 | Liberal Modernist Agenda! Mar 23, 2005 |
| This review is for William Bausch's Pilgrim Church. If you are looking for an accurate and fair representation of Catholic Church History in accordance with Church Teaching and Tradition, keep looking. This book is an extremely biased propaganda piece that Bausch uses to push his modernist agenda on every page. From his bizarro take on Apostolic Succession to his misinterpretation of Scripture and his two-fisted railing against the papacy of JP II, it is impossible to separate the facts from Bausch's slanted view of the Roman Catholic Church. He offers very little evidence to support his claims with the exception of citing several Protestant Theologions and Historians (that is, when he's not too busy bashing the church for it's teachings on women ordination and priestly celibacy). If not Heresy it's at least Heterodoxy. No good Catholic need confuse themselves with this book. I intend to use it as kindling next winter. While I have not read them, I have been told that Warren Carroll's History of Christendom set is excellent. Save your money and avoid this book. Even if you fancy yourself a Modernist Catholic (and please honestly reconsider that position), seek out a fair book that gives you facts to challenge or deepen your faith and understanding of history. When you twist so many facts to fit an agenda, as Bausch has, no one will ever profit. |
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| BE AWARE that this is not "The Pilgrim Church" Mar 11, 2004 |
| The author "WJ Bausch" attempts to exemplify the catholic church as the cornerstone of christianity and how it has adjusted over time to become better in his revised book "Pilgram Church". In contrast to "The Pilgram Church" written by EH Broadbent who researches the so called heretics of the church as defined by the Catholic documents. He explains that some of those so called heretics were followers of Christ who opposed the Catholic regulations put upon them and desired to follow the scriptures instead. EH Broadbent convincently documents the reminent of true followers of biblical scriptures behind the Catholic dictatorship and describes how God has maintained His church. Please be aware of the title of the books because you can be misinformed. As the review of "Paris Templin" shows (Its a review of "The Pilgrim Church" not "Pilgrim Church". In short "Pilgrim Church" does not even come close to depth of "The Pilgrim Church" |
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| A misplaced review Jun 27, 2002 |
| A note to review readers -- the last of the reviews given below, written by Paris Templin, is NOT a review of William Bausch's "Pilgrim Church." Mr. Templin's review is of a different book by E. H. Broadbent which shares the same title. |
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| A blend of truth and error. Nov 24, 2001 |
| William Bausch colors his protrayal of church history with truth and error. One example of error is that he contends that there is "absolutely no proof" that the apostles appointed individual men to succeed them. The problem is the New Testament and many early church documents say otherwise. Apostolic Succession is considered to be one of the four pillars of the church. It has sound undisputable evidence in reality. For Bausch however, it is an abstract idea instead of an absolute truth in the Catholic Church. His bibleography is overwhelmingly limited to post-vatican II contemporary authors, rather than relying more heavily on historical documents to write his history. He ignores basic logical formulation to advance arguments for or against many conclusions he makes. He seems to be more interested in diluting or dumbing down the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church than advancing sound re-telling of the real Catholic Chrisitan history. It is a difficult read to sort out for anyone that already has a working knowledge of the subject. It is just dangerous to those who don't. |
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 | Thorough, yes - I agree about the dryness. May 7, 2001 |
| Like the above reviewer, I found the content good but the writing a little tough at times. The edition I read could've benefitted from different typesetting and layout as well. My interest began to flag a little as we moved towards the modern period and Vatican II, but in fairness, it was early church history I was primarily interested in. |
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