform to modern Protestant teachings
The Protestant Bias of the New International Version - by Steve Ray
"How I Solved the Catholic Problem" - by Kristine L. Franklin - an article about missions and "religious colonialism"
Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine - by John Henry Cardinal Newman
Christian Book and Search Links - provided by Dave Armstrong
Links to Other General Sites
This site does not necessarily endorse every single thing on every linked site.
Catholic Answers' Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth: the Catholic Church and God's Plan for You
James Akin's Nazareth Library
Dave Armstrong's Biblical Evidence for Catholicism
Steve Ray's Defenders of the Catholic Faith
New Advent
Catholics United for the Faith
Hombre Nuevo provides information in both Spanish and English!
Catholic Information Service Home Study Course
Interesting Sites
Be sure to check out John Augustine's Christ the Eternal Tao and Mystical Prayer pages.
Did you know that the Vatican has its own "Best Films" list to celebrate 100 years of cinema?
Please check out the Cardinal Kung Foundation and support the persecuted loyal Catholics in China. Fr. Yan Wei-Ping, pray for us!
Interested in Hebrew Catholic issues? Check out Second Exodus, which also hosts sites for the Association of Hebrew Catholics and Remnant of Israel.
Visit Gazing Upon Everlasting Day, a site inspired by the Catholic vision of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Glorious mounted prints of most of the icons on these pages may be purchased from St. Isaac of Syria Skete (Eastern Orthodox). Their web site has a complete catalog, though many icons not appearing in the catalog are also available.
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