# Fulton Sheen Book Recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Popular Media\ **Created:** [September 23, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237 "2026-09-23T21:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CanadianPriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@CanadianPriest](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/CanadianPriest)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/1 "2026-09-23T21:41:21Z")
I would like to congratulate my American neighbours on this forum on the imminent beatification of one your compatriots, Archbishop Fulton Sheen. In honour of his beatification, I thought it would be good to start a thread where we can each post a Sheen book recommendation. My recommendation is actually an anthology of Sheen writings edited by Allan Smith, who is Canadian (I couldn’t resist mentioning that): _The Cries of Jesus from the Cross_ (Sophia Institute Press). It is a collection of Sheen’s writings about the seven last words of Jesus (i.e. his words from the Cross). I look forward to finding out what your Sheen book recommendation is. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/2 "2026-09-25T20:31:24Z")
> [@CanadianPriest](#): > > In honour of his beatification, I thought it would be good to start a thread where we can each post a Sheen book recommendation. I love Fulton J. Sheen and I am super excited about his beatification! I’ve never actually read any of his books, though I have many of them sitting in my wish-list. I know Patrick Coffin (also Canadian) has recommended a few of Sheen’s books on his Podcast, but I cannot recall offhand which ones he had mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/4 "2026-09-28T16:42:22Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Do you agree? I agree, but I am not sure what this has to do with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianPriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@CanadianPriest](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/CanadianPriest)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/6 "2026-09-29T14:46:56Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Did you know that Sheen promoted religious indifferentism? He said that there is something good in all religions. That’s blasphemy. False. Saying there is something good in all religions does not equal religious indifferentism. Religious indifferentism is saying that it doesn’t matter what you believe, or who/how you worship, or how you live. Saying there is something good in all religions is to acknowledge that some things in those religions are true, good, and beautiful. It does **not** mean that all things in those religions are true/good/beautiful. It also does **not** mean that those other religions are more true/good/beautiful than the Catholic Christian religion. It is deep in our tradition to acknowledge that there are elements of truth, beauty, and goodness in other religions. For example, St. Augustine said that the angels of God whispered to the Gentile pagans before Christ came so that they would be prepared to accept him when the Gospel message would come to them. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/8 "2026-09-30T16:38:58Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Did you know that Sheen promoted religious indifferentism? He said that there is something good in all religions. That’s blasphemy. Saying that there is something good in all religions is neither indifferentism nor blasphemy. It is reality. We can go through each false religion if you would like to. Is your claim that all false religions contain nothing good? Not one thing? > [@](#): > > Cade, if you go to this video and go to the 13:50 minute mark and listen to what Sheen says. Did you listen to what he said before the 13:50 minute mark? He says, just because other religions do or believe similar things to the Apostolic Faith, it does not therefore make those religions true religions. I disagree with Fulton Sheen here after the 13:50 marker, that we should not point out where we disagree. We should do both. We can find common ground while also pointing out our differences. It isn’t one or the the other. But, if you listen to the end of that video, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen does distinguish between the false religions and the true Christian Faith. So, I think your confusion is that where Fulton Sheen is comparing truth, you are interpreting him to be saying that all religions are the same. And he is not saying this. In fact he is saying the opposite in this Episode. For if he were saying what you claim he is saying, that would be indifferentism and blasphemy, but he isn’t saying this. He is simply saying that there are things in other religions that are true. And that is not a false statement. And he is saying that because these other religions may teach some truths, it does not therefore make them true religions, nor equal to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Faith. Then he concludes by saying why the Chrisians Faith is true and why the other religions are not. Furthermore, I would bet that if you stood and talked on any topic for 25 to 30 minutes, that you would say something that might be misinterpreted. And then there is the phenomenon where if you are looking for something to complain about, you will find something. My brother (now an Atheist) Church-hopped with his Wife after they got Married. And every Church they went to, he found something (whether that was “hypocrisy” or opposed to his worldview) and so he concluded that Church wasn’t for him. You are doing something similar. You view everything through the lens of Vatican I vs. Vatican II. And so, anything that sounds like it confirms