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A textbook study of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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1 out of 5 stars

incredibly horrible January 13, 2001
13 out of 16 found this review helpful

I go to a Catholic high school and am in the tenth grade. I must say that this book fails utterly in what it is striving to do, to give teenagers an interesting base for their faith in Jesus. I think that it would be so much better if we just studied straight out of the bible. Right now I am studying for a midterm in Religion based on this text book. It is so disillusioning what people do with Chrisianity. They focus so much on the religion part that they forget the true meaning of faith in Christ. I have read the whole bible through a number of times, in addition to devouring any book I can get my hands on. This is not good material.

1 out of 5 stars

Not to be confused with the Roman Catechism... March 29, 2005
8 out of 12 found this review helpful

This book is a fine expression of faith- for liberal Protestants. For Catholics, "JOHCOF" represents the indoctrination of new generations with the same confusion everyone has felt in the recent frenzy in the Church. Used as a teaching tool, this is especially deadly to the Faith. Every thing a Catholic would have learned just half a century ago is openly rebuked in this mess. To the writers, Jesus is just a man who lived in Galilee. Every thing supernatural- from the miracles to the appearance of the star and the magi at Christ's birth are all analyzed from a "scientific" viewpoint to try and explain away the Divinity of Christ and the historicity of the Gospels. The Church teaching on the authors of the Pentateuch and much of the New Testament are thrown aside; this book prefers to make use of secular "scholars" in cracking the origins of the Bible. The whole book is about "Jesus the Jew," and makes it appear as though He never renounced the immense errors of Judaism. It adds a vocabulary word- "anti-Semitism" for anyone who espouses the traditional teaching on Christ's criticism of the Pharisees and the Jews' eventual murdering of Christ out of envy- both sound Catholic doctrines. The book lacks any element of the rich sacred Catholic Tradition as well. There are hundreds of images of Jews worshipping in their synagogues and Mohammedans in their mosques but you will find not a single image of the Roman Mass, the only Sacrifice that actually goes to the True God, as used by the Holy Church for 2,000 years. The book teaches the very anti-Christian heresy of syncretism, and denies that the Church is the only way to salvation in Heaven. No teachings about Catholic doctrines such as Purgatory, and nothing about the Popes and the teachings of the Holy Office against heresy. No teachings about the usage of Latin as the universal language of the Church, the language used in the Mass, which is the offering of the Sacrifice at Cavalry, not a meal like the Protestants have. The Catholic Church is just an accident left over by the life of a Jewish man 2,000 years ago, if this book is to be taken at face value. The only time the Catholic Church is mentioned at all is in the last few pages- to mention the wonderful "fruits" of the "Second Vatican Council," the source of all this confusion. When will these people stop kidding themselves and cut this charade out? It is a shame that something coming out of "St. Mary's Press" is such a sorry peace of work, but there is no doubt this book would hit the Index Librorum Prohibitorum if Pope St. Pius X saw this abominable Modernist piece being circulated. Stick to the doctrinal security of the Roman Catechism, and avoid this large editorial on what liberal laypeople want the Church to teach. Pray for an end of this grand mockery... the Catholic Church is the Church of the Christ of Faith, Jesus of History established Her in A.D. 33 and She is the Defender of the Sacred Deposit of the Faith, not these Modernists.

1 out of 5 stars

Not Interesting January 21, 2005
7 out of 11 found this review helpful

This book strives to make a young person interested in their faith. However it is completely saturated with higher criticism. It does not strengthen a persons faith but rather it brings doubts. Infact throughout the entire book they seem to remind you that our faith is based on nothing but a book, a book that may be fatally flawed.

Of course if you like that stuff this is the book for you!

5 out of 5 stars

"The decition is yours" January 19, 2003
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

The invitation and the challenge to come to your own recognition of Jesus-offered to you by the larger community and in this course - is an intensely personal one. The intent of this invitation is not to compel you to accept faith in Jesus. What can and must be asked of you, however, is that you take the person and message of Jesus seriously and recognize the questions he posed about the meaning of life as central to your own struggle to be come a mature person. What you ultimately decide about him is for you to determine with honesty, openness, and integrity. That you must decide is a reality that can be postponed but not permanently avoided. This is a paragraph from page 279. This refers to the paperback edition.

5 out of 5 stars

Textbook August 31, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My son needed this book for class and I was very pleased that I could promptly purchase a new one via Amazon. I had access to it elsewhere but it was only available in poorly used condition.

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