Confession of a CatholicEighteen years after Vatican II, this preeminent Catholic author called to account the values and policy of the Catholic church, reevaluating some of the changes that he helped to effect and the impact of these changes on American Catholic life. He concluded, The world and its church looks far different now in 1983 from its reality in 1965.... All is not well. Originally published by Harper & Row in 1983. |
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Reflections on the Nicene Creed | 15 |
Resurrection of the Dead | 144 |
What Went Wrong? | 161 |
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