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The book is a Euro-centric, incomplete attempt at tracing the origins of Christian beliefs and practices while relying upon narrow versification (building a theological system on one verse of scripture in English)of the New Testament. Eastern Christianity's liturgical and sacramental life is a Christ-directed fulfillment of God's Word to the Hebrews in the Old Testament. Roman Christianity, and it's Protestant children have forgotten what God established in the Old Testament for the Hebrews (liturgy & sacraments) were amplified and fulfilled in Christ. Eastern Christian 20-century comprehension of New Testament Biblical Greek, along with it's 2nd century b.c. Septuagint Old Testament in Greek, solidly supports that salvation is a process, that sacraments were established by God, and that God's favor is not a guarantee bestowing salvation to everyone indiscriminantly. Good books that provide balance to Kane's point of view while gracefully acknowledging Western Christian (European) perspectives include: Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible (Pentiuc), A Light from the Christian East (Payne), and Common Ground (Bajis).

"For Our Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Friends" introduces the reader to the Jesus of the New Testament and helps them understand how God's Word came down to man. Author Dan Kane was raised and educated a Roman Catholic. At age 41 Dan came to the realization that the debt for man's sin had been paid for by Jesus on the cross. He accepted this gift of salvation by putting his trust in Jesus Christ.

The book is comprehensive, clearly communicating foundational truths of the Bible and the Gospel of Christ. Kane writes in east to understand layman's terms. Summary titles within the narrative of each chapter help the reader focus on and assimilate the material covered.

I found the chapter titled "That You May Know That You Have Eternal Life" especially important as it provides the reader with the scriptural reinforcement for the assurance of eternal life in Christ.

For reader's steeped in Church tradition, the material in the chapter titled simply "Tradition" will be insightful and eye opening in light of the scriptures provided.

In an appendix Kane includes a complete study detailing the characteristics of the New Testament Church based on scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments.

"For Our Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Friends" can be used as an individual study, in a small group, or as a tool for a foundational study with new believers.

This book does an excellent job of pointing out where churches teach doctrines counter to God's Word. The author traces the history of paganism entering into truly Christian churches that produced the apostasy we have today. It separates the wheat from the chaff!