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Tag Archives: roman catholicism
A Guide For Jews To Roman Catholicism
A Jewish friend asked me for a book recommendation for learning about Roman Catholicism (not to convert herself but to understand some of those around her). I replied: I was raised a Seventh-Day Adventist and heard 10x as many bad … Continue reading
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Tagged book recommendation, brideshead revisited, jewish friend, roman catholicism, seventh day adventist, three novels
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‘His feuds were many and slashing’
I remember my therapist saying me after I had created another ruckus, “I don’t think you even want to change.” From the New York Times, a review of a new book on historian Hugh Trevor-Roper: Among his antagonists was Evelyn … Continue reading
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Tagged evelyn waugh, historian hugh, howard johnston, hugh trevor roper, intellectual terrorism, roman catholicism
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Bob Novak Grew Up Jewish
From the New York Times: Mr. Novak grew up Jewish and was in a Jewish fraternity in college, but, like Mr. Evans, he was critical of Israel. He prompted a firestorm when he said the terrorist attacks on New York … Continue reading
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Tagged bob novak, daniel patrick moynihan, jewish fraternity, prince of darkness, roman catholicism, senator daniel patrick moynihan
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Bill Cork Returns To Adventism
In my blogging adventures, I ran across Bill Cork, who was a Seventh-Day Adventist who converted to Roman Catholicism when I knew him (circa 2004). Now I find out that Bill has returned to Adventism. Wow, what a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged cork, left behind, new religion, old friends, roman catholicism
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