Catholicism for Dummies audiobook

Not being Catholic, there are a number of questions I had concerning the Catholic faith and why Catholics believe/practice the way the do.This book answered all the questions I had and even a few that I didn't even know I had.I also liked how the authors did not disparage other religions when comparing them to Catholicism and how careful they were to point out where other religions and Catholicism agree.If someone is looking for a good resource to learn more about the Catholic faith, I would highly recommend this book as the best place to start.

This really is a good, comprehensive introduction to a very large topic. Although I already knew the theological elements presented in this book, I learned a lot about Catholic traditions and practices. However the one critique that I have is that it is clearly one sided. Catholicism does contain liberal elements and this book dismisses them as not true Catholics through some of the comments made about those who would dissent against papal decrees or dissent over other issues such as birth control. Considering that most American Catholics actually do use birth control, for example, indicates that the book gives the official story and to find what lived Catholicism looks like from the ground will require more digging.

I hate the title of this book but loved how informative and straight forward this book was on everything about the Catholic Church. Although, I have been attending Mass for almost eight years, I realized there was a lot I still did not know. This book explained the history of the church, the changes through the years and the significance of every part of the Mass in a non-judgmental, direct,and easy to understand way. I recently went through RCIA and found this a very helpful guide. Would recommend it to anyone who was interested in learning more about the Church.

I haven't quite read every single page of this book yet, but I think it's a great way to get an introduction to the essence of Catholicism. I bought it to brush up on the Catechism and other teachings of the Church because I was taking a teacher's course in religion. It's a great book for giving facts and figures and snippets of history for many Catholicism-isms, but it doesn't delve so deeply that you feel overwhelmed trying to remember all the details of each of the ecumenical councils, for example. It's breadth, rather than depth, is what I fancy most!

I finally finished reading this book. It has so much information in it that it takes a while to absorb it. I don't know why these books are called for dummies because there was nothing dumb about the book or the subject. It is very informative. You would have to look to other sources for more indepth study but it is a great overview. I don't feel that they really scimped on info either. I would reccommend this to anyone interested in the Catholic faith.

This book is perfect for those thinking of converting and those in process of converting through an RCIA course - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. I've been a Catholic for years and while I have more serious references it's still useful as a handy guide when I need a quick answer. I also think those who have a negative view of the Church might find it useful to get passed their prejudice. Catholicism is a beautiful religion. I alway found it interesting how those in the west will drink up books on Buddhism and other Eastern faiths and ignore the religion with 1.2 billion members worldwide. BTW: The book is written by two priests.

This was a great primer for this protestant wanting to understand more about the Catholic Church.

Got this book years ago (John Paul II was still pope when it was published) and have been reading it off and on until I finally finished the whole thing. It is written in easy-to-understand language, so it is suitable for both cover-to-cover reading or as a reference if you want to look up different topics. Also good for Catholics (let's face it, most don't know much about their own religion) and non-Catholics who may be curious about the faith. My favorite part was actually Appendix A, which contained a "brief" history of the Catholic Church, and I think this should have been made a chapter in the book, not an appendix stuck at the end. Although I noticed the authors left out the Inquisition, this history part was nevertheless fairly balanced, more or less, in how it explained some things that happened within the church (Galileo, Crusades), while admitting faults--some really bad priests and popes and a whole lot of corruption and abuses along the way. Keep in mind this isn't a spiritually inspirational book, but more of an overview nuts-and-bolts look at Catholicism.

This book is a good book to read if you are interested in learning more about the Roman Catholic Church. It is a good summary of the Catechism of the Catholic church and a little more about the saints. The book explains the Blessed Mother's role in the Catholic Church but needs to include Our Lady of Lourdes.