Why I Became Catholic: A Timeless Conversion StoryOriginally written as a personal testimony to his own children on why he became a Catholic, this is a thoughtful and timeless conversion story of Sir Joseph Pope written during the early part of the 20th century. Born in 1854 to a family renowned for distinguished service to the Canadian government, Joseph carried on the family tradition as a highly regarded civil servant. Like St. Thomas More, Pope was held in high esteem as a public servant, and he enjoyed the total confidence of prime ministers and governors, all whom sought his advice. He was a prolific author of some two dozen books and pamphlets, including the official biographies of major Canadian historical figures. Amidst this busy public life, Sir Joseph Pope developed a profound spiritual life and a mind always hungry for eternal truth. Raised in a nominal Anglican family, his persistent and courageous search for the fullness of truth and grace finally led him home to the Catholic Church. |
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... Church of Rome was not wholly determined by religious considerations . And so I made up my mind that I would leave behind me for my children , and also for any of my friends who might be interested in the subject , a narrative of the ...
... Church of Rome to universal dominion were irresistible — or , as he put it , ' as plain as the nose on a man's face ' . This casual remark , which probably I was not intended to hear , remained in my memory without producing , at the ...
... church . Thus Catholicism obtruded itself upon my notice as a living fact of imposing magnitude , a great influence that demanded and enforced notice . I am not now referring to the Church of Rome as a spiritual factor but merely as a ...
... Church , the enquiry can be satisfactorily answered . As I left what in ... Rome . The well - known passage in which Macaulay describes her wonderful ... church. 6 The two Macaulay volumes were actually won by Joseph Pope in 1870 as a ...
... Church of Rome , holding this saintly personage up to condemnation as a miserable timeserver and altogether contemptible man . Nor was Macaulay alone in his estimate of the Reformation and the Reformers . I found confirmation on every ...