01.
What I Got Wrong
About the Catholic Church
What happens when a lifelong Evangelical begins asking questions about the Catholic Church—and discovers that many of the things she believed about Catholicism weren't quite what the Church actually teaches? And what happens when the person beside her has been Catholic his entire life?
đź“– SCRIPTURES CONNECTED
TO OUR JOURNEY
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Matthew 16:18–19
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John 6:35–58
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Matthew 26:26–28
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Luke 24:30–35
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Acts 2:42 2
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Thessalonians 2:15
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1 Timothy 3:15
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John 17:20–23
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Colossians 1:15–18
đź“š CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
CCC §§748–752 — The Church in God's plan
CCC §§763–766 — The origin and foundation of the Church in Jesus Christ
CCC §§811–870 — The Church as One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
CCC §§880–887 — Peter, the Apostles, and the Church's teaching authority
CCC §§74–100 — Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Deposit of Faith
CCC §§1322–1419 — The Sacrament of the Eucharist
CCC §§1373–1381 — Christ's presence in the Eucharist
CCC §§1210–1212 — The Seven Sacraments
CCC §§1427–1429 — Conversion as an ongoing response to Christ
đź“š ADDITIONAL REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
​• The Catechism of the Catholic Church— especially the sections on Revelation, the Church, apostolic authority, and the Eucharist.
• Dei Verbum — Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, particularly its teaching on Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
• Lumen Gentium — Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, addressing the nature, mission, structure, and mystery of Christ's Church.
• Sacrosanctum Concilium — Vatican II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, helpful for understanding Catholic worship and the centrality of the Eucharistic liturgy.
• The writings of St. Ignatius of Antioch — an important early Christian witness to the bishop, Church unity, and the Eucharist in the generations immediately following the Apostles.