This revised edition of The Catholic Source Book is a vast collection of information to help people of faith learn, renew, teach, and live the risen life of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church. The ten chapters include: Prayers, An Overview of the Tradition, Scripture, Church, Liturgy, The Liturgical Year, Devotions in Catholic Tradition, Veneration of Saints and Heroes, Catholic Symbols, and Word and Phrase Origins.
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Rev. Peter Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Winona in Minnesota and has been collecting information for this book for many years. This Third Edition includes pertinent references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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By Mary Twain
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Everyone reviewed this so highly so I got it, and I don't feel it is a good piece for my Catholic arsenol of learning tools. I find that Patrick Madrid's "Why is THAT in Tradition" is the book I find the information I am initially looking for in the Catholic Source book. Or Scott Hahn's "The Bible at a Glance (Faith Charts)". (Both of these are VERY short - Madrid's is under 200 pgs, and the Chart is only 4 pages but contains more information than the Source Book.) The Source Book is extremely basic and merely touches only the surface of the topics it covers. This book has all the topics you could be interested in, but is just a tease to me.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By M. Strabala
The Catholic Source Book is not a text or a narrative, it is more of an extensive dictionary of Catholic practices, symbols, facts, trivia and history. I was looking forward to this third edition hoping that it would clean up a lot of typographical errors and poor graphics which plagued the second edition. Unfortuantely, this edition looks like it was rushed to print without a final proofing. The information is great and accurate but the layout suffers from inconsistencies in font and font size as well as from occasonally poorly drawn (illegible) maps, diagrams and charts. Content A+, format C.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I keep this by my reading chair. It is a great source of information and review. It also appears to be highly accurate.
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This book is wonderful for anyone coming into the Catholic Church and those already Catholic. There are so many questions that we wonder about that are answered in this book, with... Read more
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I purchased this book for myself and my daughter liked it so much, I had to purchase another for her (she is youth director at our church and used it a lot in planning a junior... Read more
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From what I was told by a local Catholic Supply store, this book was a step by step guide through the Catholic religion. It's not. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Michael Reddan
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Perfect for the Average Catholic and interested non-Catholic
The Catholic Source Book may be just the book you need to give basic answers to the questions you have about many tenants of the Catholic Faith. Read more
Published on September 17, 2010 by Daniel A. Brock
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I lead "Catholics Returning Home" at St Benedict Catholic church in Shawnee OK, this book has been very helpful. I used to borrow one, now I have my own.
Published on February 25, 2010 by Gail Topping
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This books is nothing short of "awesome"!.... The amount of information the author has compiled is enormous, and the book is well organized.... Read more
Published on October 9, 2009 by Deputy George Bercaw
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Best Book Ever
This is the best book ever for Catholics or anyone wanting to know about Catholicism. It's got anything you want to know in it and some things you would never think to ask. Read more
Published on September 30, 2007 by D. Williams
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