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Summary: Interesting and easy to read
Review: Graham's very readable account of how the Bible came to be deserves a serious reading. It challenges many anti-Catholic notions and makes a good case for the Bible's having come from the Catholic Church. This would make a good introductory text for a Catholic Bible Study.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: I go to a Protestant school and basically all of the bad things they say about the Catholic Bible are debunked in this book. I wish I had this a few years ago!
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Summary: Quick & fun to read, good overview of Scripture history
Review: My wife and I enjoyed reading this Irish Priest's account of the Scriptures. Father Graham does a great job in showing how the Apostolic Church (with the Holy Spirit) canonized and safegaurded the Scriptures. It really helps put some much needed perspective on the Protestant accusations that the Church has somehow tried to destroy the Scriptures or otherwise keep them from the people. Instead, this account shows how the Church has so lovingly and ardently protected them throughout the ages.Because most Christians today have a naive belief that somehow the Scriptures were handed down from the heavens in one book, I think this will be an important read for any serious student of the truth and of their Christian Faith.
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Summary: BIBLE ORIGINS MADE CLEAR
Review: Reverand Graham has performed a wonderful exercise in demonstrating the evolution of the Catholic Bible. He shows that this is the same bible inspired by God that protestants use except the protestants, by the will of man, have added to or deleted sections of the Original to satisfy their agendas.
Reverand Graham reveals the biblical origin from the perspective of a Presbyterian minister who converted to Catholicism which adds to the credibility of his argument. I think it is a great way to begin to understand the development of Christianity.
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Summary: The Bible didn't fall from Heaven. Discover its origins!
Review: Reverend Henry G. Graham provides a compelling examination of Scripture and how it came to be as we now know it. The picture that emerges is that while divinely inspired it is the work of human tradition. This excellent resource explains how the Church compiled the New Testament Canon, the work of the Monks of the early Church, refutes the Protestant argument of the "Bible alone", and explains some of the erroneous Protestant versions of the Bible. The book also includes Reverend Graham's own conversion story "From the Kirk to the Catholic Church" which the original version does not contain. No religious bookshelf can be complete without this title. Although not credited, I served as a freelance editor on the reprinting of this book.
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Summary: Insightful, historical, and best of all true!
Review: The Bible is the best selling book in the world. And it should be since it is God's written word to His people. But how many people actually know where we got the Bible? Well, the answer to this question might surprise you. Especially if you are a Protestant Christian. In this book, the author does a fantastic job explaining how God used the Catholic Church to determine what should be in the Bible as well as protect the completed Bible for almost 2,000 years. The historical facts are clear: that the Catholic Church is the true Bible Church! However, this will not sit well for Protestant Christians or to those who hate the Catholic Church (like the few people who poorly rated this book before me). Why? Well, to rely on the Catholic Church for anything, especially something as important as the canon of the Bible, is unthinkable for Protestant Christians. This book methodically goes through history and demonstrates that the answer to the question, "Where did we get the Bible?" is "from the Catholic Church!" But wait, if God used the Catholic Church to formulate and protect the Bible, that would mean that the Catholic Church was divinely protected by God. And this is what does not sit well for the enemies of the Catholic Church. But never the less, the truth is out there and this book is one tool that can help you find it. Reviewed by Gospel Truth Ministries.
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Summary: Half-way there!
Review: This book is actually two books in one; an explanation of the authentication, canonization, preservation, and translation of the Scriptures, and a personal story of conversion from Presbyterianism (the "Kirk") to Catholicism. The first part of the book does a magnificent job of pointing out some simple yet crucial details about the authority of Scripture - details that so-called "Bible-only" Christians ignore, either out of convenience or out of honest ignorance: - The Bible did NOT simply fall out of the sky - The Bible did NOT canonize itself (yes, some of the books in the Bible were universally accepted, but not all. Ask yourself how those not universally accepted got into the canon, and under what authority) - The Bible did NOT copy itself (this is very important, since the printing press did not exist for many centuries, and since no originals - on papyrus - exist) - The Bible did NOT translate itself (this is also crucial - especially if you think that translating from one language to another is not a problem) - The Bible did NOT protect itself from miscopying or mistranslation (that was also the Church's divinely-ordained function) I can say that this book did strengthen my belief in the Catholic Church and its role in establishing, preserving, and teaching the Scriptures. However ... As I have read in some other reviews on this book, the author failed to back up many of his facts with appropriate references. I have criticized protestant authors for this, so in all fairness and respect for truth, I must do the same here. He speaks true, but he should back up what he says rather than expecting the reader to take his word for it. The second part of the book is as good a conversion story as I have ever heard. The author points out the obstacles that a protestant faces in his journey home to Rome; the shunning by former friends and colleagues, the disapproval of family, the need to pretty much uproot and start life anew (this is not an obstacle people often face when changing from one protestant denomination to another, it should be noted). But the pull of the truth of Rome is strong, and although it took many years, Rome finally brought another of her prodigal children home. The author also devotes a lot of space to refuting the protestant practice of downplaying the need for unity, as if unity means boredom, or lack of intellectual exercise. Heck. This is salvation we are talking about here. God wants all people to be saved, not just the intellectuals. If you want an intellectual challenge, take up quantum physics! I give the first part only three stars, the second part five stars, so let's just say four stars. An excellent read, well worth the price.
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Summary: A reply to "Half Way There"....
Review: This book simply explains it all. It is a "must have" for anyone's library! The official name of our Church is the Holy Catholic [Apostolic] Church. The Patriarch of the West, the head of the Latin Rite, is also the Pope. The term "Roman Catholic Church" is used to designate the Latin Rite Church (strickly speaking)--to differenciate between us and the Eastern Rite Catholics. It is also used in a wider sense to designate the whole Catholic Church, since a group that broke off from the Catholic Church after Vatican I call themselves "Old Catholics." We did not break off from anyone; others broke off from us: in the eleventh century, the Orthodox broke off from us, severing relations with us (the Pope and the Eastern Orthodox patriarch mutually excommunicated each other; this canonical penalty has been lifted by Pope John Paul II to pave the way for reunion). The whole Church from the very beginning acknowledged the universal jurisdiction of the Pope (although the term itself came into being later).
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Summary: a must read for all Christians
Review: This book, although not heavy with pages, is a true and concise view of the life of God's most sacred Book. I gave this book to my truly devout Protestant best friend and told him that if he could find any authoritative, researched rebuttal that could truly and faithfully refute the writings in this small book, I would absolve all that I owned and give it to him free and clear. After more than a year he has all but given up on his search and is now receiving instruction in the most blessed Catholic faith! May God bless all who read this book no matter their view.
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Summary: Eloquent, Informative, Fun to read!
Review: This is an exceptional little book! Bishop Graham's prose style is delightful, though he can be a bit forceful at times, which may offend some Protestants. (But, if you disagree with him on any point, study up and try to refute it. You'll be sorely disappointed.) Some reviewers here have complained that the text isn't footnoted, but not many books written around the same time period (1911) were. He does, however, list a brief bibliography in the back, and if you're willing to do the research, his facts check out. It is also slightly outdated, in that he quotes and praises the Douay-Rheims Bible, which has been supplanted by the New Jerusalem and New American Bibles in English-speaking Catholic liturgical use. It is unforunate that Bishop Graham isn't around to update this with information about the Dead Sea Scrolls, as they contain even more support for the Catholic canon of the Old Testament. But these trivialities aside, this is an excellent brief history of where the Bible came from, how the canon was determined, and the Catholic thoughts on the Bible. Highly recommended for Catholics, of course, and non-Catholics especially.
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