Alex Jones: the evangelical who became a Catholic deacon
Posted on 09/19/2011 4:10:22 AM PDT by Cronos
You don't often find a Pentecostal preacher who converts to Catholicism, but it does happen.
To hear a first-hand account of just such a transformation, you may want to check out a special mission series at 7 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3601 S.W. 17th.
The featured speaker for all three nights will be the Rev. Alex Jones, a former Pentecostal preacher from Detroit who became a Roman Catholic a decade ago after studying the early church. Jones is now an ordained deacon in the Catholic church.
After his conversion, 62 people in Jones' congregation followed suit and also became members of the Catholic church.
Jones tells his story in the book, "No Price Too High: A Pentecostal Preacher Becomes Catholic," which will be the theme of his Sunday night talk.
Though he is a Catholic these days, Jones' passionate and inspired style of preaching retains much of its Pentecostal fervor, as attendees at the three-night mission will be sure to find.
(Excerpt) Read more at cjonline.com ...
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I think we can both learn from each other -- there is a time for impassioned speeches and a time for solemn prayer and reflection. God has a place for the passionate, emotional and the cerebral.
Alex Jones: the evangelical who became a Catholic deacon
I agree. Non-liturgical preaching, such as during a parish mission or other special event, is a suitable outlet for stem-winding exhortations and emotional fervor.
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You don't often find a Pentecostal preacher who converts to Catholicism, but it does happen.
< shrug>. The claim is the same -- continuing, authoritative, extra-biblical revelation.
thanks for the links, NYEr
I’ve heard him speak. One thing that I remember him saying was that there was this “Gospel of Prosperity” thing in the 80s or so, that mislead many people into thinking about personal wealth and success instead of Christian morality and self-sacrifice. I guess at the time I had heard of one pastor like that in the San Diego area. I hadn’t realized it was a much bigger phenomenon.
He was an interesting and entertaining speaker, by the way.
You have a mistaken idea here.
You will get the correct idea of Catholic doctrine from the Catechism (Link):
Paragraph #66: "The Christian economy, therefore, since it is the new and definitive Covenant, will never pass away; and no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Paragrph #73: "God has revealed himself fully by sending his own Son, in whom he has established his covenant for ever. The Son is his Father's definitive Word; so there will be no further Revelation after him."
Catholics believe that public revelation ended at the death of the last Apostle, which would have been the death of St. John at about 100 AD.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify this.
the prosperity gospel is deceptive
Thanks Coleus
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