Why Catholic?

When I started to read what are called the early Church fathers, I saw some patterns.


1.  They all knew how to handle Scripture well. That showed me that they could be trusted to interpret God’s Word. This came especially clear to me in the homilies of St. John Chrysostom. They are surprisingly applicable to life today in the 21st Century. The same can be said of St. Augustine and others.

That gave me confidence that much of what I had learned in the church I grew up in and in all the Biblical studies I had done in my life was what Christians have always believed.

So, even if a person does not join the Catholic Church, it would be important I think to get to know some of these Church fathers through their writings which are still preserved for us.