Joseph F. Girzone, My Struggle with Faith.Joseph F. Girzone, My Struggle with Faith, Doubleday Publishers, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , 2006, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 978-0-51712-6, Hardcover, 239 pages, $26.96 (CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ). The author of this book is a former Catholic priest who has written sixteen popular earlier books, beginning with Joshua. He retired from the active priesthood in 1971. In this book he tells the story of his life of faith. The author continues to hold some of the teachings of the Catholic Church, though he disagrees with most of them. For example, he says that the Vatican makes final decisions about doctrines or practices without allowing sufficient dialogue; that Catholics should take part in non-Catholic liturgies and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. ; that divorced people should be allowed to decide on their own whether they are free to re-marry; that Catholics should be allowed to re-marry without a regular liturgy; and that it is unfortunate that the Catholic Church is infallible since this scares off Protestants from joining. Also, he himself uses a joint Creed of faith when worshipping with non-Catholic believers. I would definitely advise Catholics not to read this book unless you would like to know how far a former priest has travelled away from the Church. He acknowledges in words the authority of the Magisterium mag·is·te·ri·um n. Roman Catholic Church The authority to teach religious doctrine. [Latin, the office of a teacher or other person in authority, from magister, master; see of the Catholic Church but then refuses to accept many of its teachings. (A. de V.) |
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