Catholicism: East of Eden
By Richard Bennett
Banner of Truth, 2010, 336 pages
In this book, ex-priest, Richard Bennett, provides a charitable but uncompromising critique of Roman Catholicism in comparison to God’s Word. Catholicism claims to be the “one true church” but in each chapter Bennett details how the Catholic church strayed from simple faith in Jesus Christ of early Christianity to institutionalized legalism and ritualism. Bennett’s insights into Catholicism as a former Dominican priest are invaluable.
Chapters
- From Tradition To Truth: A Priest’s Story
- The Lord Gave His Word: Unshakable Authority
- The Mystique of the Catholic Priesthood
- The Papacy: An Overview of Its History and Nature
- The Papal Claim to Have the Keys of the Apostle Peter
- Baptism, Confirmation, and the Anointing of the Sick
- Encounters in the Confession Box
- The Mass as a Sacrifice
- Holy Communion
- The Mystic Plague
- Images of “Christ” and the Gospel
- The Biblical Mary and Tradition
- God’s Institution of Marriage and Rome’s Infringement on It
- Convent Life
- Biblical Unity in the Lord
- The Alignment of New Evangelicals with Catholicism
- Conclusion
Bennett is founder and director of The Berean Beacon, a ministry to Roman Catholics. Copies of Catholicism East of Eden can be ordered directly from the Berean Beacon or from Amazon.com.
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“Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.” – Genesis 4:16
Hi, Tom! My husband is reading our copy and then it is my turn. God bless you!
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Hi Maria! Praise the Lord for those like Richard Bennett who uphold the Gospel of grace amidst the ecumenism of today. God bless you, too!
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