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The Mormons...The Catholics: A Tale of Two Cities
Are you a Catholic who lives in "Mormon Country?" Are you married to a Mormon? Has someone you love become a Mormon? Have the Mormon missionaries knocked at your door? Are you simply curious about the Mormons. If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you.
The Mormon Church, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is an energetic church that makes its presence known in the American West and beyond.. Sixteen million members strong, it outnumbers some Protestant denominations. It has outsize wealth, power, and influence. Every four years, candidates for the presidency of the United States feel obliged to visit Mormon leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah, and humbly pay their respects.
This book offers a thoughtful comparison between the Catholics and the Mormons. Many believe that the Mormons are just another Christian church, like the Baptists and Presbyterians. But an abyss separates the Mormons from Christianity. Catholics and Mormons use many of the same words, but every word--God, Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, and even salvation--points to completely different realities. Catholics and all Christians worship the one God who is a Trinity of Persons, creator of the universe and everything that exists. Mormons believe in gods beyond counting, all of them male members of the human species. They have risen by their own strength to the level of godhood. The god worshiped by Mormons is named Elohim, or Heavenly Father. He abides in the midst of all those greater and lesser gods, in a kingdom that is only a fragment within the infinite reaches of the Cosmos. An unknown number of exalted human women are his eternal companions. They are the mothers of billions upon billions of spirit children. At the appointed time, each spirit child descends from heaven to enter a body of crude matter and become a citizen of the planet earth. His/her goal is to gain a body, prove himself/herself, and become a god or married to a god.
Many Catholics will buy this book because they are concerned about the Mormon missionaries. Who are they? How do they convince people to become Mormons? After answering these questions, the book offers a "Catholic Survival Kit," which will help Catholics meet the missionaries on a level playing field.
"The Catholics...the Mormons'" then becomes a kind of reference book, comparing points of faith, religious authority structure, and how members of each church come to God. The book then ends with two chapters which refute the Mormon accusation that the Catholic Church fell into a great apostasy, forcing God to remove the true church from earth until the arrival of Joseph Smith and the foundation of the Mormon Church in 1830.
The Mormon Church, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is an energetic church that makes its presence known in the American West and beyond.. Sixteen million members strong, it outnumbers some Protestant denominations. It has outsize wealth, power, and influence. Every four years, candidates for the presidency of the United States feel obliged to visit Mormon leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah, and humbly pay their respects.
This book offers a thoughtful comparison between the Catholics and the Mormons. Many believe that the Mormons are just another Christian church, like the Baptists and Presbyterians. But an abyss separates the Mormons from Christianity. Catholics and Mormons use many of the same words, but every word--God, Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, and even salvation--points to completely different realities. Catholics and all Christians worship the one God who is a Trinity of Persons, creator of the universe and everything that exists. Mormons believe in gods beyond counting, all of them male members of the human species. They have risen by their own strength to the level of godhood. The god worshiped by Mormons is named Elohim, or Heavenly Father. He abides in the midst of all those greater and lesser gods, in a kingdom that is only a fragment within the infinite reaches of the Cosmos. An unknown number of exalted human women are his eternal companions. They are the mothers of billions upon billions of spirit children. At the appointed time, each spirit child descends from heaven to enter a body of crude matter and become a citizen of the planet earth. His/her goal is to gain a body, prove himself/herself, and become a god or married to a god.
Many Catholics will buy this book because they are concerned about the Mormon missionaries. Who are they? How do they convince people to become Mormons? After answering these questions, the book offers a "Catholic Survival Kit," which will help Catholics meet the missionaries on a level playing field.
"The Catholics...the Mormons'" then becomes a kind of reference book, comparing points of faith, religious authority structure, and how members of each church come to God. The book then ends with two chapters which refute the Mormon accusation that the Catholic Church fell into a great apostasy, forcing God to remove the true church from earth until the arrival of Joseph Smith and the foundation of the Mormon Church in 1830.
406 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2023
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