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Cardinals, bishops, and scores of Catholic leaders love this book you will, too! This collection of testimonies by people who've found new life in the Catholic Church is one of the most potent weapons for the Faith ever crafted! These authors don't just tell their stories they also give you an insider's view of the fatal weaknesses in the creeds and belief systems that beckon unwary Catholics every day.
316 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2000
About the author
Patrick Madrid
70 books97 followersPATRICK MADRID is the publisher of Envoy Magazine, a journal of contemporary Catholic thought, and the director of the Envoy Institute of Belmont Abbey College. Since its inception in 1996, the Envoy team has garnered numerous journalism awards, including several first-place awards in the magazine-of-the-year “General Excellence” category from the Catholic Press Association.
Patrick is the author or editor of 14 books on Catholic themes including, Pope Fiction, Search and Rescue, Does the Bible Really Say That, 150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know, and The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism (Spring 2010). He edited and co-authored the acclaimed multi-volume Surprised by Truth series.
He has published numerous popular articles on Scripture, Church history, patristics, apologetics, and evangelization in various Catholic and Protestant periodicals, and he has contributed scholarly articles on apologetics in the New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Active in apologetics since 1987, he worked at Catholic Answers for eight years (from January 1988 to January 1996), where he served as vice president and helped co-found that apostolate's flagship magazine, This Rock, in January of 1990.
Patrick is a cradle-Catholic, not a convert. By God's grace, he was raised in the Catholic Faith and has been a practicing Catholic his entire life.
Growing up in Southern California, he attended grammar school at the Mission San Juan Capistrano parish school, where for years he served as an altar boy for the parish's daily Traditional Latin Mass in the famed Serra Chapel. Ever since his boyhood, Patrick has loved the Traditional Latin Mass.
Patrick earned a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor of philosophy degree (B.Phil.) from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, where he is completing a master's degree in dogmatic theology. He has also done graduate studies in theology at the University of Dallas.
He is the host of several EWTN television series, including “Pope Fiction,” “Search & Rescue,” and "Where Is That In the Bible?" and he hosts the Thursday edition of EWTN Radio's “Open Line” broadcast, heard on approximately 150 AM & FM stations across the United States, as well as on shortwave and on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network (Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. ET). He is also a regular guest on the "Catholic Answers Live" program and Sirius Radio's "The Catholic Channel."
Patrick serves on the board of trustees of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, on the board of directors of St. Gabriel Catholic Radio, in Columbus, Ohio, and on the board of advisors for Catholics United for the Faith, Immaculate Heart Radio Network, and Catholic Scripture Study International. He authored all the original website content for CatholicsComeHome.org, where he also serves as a theologica
Patrick is the author or editor of 14 books on Catholic themes including, Pope Fiction, Search and Rescue, Does the Bible Really Say That, 150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know, and The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism (Spring 2010). He edited and co-authored the acclaimed multi-volume Surprised by Truth series.
He has published numerous popular articles on Scripture, Church history, patristics, apologetics, and evangelization in various Catholic and Protestant periodicals, and he has contributed scholarly articles on apologetics in the New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Active in apologetics since 1987, he worked at Catholic Answers for eight years (from January 1988 to January 1996), where he served as vice president and helped co-found that apostolate's flagship magazine, This Rock, in January of 1990.
Patrick is a cradle-Catholic, not a convert. By God's grace, he was raised in the Catholic Faith and has been a practicing Catholic his entire life.
Growing up in Southern California, he attended grammar school at the Mission San Juan Capistrano parish school, where for years he served as an altar boy for the parish's daily Traditional Latin Mass in the famed Serra Chapel. Ever since his boyhood, Patrick has loved the Traditional Latin Mass.
Patrick earned a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor of philosophy degree (B.Phil.) from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, where he is completing a master's degree in dogmatic theology. He has also done graduate studies in theology at the University of Dallas.
He is the host of several EWTN television series, including “Pope Fiction,” “Search & Rescue,” and "Where Is That In the Bible?" and he hosts the Thursday edition of EWTN Radio's “Open Line” broadcast, heard on approximately 150 AM & FM stations across the United States, as well as on shortwave and on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network (Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. ET). He is also a regular guest on the "Catholic Answers Live" program and Sirius Radio's "The Catholic Channel."
