My fellow Rosary Devotees, I would like to share with a book I reviewed written by Sacerdotus who witnesses daily to the truth of the Catholic Church. His book is a basic Apologetics book to get you up and running to defend your faith against all those who would try to take it away. The best way to keep the faith is to spread it. This book will help you do just that by breaking down a lot of attacks against the truth of the Catholic Church. Here is a excerpt that I felt hit back against Solo Scriptura which is the fallacy that one only needs the Bible and nothing else.
In reality, we need the Church (Magisterium), Bible and Tradition. The Magisterium teaches the truth found in the Sacred Deposit: Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. She is the “pillar of truth” as we read in 1 Timothy 3:15. Since the Catholic Church is the foundation and pillar of truth, then it makes sense that only the Church can interpret this truth and present it to the world. Scripture itself states that its contents are not open to personal and private interpretation (2 Peter 1:20). In fact, we see in Acts 8:30-31 how the Ethiopian man needed the help of Philip in order to understand a reading from the prophet Isaiah. Hebrews 5:12 tells us that we need someone to teach us Scripture. This task belongs to the Church with her bishops who are the teachers of the faith (Luke 10:16; CCC 888; Lumen Gentium 25, Dei Verbum 10). When Sacred Scripture is interpreted freely by individuals, this results to irrational doctrines and 26 heresies which discredit Christianity. Moreover, this leads to the founding of new sects with each claiming to be the "true church." The magisterium of the Church is needed in order to give the authentic interpretation of Scripture via the guidance of the Holy Spirit who is the Paraclete or Helper (John 14:16). We see in Sacred Scripture how extraScriptural sources are used in order to resolve doctrinal issues. In Acts 15 verses 1 though 14, we read of how Peter sorts out the issue of the necessity of circumcision without relying solely on Scripture.
This book will help you defend the faith against Solo Fide, Our Lady, devotion to the Saints, the Rosary, the Papacy, Confession, Holy Eucharist, transubstantiation, sacramentals, answering atheists, the inquisition, the crusades, Galileo, the Gospels validity and the Bible, Pro choice debunked, and Marriage vs. Gay Marriage. You will be armed and ready with logical defenses of the truth. This will help you to understand and defend your faith more and more. Get this book to arm yourself against many of the attacks against the faith and to explain the faith better than ever before to your friends, family, and all those who desire to know the truth found in the Catholic Church.
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Catholic-Church-Sacerdotus-ebook/dp/B01N18607V
In reality, we need the Church (Magisterium), Bible and Tradition. The Magisterium teaches the truth found in the Sacred Deposit: Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. She is the “pillar of truth” as we read in 1 Timothy 3:15. Since the Catholic Church is the foundation and pillar of truth, then it makes sense that only the Church can interpret this truth and present it to the world. Scripture itself states that its contents are not open to personal and private interpretation (2 Peter 1:20). In fact, we see in Acts 8:30-31 how the Ethiopian man needed the help of Philip in order to understand a reading from the prophet Isaiah. Hebrews 5:12 tells us that we need someone to teach us Scripture. This task belongs to the Church with her bishops who are the teachers of the faith (Luke 10:16; CCC 888; Lumen Gentium 25, Dei Verbum 10). When Sacred Scripture is interpreted freely by individuals, this results to irrational doctrines and 26 heresies which discredit Christianity. Moreover, this leads to the founding of new sects with each claiming to be the "true church." The magisterium of the Church is needed in order to give the authentic interpretation of Scripture via the guidance of the Holy Spirit who is the Paraclete or Helper (John 14:16). We see in Sacred Scripture how extraScriptural sources are used in order to resolve doctrinal issues. In Acts 15 verses 1 though 14, we read of how Peter sorts out the issue of the necessity of circumcision without relying solely on Scripture.
This book will help you defend the faith against Solo Fide, Our Lady, devotion to the Saints, the Rosary, the Papacy, Confession, Holy Eucharist, transubstantiation, sacramentals, answering atheists, the inquisition, the crusades, Galileo, the Gospels validity and the Bible, Pro choice debunked, and Marriage vs. Gay Marriage. You will be armed and ready with logical defenses of the truth. This will help you to understand and defend your faith more and more. Get this book to arm yourself against many of the attacks against the faith and to explain the faith better than ever before to your friends, family, and all those who desire to know the truth found in the Catholic Church.
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Catholic-Church-Sacerdotus-ebook/dp/B01N18607V
