| THIS VOLUME is intended to offer American Catholic readersa survey of Protestant, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and OldCatholic churches and sects in the United States. Additionalchapters have been included on the Jews, Mormons, ChristianScientists, Baha is, Muslims, Buddhists, and other religiousgroups. Since 1958 when the first edition of Separated Brethren waspublished, the Catholic world has witnessed the far reaching im-pact of the Second Vatican Council and the Church s growinginvolvement in the ecumenical movement. These changes havebeen reflected in the thorough revision of each denominationaldescription. The two introductory chapters present an overview of Amer-ican religious life and the basic theological differences betweenCatholicism and Protestantism. This was done to avoid restat-ing fundamental Protestant principles such as the sole sufficiencyof the Bible in subsequent chapters on particular denominations.Those who wish to use this book as a handbook for reference willwant to keep this in mind. The chapters on denominations out-line the history, doctrine, ritual, organization, and traditions ofeach group. Footnotes have been kept to ~a minimum. Separated Breth-ren was written for the parish priest, Newman chaplain, reli- |
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