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The well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly travelling and speaking all over North America for the last few years about their conversion to the Catholic Church. Now these two outstanding Catholic apologists tell in their own words about the incredible spiritual journey that led them to embrace Catholicism. Scott Hahn was a Presbyterian minister, the top student in his seminary class, a brilliant Scripture scholar, and militantly anti-Catholic ... until he reluctantly began to discover that his "enemy" had all the right answers. Kimberly, also a top-notch theology student in the seminary, is the daughter of a well-known Protestant minister, and went through a tremendous "dark night of the soul" after Scott converted to Catholicism.
Their conversion story and love for the Church has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of lukewarm Catholics and brought them back into an active participation in the Church. They have also influenced countless conversions to Catholicism among their friends and others who have heard their powerful testimony.
Written with simplicity, charity, grace and wit, the Hahns' deep love and knowledge of Christ and of Scripture is evident and contagious throughout their story. Their love of truth and of neighbor is equally evident, and their theological focus on the great importance of the family, both biological and spiritual, will be a source of inspiration for all readers.

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Author:	Scott Hahn
Paperback:	210 pages
Publisher:	Ignatius Press
Publication Date:	1993-08
Language:	English
ISBN:	0898704782
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Package Weight:	0.25 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 205 reviews

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3 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Interesting Story...Lacking Arguments Jun 23, 2010
My friend recommended this book about a Protestant's journey to Catholicism, as I am a former Catholic (as she is as well). I was interested in understanding the reasons for such a conversion. Overall, the subject of the book was an interesting read. I was impressed with Scott Hahn and his voracious study of theology and discussions with friends. He appears to be an intriguing fellow. The book itself is poorly written, even painful at times. [e.g. "I began to see that every time Kimberly and I performed the marital act, we were doing something sacred" (28).] But, I won't let that cloud the discussion.

I see his transition marked by three main points of doctrine. 1.) Scott started with a change of mind about infant baptism and birth control. Both of those issues, not exclusively Catholic doctrines, caused a shift in his thinking. 2.) From there, he became convinced that sola scriptura (Scripture alone is authoritative) is unbiblical. 3.) Mary's role in the life of a Christian was the biggest and final hurdle before becoming a Catholic.
If true, these three points should make us all Catholics. If infant baptism removes original sin, if Scripture does not have final authority in truth and doctrine, and if Mary prays for us and we pray to her, then it is crystal clear that we do exactly what the Hahns have done. However, I don't think it is so.

Infant Baptism: While there are some solid Protestant churches that baptize infants as a mark of entering into the covenantal community, they do not believe that it removes sin as Catholics believe. Throughout the book of Romans, we see the sin of Adam still present. Galatians makes the connection of the sin of Adam and the grace that comes through Jesus, our second Adam. Neither book mentions baptism as a way to wash away the sin as a baby.

Sola Scriptura: In order for the Catholic Church to be true, one cannot believe in sola scriptura. Catholics need to have a higher authority than the Bible-- the Catholic Church. I'm surprised that more people do not have a problem with this. Given these two, which is more trustworthy and authoritative? Scott Hahn dismisses sola scriptura with a mere "it's not in the Bible." However, Galatians warns, "I (Paul) am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed." It does not take much work to show that the Catholic Church is adding something more to the gospel already offered.

The Veneration of Mary: Scott addressed how difficult it would be to cross this bridge, but then he offered some strange analogy about mothers and sons, and somehow he crossed it. He then proudly prayed his rosary. This is one of the most troubling parts of Catholicism, and I cannot see how it is not either other gods and/or idolatry. If you pray to someone dead or resurrected or floating out in space somewhere, you deify it. Ask Mary to pray to Jesus for you seems-- pardon my candor-- ridiculous. Jesus is our Mediator between the Father and us. We do not need Mary as a mediator between us and the Mediator (yes, that is a confusing sentence). Jesus became a man in order to serve that role, and He did it just fine, thank you. "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). No Mary. No St. James. No Nobody Else.

My biggest concern for the book is not that he left Protestantism for Catholicism; in fact, I enjoyed reading about it. Instead, I did not like his criticisms of Protestants and then never offering a clear justification (oops...I shouldn't use that word in this context!) of the Catholic view. He must give clear views of why sola scriptura is "unbiblical" or why we ought to pray to Mary and the saints. He merely tells us that he became convinced of it, and then his wife followed. There must be more to his argument, especially about these important matters.

