armywife's Full Review: Scott Hahn and Kimberly Hahn - Rome Sweet Home: Ou...
Rome Sweet Home is a book coauthored by Scott Hahn and his wife Kimberley Hahn. It tells the story of how they met in college and were both very involved in the ministry...as protestants. Through dating, marriage, children, seminary and life as full time protestant ministers Scott's life takes a dramatic turn when he begins to question some of the foundational principles that his beliefs rest on.
Kimberley was raised in a Presbyterian home with a father who was a Presbyterian minister. Eventually Scott and Kimberley married and went off to seminary together with nohting more than dreams of being full time ministers and raising a family together.
Kimberley received her masters in theology and Scott his Doctorate and together they moved to Virginia where Scott was hired as pastor of a local church and also taught part time as a college instructor. While still in seminary Scott began to have questions surrounding Sola Scriptura which is the argument surrounding use of the Bible alone as one's only reliable means of knowing their faith. Over the course of a few years he began to investigate on his own this argument and also that of Sola Fide which is Salvation by Faith alone. As he began to delve further into scripture and personal study he began to wonder if perhaps there was a missing piece to the puzzle.
Ironically friends and family began to notice a dramatic shift in his theological views even before he fully saw it in himself. Afraid to admit that his faith was changing Scott Hahn went through long periods of denial and depression at what appeared to be not only his faith crumbling but the hopes of his career in protestant ministry.
He recounts the personal journey with such feeling and passion that you feel as if you are there with him. You go with him to that old used bookstore downtown to find historical writings of the early church. You sit with him in his study as he secretly reads hundreds and hundreds of early catholic writings and begins to get many questions answered while many more rise to the surface. Most of all you feel the pain of his wife, Kimberley, as she watches the husband she knew slip away and become someone else. All her hopes of being a minister's wife dashed in an instance when he announces that he is going to convert to the catholic church. Devastated beyond measure Kimberely turns to Scott's best friend, another protestant minister in an effort to have some sense talked into her husband. As his friend makes valiant efforts to convince Scott that he is being misled Scott ends up throwing out so much evidence to his friend that in an unbelievable twist of events he finds his longtime friend converting to the catholic church months before he does!
This story is told from both angles. Each chapter alternates between Scott and Kimberley each one telling the story from their own angle. You truly sense the pain and anguish that Scott feels at giving up the faith he was raised with and turning to a church he has never known. Kimberley's anger at losing the husband she thought she had married and the resentment she feels when he gives up pastoral job that was supporting their family is real and intense.
Packed with pictures to take you along the journey we go from the beginning of their relationship to the time when Scott joins the church and finally to Kimberley's conversion in the end.
This story is a must read for anyone who is considering a journey towards the catholic church. Not only will it give you insights into the specific issues that they dealt with and questions they had surrounding the catholic faith it will also give you much needed hope and insight into the journey ahead for those who are traveling out of the protestant church and into the catholic church.
Scott and Kimberley Hahn are now prominent writers and speakers in the field of catholic apologetics. Scott Hahn's conversion tape can be ordered from The Mary Foundation and is a classic for anyone considering the catholic faith. Taped very early on in his conversion and even before his wife converted it gives you a firsthand account of what it was like for him in the early days.
Anyone interested in the field of catholic apologetics would benefit from reading this story. It is a great additon to your library of faith and theology and reads entirely like a novel. More than just a book it is the personal story of a journey that two people took individually but ended up finding their way back to eachother. In many ways it is a love story....a love story about their marriage and a love story about their faith.
If you enjoyed Scott Hahn's story of his journey to the Catholic church then you will be absolutely delighted with his other books that delve more deeply into specific issues in the catholic faith. Written in his personal style that is easy to understand these book are ready reference for those who want to learn more about the catholic faith.
"Hail Holy Queen" (Everything we know and believe about Mary is rooted in what we know and believe about her Son. This book explains from Scripture why Mary, the Queen Mother, is an integral part of Christ's kingdom.)
"Lamb's Supper" (Each time we celebrate the Mass we enter into the heavenly liturgy which is so powerfully and beautifully described in the Book of Revelation. The Lamb's Supper will help you understand the Book of Revelation in light of the Mass.)
A Father who keeps his Promises (Dr. Hahn focuses the reader on the "big picture" of Scripture: God's fatherly plan in making and keeping covenants with us throughout salvation history -- so that we might live as the family of God.)
Catholic for a Reason (Scott co-edited this collection of essays by his wife Kimberly, several of his former students, and himself. Topics include the Eucharist, Mary, purgatory, justification, and more. Each is presented in the context of Scriptural exegesis and through the paradigm of the Church as God's covenant family)
Catholic Education:Homeward Bound (This book, which Kimberly co-authored with Mary Hasson, provides helpful suggestions and resources for parents seeking to educate their children at home. Appropriate for the beginning or seasoned Home Educator.)
For more information on Scott Hahn's ministy, to find a speaking schedule or to order books direct visit his website at: www.scotthahn.com
To order a free tape of Scott Hahn's Conversion story simply visit www.catholicity.com and click on the Mary Foundation. You will find a list of free tapes and novels from this wonderful outreach ministry.
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