Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College is always worth reading for the energy and panache with which he writes about the Faith. Combative, stimulating and addressed to the common reader, his books are a treat. His latest, Catholics and Protestants: What Can We Learn from Each Other? is no exception.
Kreeft is a convert from evangelical Christianity. He describes two anecdotes from his childhood which neatly encapsulate the essential differences between Catholics and Protestants. They come from Chapter 10: “My First Original Evangelical Thought and My First Original Catholic Thought.” He was driving home from church and Sunday School with his parents and remarked to his father that everything he had heard from their pastor “comes down to just one thing, doesn’t it?” Asked what he meant, Kreeft replied, “Well, we just have to ask Jesus what He wants us to do, and then do it. All the time.”