Patrick serves on the board of trustees of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, on the board of directors of St. Gabriel Catholic Radio, in Columbus, Ohio, and on the board of advisors for Catholics United for the Faith, Immaculate Heart Radio Network, and Catholic Scripture Study International. He authored all the original website content for CatholicsComeHome.org, where he also serves as a theologica
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September 13, 2024
THE SECOND IN AN EXCELLENT SERIES OF "CONVERSION OF CATHOLICISM" TESTIMONIES
Editor Patrick Madrid (born 1960), is a Catholic author, TV/radio host on EWTN, apologist, and the publisher of Envoy Magazine; he has written many books such as 'Search and Rescue: How to Bring Your Family and Friends Into or Back Into the Catholic Church,' 'Where is That in the Bible?,' 'Answer Me This!,' 'Why is That in Tradition?,' 'A Pocket Guide to Catholic Apologetics,' 'Pope Fiction: Answers to 30 Myths and Misconceptions About the Papacy,' 'Any Friend of God's Is a Friend of Mine: A Biblical and Historical Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of the Communion of Saints,' etc.
The other volumes in this series are: 'Surprised by Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic' and 'Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic.'
With fewer "big names" than the previous volume (except for Jeff Childers, and Madrid himself), the book includes a Wiccan, a Pentecostal, a "Cafeteria Catholic," etc.
One chapter notes, "If a person known to be born again falls away from Christ, it's said that he had never REALLY been born again. In other words, the possibility always remains that you might not actually be a Christian, even if you are completely convinced that you are. (Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestants would never say it this way, nor do they even like to think about it, but they do recognize that this is so.)" (Pg. 5)
Another states, "let me propose to you the challenge I give my Episcopal friends: Show me ONE Roman Catholic who has really understood his Faith, devoutly practiced it, loved the Church, and never dreamed of leaving it, yet who, through serious study, discovered that the Episcopal Church is in fact the one true Church, the Church that Jesus Christ established... Show me a Catholic like that who was therefore compelled by the direction of the Holy Spirit to enter the Episcopal Church. Show me just ONE Catholic convert to the Episcopal Church of whom all this is true." (Pg. 82)
Another says, "Nowhere does Scripture say the office of Apostle was to end with the first Twelve. In fact, in more than one place, it lists Apostles as primary among the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the Church." (Pg. 143)
A Jewish convert observes, "My family members whose attachment to the Jewish Faith was primarily cultural were the most distressed by my conversion. Having little experience with divine revelation, they thought my experiences must have been imaginary and that I had betrayed the Faith of my fathers. Interestingly, those family members with a deep Jewish faith knew that God does transform lives, and they understood that I had to follow God's call obediently, even though they didn't fully understand it." (Pg. 277)
All three volumes in this series are excellent resources of Catholic apologetics.
Editor Patrick Madrid (born 1960), is a Catholic author, TV/radio host on EWTN, apologist, and the publisher of Envoy Magazine; he has written many books such as 'Search and Rescue: How to Bring Your Family and Friends Into or Back Into the Catholic Church,' 'Where is That in the Bible?,' 'Answer Me This!,' 'Why is That in Tradition?,' 'A Pocket Guide to Catholic Apologetics,' 'Pope Fiction: Answers to 30 Myths and Misconceptions About the Papacy,' 'Any Friend of God's Is a Friend of Mine: A Biblical and Historical Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of the Communion of Saints,' etc.
The other volumes in this series are: 'Surprised by Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic' and 'Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic.'
With fewer "big names" than the previous volume (except for Jeff Childers, and Madrid himself), the book includes a Wiccan, a Pentecostal, a "Cafeteria Catholic," etc.
One chapter notes, "If a person known to be born again falls away from Christ, it's said that he had never REALLY been born again. In other words, the possibility always remains that you might not actually be a Christian, even if you are completely convinced that you are. (Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestants would never say it this way, nor do they even like to think about it, but they do recognize that this is so.)" (Pg. 5)
Another states, "let me propose to you the challenge I give my Episcopal friends: Show me ONE Roman Catholic who has really understood his Faith, devoutly practiced it, loved the Church, and never dreamed of leaving it, yet who, through serious study, discovered that the Episcopal Church is in fact the one true Church, the Church that Jesus Christ established... Show me a Catholic like that who was therefore compelled by the direction of the Holy Spirit to enter the Episcopal Church. Show me just ONE Catholic convert to the Episcopal Church of whom all this is true." (Pg. 82)
Another says, "Nowhere does Scripture say the office of Apostle was to end with the first Twelve. In fact, in more than one place, it lists Apostles as primary among the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the Church." (Pg. 143)
A Jewish convert observes, "My family members whose attachment to the Jewish Faith was primarily cultural were the most distressed by my conversion. Having little experience with divine revelation, they thought my experiences must have been imaginary and that I had betrayed the Faith of my fathers. Interestingly, those family members with a deep Jewish faith knew that God does transform lives, and they understood that I had to follow God's call obediently, even though they didn't fully understand it." (Pg. 277)
All three volumes in this series are excellent resources of Catholic apologetics.
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