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Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin
At what level does the “discernment process” of other cultures take place?
I’m recalling that the Jesuits when evangelising the Chinese in the 16-17th cent. the Church decided honoring ancestors was not “worship”. Sometime later Rome (and I forget the details) the Church decided ancestor worship really was and the Chinese would have to give it up to be Christians.
Wait, what was that bit about Tertullian at the end?