From the book, I see that Scott Hahn is an intelligent man, an insatiable reader, and an eager student of theology. However, he seems to use these facts in place of actual arguments why Catholicism is a better picture of Christianity than what Protestant offers. Rather than giving clear, powerful, and biblical arguments, Hahn only gives us pictures of smart men becoming Catholics. That is not logic; it is a logical fallacy (appeal to authority). Be honest...after reading this, are you more swayed by his solid arguments making the case, or are you impressed that a smart, learned man and his friends chose to be Catholics?

I had a personal interest in this story beyond just being a former Catholic. Scott Hahn was a Reformed Protestant Christian who moved to Catholicism at the same time that I began my own switch from Catholicism to Reformed Protestant Christianity. We passed each other in the aisle, I suppose.

I'm not sure what your interest is in Catholicism or Protestantism or even Christianity. I would say that if you have read Rome Sweet Home, you owe it to yourself to see the other side of the argument. Check out John Stott's Basic Christianity or J. I. Packer's Knowing God. These are both good places to start. Of course, the Bible is the main text. Read Galatians or Romans or Colossians today keeping what you know about Catholicism in mind. How well does it match with what you are reading?

I guarantee that neither Stott nor Packer uses the phrase "performed the marital act" in his book. That counts for something, right?

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

home sweet rome, our journey to catholicism by scott and kimberly hahn Jun 18, 2010
the story of the hahn's journey to the catholic church was in many ways similar to my own journey. I will be sharing this book with family members and friends.

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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Inspirational Wake-Up Call for Cradle Catholics Mar 28, 2010
This book was first recommended to me by my mother-in-law, but before I had the chance to read it I saw that Scott Hahn was coming to my city to be a guest speaker at a local Baptist college. If you ever have the opportunity to hear him in person, take it! He is dynamic, thought-provoking, humorous, and intellectual. Much like this book.

This book is primarily one man and one woman's story of how they moved from being evangelical Presbyterians to Catholics. But more than that, it is a textbook for documenting misconceptions about the Catholic Church. Because Scott and Kimberly Hahn were militant in their anti-Catholic feelings, they were the most surprised of all when they discovered after careful study that the Catholic Church had it right, after all.

Hahn tackles major differences between Catholics and other Christians. Some of those he touches on and backs up the Catholic position on by citing the Biblical source are: the faith v. faith and good works debate (page 32); the transubstantiation v. consubstantiation debate over the Eucharist (page 49); Biblical support for the Pope (page 71). There are many others including contraception, the reverence for Mary, etc. Both writers approach their subject matter in an easy-to-follow conversational tone that is warm and inviting and makes this a hard book to put aside.

Perhaps this was written to convince those searching for an answer, but I think it is also a wonderful way for life-long Catholics to re-examine and more fully understand their beliefs and, therefore, be better prepared to defend them. The Hahns quote Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (of 1950's TV fame) as saying "There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Roman Catholic Church; there are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church." Perhaps this book can clear up some of that misinformation and help us all to understand each other better.

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

What a great book!!! Mar 24, 2010
As a cradle catholic, I have read many books on catholic apologetics. Patrick Madrid, Karl Keating, and Scott Hahn are some of my favorite authors. I find each one of these men a great gift from God. I feel very blessed that God would send authors like these into my life to educate me on my faith and bring me closer to Him.

I have wanted to read Rome Sweet Home for many years, but I have been putting it off in favor of other apologetic books from Hahn and Madrid. I decided to read this book for Lent this year. I am now sorry that I waited so long to read it. It is a wonderful book. I could not put it down. I read it in two sittings.

It was a very heart-warming, and moving story of conversion. I know that I am biased, because I am catholic, but my wife is a convert, so I could relate to some of the struggles Scott and Kimberly had in their journey. I particularly like the way the book was written. First from Scotts point of view, then from Kimberly's. The back and forth perspective was a very creative and entertaining for the reader. They wrote this with their hearts on their sleeves. It felt very honest and true to life.

I have been around many anti-catholic, so I can understand some of the low ratings on this book, but I think most of them were written just to drive the rating down. I don't think most of them read it. If you are anti-catholic, and want to stay that way, I would not read this book. But I would recommend this book to anyone who may be considering converting. My only problem now is to find another book to read since there is two weeks left in Lent.