The Seven Secrets of Successful Catholics

Rating:
Summary: Utter pablum
Review: According to Paul Wilkes, "successful" Catholics know that unlike in "the past" there isn't just one answer to various issues such as whether the priesthood should be all male and celibate, whether Christ is really present in the Eucharist, or whether contraception is permissible. Oh, but there is, Paul-- and it's called Catholic doctrine.

There are plenty of churches which don't feature an authoritative hierarchy and binding dogma, but the Roman Catholic church isn't one of them. Wilkes' definition of a successful Catholic (sort of presumptive to define, isn't it?) is apparently someone who is either ignorant of church teaching or willfully disobedient to it.

This book is shallow, wrongheaded and dishonest all at once. You'll get more spiritual and intellectual nourishment watching daytime television.

Rating:
Summary: Utter pablum
Review: Reviewer: emarey
According to Paul Wilkes, "successful" Catholics know that unlike in "the past" there isn't just one answer to various issues such as whether the priesthood should be all male and celibate, whether Christ is really present in the Eucharist, or whether contraception is permissible. Oh, but there is, Paul-- and it's called Catholic doctrine.
There are plenty of churches which don't feature an authoritative hierarchy and binding dogma, but the Roman Catholic church isn't one of them. Wilkes' definition of a successful Catholic (sort of presumptive to define, isn't it?) is apparently someone who is either ignorant of church teaching or willfully disobedient to it.

This book is shallow, wrongheaded and dishonest all at once. You'll get more spiritual and intellectual nourishment watching daytime television.

Rating:
Summary: Utter pablum
Review: Reviewer: emarey
According to Paul Wilkes, "successful" Catholics know that unlike in "the past" there isn't just one answer to various issues such as whether the priesthood should be all male and celibate, whether Christ is really present in the Eucharist, or whether contraception is permissible. Oh, but there is, Paul-- and it's called Catholic doctrine.
There are plenty of churches which don't feature an authoritative hierarchy and binding dogma, but the Roman Catholic church isn't one of them. Wilkes' definition of a successful Catholic (sort of presumptive to define, isn't it?) is apparently someone who is either ignorant of church teaching or willfully disobedient to it.

This book is shallow, wrongheaded and dishonest all at once. You'll get more spiritual and intellectual nourishment watching daytime television.