[AugustineH354]

Chris posted:

>>Who is David Waltz?>>

Me: It is I.

>>How do you know he is a Catholic?>>

Me: I converted to the RCC April 2002 during Easter Vigil.

>>Got any more information on him?>>

Me: What would you like to know?

>>I have read a lot of what the early church fathers have said, and I have a real hard time imagining that anyone could gleam LDS doctrines out of them. These men were thoroughly Catholic, and I question anyone who claims otherwise. The doctrines they taught in unison include:

The authority of the "Catholic" church.
The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
The apostolic succession of the bishops.
The importance of the Mass.
The belief in the Communion of Saints.

and most importantly for this thread:

The Continuity of the Church.>>


Me: Bickmore’s book was primarily written for two audiences: Mormons and Protestants; and this for a good reason—almost all anti-Mormon literature is produced by Protestants.

Now, with that said, Mormons and Catholics have more in common than most perceive at a first glance: the need for a central church authority; that there is only one, true visible church; the need for a valid, authoritative, ordained ministry; a rejection of the Protestant doctrine of “faith alone”; a rejection of the Protestant doctrine of “scripture alone”; the belief that the sacraments (ordinances) are efficacious and necessary; deification; and the Monarchia of God the Father, to name but a few.

This is not to say that important, crucial differences to not exist, for they do; but rather, that the overall worldview of Mormonism has more in common with the ECF’s than the Protestant worldview

Grace and peace,

David (aka – Aug)