Comments on: Teaching John Paul II to Evangelicals

By: Craig Payne

Craig Payne — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:33:12 +0000

“But John Paul II is bigger than Roman Catholicism, if I might be permitted to put it that way. He represents the Tradition and he also represents the apostolic message of Scripture as the fount of that Tradition.”

Well, yeah. In other words: He’s Catholic.

By: Joe DeVet

Joe DeVet — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:11:06 +0000

Cheers for another good use for this very beautiful master work by John Paul the Great.

My wife and I have taught NFP since 1981, and don’t tire of it because of the clear blessings that we continue to have the privilege of passing on to others, including many non-Catholics who have discovered this “treasure.”

Interesting to find people surprised that the JPII work is deeply engaged with the scriptural text. In all his writings he opens with a meditation on scripture, usually a gospel passage. For a good example (in a much shorter work than “Men and Women He Created Them”!) see “Veritatis Splendor”, wherein a wonderful meditation on the encounter with the rich young man heads up a brief but thorough corrective to many of the abuses of moral theology.

By: Bruce Benedict

Bruce Benedict — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:55:53 +0000

my wife and I took a NFP course at a catholic church before we got married. It was a tremendous class full of theology, science and prayer. Has been a tremendous blessing in our marriage.