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Father Smith Instructs Jackson
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
278 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1975
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August 14, 2024
This is such an excellent overview of the Catholic Church and her teachings.
The style in which it is presented - a dialogue - makes it very easy to read and comprehend.
In the book, "Father Smith" is giving instruction to "Jackson" who is interested in being baptized into the Catholic Church. Before entering the Church, he must receive instruction to ensure he understands what the Church teaches and why.
Because the book is several decades old, there were a couple of statistics that Fr. Smith references that are no longer accurate. The only other discrepancies I found we regarding the amount of marriage prep required (maybe this differs from region to region) and the discussion on the rosary naturally did not include the Luminous Mysteries which were added in the 2000s.
Overall, this is an excellent book.
The style in which it is presented - a dialogue - makes it very easy to read and comprehend.
In the book, "Father Smith" is giving instruction to "Jackson" who is interested in being baptized into the Catholic Church. Before entering the Church, he must receive instruction to ensure he understands what the Church teaches and why.
Because the book is several decades old, there were a couple of statistics that Fr. Smith references that are no longer accurate. The only other discrepancies I found we regarding the amount of marriage prep required (maybe this differs from region to region) and the discussion on the rosary naturally did not include the Luminous Mysteries which were added in the 2000s.
Overall, this is an excellent book.
November 2, 2018
This book is a series of conversations between Fr. Smith and the non-Catholic "Jackson" who enjoys challenging father on different aspects of the Catholic faith. I have used this book for a home school religion course in apologetics. It is a little dated but very engaging and is a very nice change from a religion textbook. This book is made up of 52 short chapters organized in four parts: God's Church and Her Teaching, The Commandments of God Precepts of the Church, The Means of Grace, and Approved Devotions and Religious Associations. Though I have not read this in a while, it is a book that I am happy to have on my shelf and one that I recommend.
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November 8, 2024
This book was very eye opening for me and I couldn’t put it down. Archbishop Francis Noll is a very compelling writer and I look forward to reading more of his works.
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