05-10-2011, 11:52 PM
A Nugget from the Era of John Paul the Great
I was cleaning my room today, and found my old "religion class" textbook/workbook from when I was in 8th grade at parochial school, Christ Our Life: The Church Then And Now, published by Loyola Press and copyright 1997, 2002.
![[Image: loyo-15408.jpg]](https://www.comcenter.com/dynamicmedia/files/3c28c702cbb5368394149d560156f1d9/loyo-15408.jpg)
Thought I'd share with all of you a passage from very early on:
Notice how when your eyes scan the words, a faint strain of "kumbayah" rings in your ears? Probably a good thing I rarely paid attention in that class.
And for anybody wondering...
Both are in need of a good :fish:
I was cleaning my room today, and found my old "religion class" textbook/workbook from when I was in 8th grade at parochial school, Christ Our Life: The Church Then And Now, published by Loyola Press and copyright 1997, 2002.
![[Image: loyo-15408.jpg]](https://www.comcenter.com/dynamicmedia/files/3c28c702cbb5368394149d560156f1d9/loyo-15408.jpg)
Thought I'd share with all of you a passage from very early on:
Quote:Christians who are not Catholic share our faith in many ways. Protestants believe in Jesus and his teachings. They believe that the Bible is God's holy Word. They celebrate Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Clearly they are closely linked with us in the Holy Spirit. Jewish people, too, are related to the Church in a special way because of their faith in God. They are God's chosen people and Jesus' ancestors. All other people who believe in God, like the Muslims, and all those who seek God are also related to us. To a lesser degree, people who do not know Christ but who live according to their conscience are also joined to us. (21)
Notice how when your eyes scan the words, a faint strain of "kumbayah" rings in your ears? Probably a good thing I rarely paid attention in that class.
And for anybody wondering...
Quote:Nihil Obstat: The Reverend Theodore Marszal, S.T.D., M.Div., Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur: The Most Reverend Anthony M. Pilla, D.D., M.A., Bishop of Cleveland
Given at Cleveland, Ohio, on 18 March 1997. (2)
Both are in need of a good :fish: