/lit/ - Literature

>>15736602
To answer your question OP, start with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, The FOur Witnesses by Rod Bennett (it's about the writings of some 1st century AD saints and their perogative on the Early Church that Protties magically ignore), After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre (Not really Catholic but he is so I guess it counts), any theology books by C.S. lewis (he's not Catholic but his books are good). From there, read St. Augustine's Confessions, his City of God and the other Church Fathers along with Aristotle's Nichmachaen Ethics, Physics, Metaphysics, On the Soul and On the Heavens and Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy. Then read Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. I'd advise reading a commentary of it first before reading the whole thing or at least reading a redacted version like that of Penguin Classics Selected Writings of Thomas Aquinas. Also read Saint Theresa of Avila's Interior Castle and The Last Superstition by Ed Feser along with The Story of a Soul by St. Therese de Lisieux. But most importantly, pray, read the Bible on a daily basis and go to Mass on a weekly basis. Learning about God is very good but it's only by getting close to him in the Eucharist spiritually that we see the truth of faith. Also, I said this before but read the Catechism as fast as you need to and as much as you need to in order to understand the teachings of the Magisterium on Sacred Tradition, Apostolic Succession and all the other teachings of the Church.

>>15736856
I'm not going to get into a fight with a retard starting shit. Fuck off you dolt.

>>14351540
Yeah. I'm Catholic. I also know my faith doesn't exist in a vaccum. The Bible is only one piece of the larger puzzle when it comes to our salvation. There's other things necessary to truly be saved, like taking the Eucharist regularly in a state of grace, going to Confession regularly and receiving the Sacraments in general. Also, encountering Christ through the works of the Saints and Doctors of the Church is important to receive the graces necessary for salvation, for it is not by my will I am saved but through God's will and my permission to let him work through me.

does /lit/ believe in god?