Start your FREE subscription today. Catholicism and Fundamentalism By Karl Keating. After showing the origins of fundamentalism, he examines representative anti-Catholic groups and presents their arguments in their own words. His rebuttals are clear, detailed, and charitable.
Special emphasis is given to the scriptural basis for Catholic doctrines and beliefs.
Visit Catholic Freebies to get free stuff for Catholics. Take a swim at Tiber River . In early Christian architecture a portion of the church at the west end, separated from the nave by a low wall or screen and reserved for the catechumens, energumens, and penitents who were not admitted amongst the congregation. The narthex was of two kinds. The outer narthex was sometimes used as a hall of judgment and for other secular purposes, and, after the sixth century, as a place of burial, while the inner narthex sometimes called the matroneum , was used, probably for certain persons of rank or distinction, rather than as a women's gallery.