your bias, you will point the finger and say, “See!” One of the things that I really like about Trent Horn is that he argues what someone actually believes, rather than his own understanding of it or misrepresentation of it. Trent also runs by his shows with individuals who hold to those beliefs. Recently, he did [an Episode about teachings of the LDS Church](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpd_h0RdIdI) that he found surprising. And he asked a Mormon Apologist to make sure what he was saying was in deed accurate of what they believe. And when you read the comments, you see LDS thanking him for being fair. How many times have you been in a discussion with a Protestant or Evangelical Christian who makes claims about what Catholic Christians believe, but what they claim is not in fact what we believe? This happens a lot and does it give them more or less credibility? And if one of these calls Catholicism “demonic” or “of the devil,” does this convince you that what they say is true? You are saying that Bishop Fulton Sheen is saying something that he is not, based on a small statement that one could twist to their own desire. You can go ahead and hate Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. But, if you are going to disagree with him, at least disagree with what he actually believes and not what you want to believe about him. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/11 "2026-09-30T21:58:43Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Things are as they are written, not hard to understand! Again, you argue like many Evangelical Protestants that I encounter. In fact, one said this very thing last week about her belief in her _Bible Alone_ theology. I asked her, “What happens if two Christians disagree on a matter of faith, morals, or even Sacred Scripture, where does the Bible say to go?” Rather than answer the question Biblically, she said that the Word of God is easy to understand, so any disagreement is because you are not a Christian. So far, I have hear you make both of these argument. 1. Things are as they are written, not hard to understand and 2. Anyone who does not agree with your understanding (or in your case, with your understanding of _Vatican I alone_) then you are not a Christian. Yes, your theology is not the same as Evangelical Protestants, but your arguments are quite similar. And the way that you act as though you are the judge of souls, calling anyone who does not agree with your push “demonic” or “satanic” is right out of the Zionist handbook (though you are not a Zionist). > [@](#): > > So far, try to pick apart anything that I stated in all my posts that is misinterpreted or erroneous?? I already have shown you where you have misinterpreted what I believe. And I have shown you where you have misinterpreted what Fulton J. Sheen believed. Challenge completed : ) > [@](#): > > I sincerely challenge you to a debate that the doctrines of Vatican II are a bunch of lies. Do you accept?? I do not accept. However, I have a few questions to ask you that I think will be important to your challenge. 1. Are you a _sede_? And if so, who was the last validly elected Pope? 2. Do you believe that Christ gave the Apostles and their successor the authority & responsibility “to loosen and to bind” and what does this mean to you? 3. Are you a member of SSPX? And if so, were the original Priests of the _Society of Saint Pius X_ ordained under Vatican I or under Vatican II? Were these Priests validly ordained in your opinion? Why or Why not? 4. Were you raised Trad? 5. Do you dress like a Trad? And if so, why do you dress in the style of Vatican I and not of an earlier time-periods? Are you a more modern Trad? If someone believes in only the things of pre-modern _Tradism_, are they more Trad than you? I’m just curious about how Trad you truly are. And how you categorize one’s Tradness. Is a _sede_ more trad or less trad than a member of the SSPX? Is someone who only believes up until what the Council of Trent taught more trad than someone who accepts Vatican I? Thanks : ) ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/15 "2026-10-01T13:51:59Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Cade, you have shown me anything that I have posted that you have refuted with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. Let’s start there. Produce what the Magisterium says that I am in opposition with!!! I see nowhere where the Magisterium has said, “immutable\_catholic has said this and we would like to clarify something he has misinterpreted.” I cannot Magisterially show you where they have commented on anything you have misunderstood about me nor Blessed Fulton J. Sheen, because it hasn’t. > [@](#): > > And you are a coward for not wanting to debate the robber council against 2000 years of Catholic teaching! I would destroy you because I know the doctrines of the robber council inside and out!! You would take glee in destroying someone. I’m not a coward. I just don’t think it would be very productive. That, and I do not want to give you the satisfaction. You come off as very angry and if I’m being honest, very miserable. Why would anyone want what you claim to have? They wouldn’t. > [@](#): > > Don’t be a coward, lets put the doctrines on the table!! Have at it bro. I just won’t debate it though. You are like the Catholic version of Jay Dyer. And guess what, the real Jay Dyer has retired from online debates. Why? Probably because it has made him an insufferable human being (though he would not likely admit this). ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/16 "2026-10-01T13:54:03Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > The prideful coward that you are, you are afraid to debate me on facts, and at the same time you have the nerve to ask me questions. So you are not going to answer my questions then? Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/17 "2026-10-01T13:55:21Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > You are such an arrogant young person. I’m probably older than you. Unless you were born under Vatican I? We’ll never know, because you do not answer questions about yourself. And as far as me being arrogant? We can take a poll if you would like. Who is more arrogant throughout these conversations? _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/17))_ I think that you lack self-awareness. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/21 "2026-10-01T22:24:26Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Actually I am very aware of bad willed persons, like you. How am I “bad willed”? > [@](#): > > I am older than you. Born before the heretical “Second Vatican Council”. I guess I am younger than you. Thank you for sharing something about yourself. I appreciate that. > [@](#): > > Since you embrace this heretical council, I will openly call you a liar and a heretic. Very charitable of you. > [@](#): > > And I will prove it by proffering what came out of the mouth of antipope Paul VI regarding his lies, subtleties and ambiguities. This is the technique of heretical writers. Okay. > [@](#): > > Paul VI says that the scriptures do not say that the jews are rejected by God, which is a blatant lie. Could be a lie or he is just wrong. > [@](#): > > "…still, what happened in His passion cannot be charged against all the Jews, without distinction, then alive, nor against the Jews of today. _Although the Church is the new people of God, the Jews should not be presented as rejected or accursed by God, as if this followed from the Holy Scriptures._… I agree that we should not blame all Jews who were not there shouting “Crucify Him” anymore than you should be held accountable for owning slaves if your ancestors owned slaves. The part about “Jews shouldn’t be presented as rejected or accused by God…” Is this in refence to what he had said in the sentence prior or as an independent thought? If the latter, then I would disagree with him there too. > [@](#): > > John 3:18: “He that believeth in him is not judged. _But he that doth not believe, is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God._” In order to reject belief, one must first be presented something to reject. So for someone who has heard the Gospel and rejects Him, they have already judged themselves, but someone who has not heard the Gospel and does not believe, this would not apply to them. > [@](#): > > Hebrews 3:19: “And we see that they could not enter in, _because of unbelief._” Again, I say _Amen!_ And you are correct that Hebrews was specifically written to a community of Jewish Christians. > [@](#): > > Acts 4:10-12: “Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him this man standeth here before you whole. _This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved._” Again I say _Amen!_ [quote] Matthew 21:4-43: “Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes. _Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof._” _Amen!_ This is all true. > [@](#): > > Matthew 8:11: “And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven: _But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth._” Yep! > [@](#): > > The antichrist John Paul II even says that the Old Covenant is not revoked. I don’t know that he said this. > [@](#): > > John Paul Il’s Catechism of the “Catholic” Church John Paul commissioned the Catechism. I believe Cardinal Ratzinger was asked to chair the 12-member commission tasked with drafting the text by Pope John Paul II in 1986. > [@](#): > > 1. The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred Scripture. Its books are divinely inspired and retain a permanent value, _for the Old Covenant has never been revoked._ [Catechism of the Catholic Church](https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/36/) In one sense, this is true. Jesus says in Matthew 5:17, “Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” So in this sense, the Old Covenant has never been revoked, but rather fulfilled. But, I agree with you that modern Jews who reject Jesus Christ are not saved under the Old Covenant. Catholics neither believe in _Replacement Theology_ nor _Bi- Covenantalism_. > [@](#): > > Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, 1441, ex cathedra: "The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and teaches that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, the Mosaic law, which are divided into ceremonies, sacred rites, sacrifices, and sacraments… after our Lord’s coming… ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began. _All, therefore, who after that time (the promulgation of the Gospel) observe circumcision and the Sabbath and the other requirements of the law, the holy Roman Church declares alien to the Christian faith and not in the least fit to participate in eternal salvation."_ Right. Exactly what I just said. You and I do not disagree on these matters. I have not read the document that you are drawing from in full context, so I cannot say if your interpretation or presentation of what is said are accurate. But, if how you have presented these are accurate, then I agree that what is said there is in error. Encyclicals are not infallible teaching. There are things in Pope Francis’ first Encyclical that I also found problematic, but Pope Francis was problematic. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/22 "2026-10-01T22:39:37Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Its not about destroying someone as you like to say it… I did not interpret what you said to mean literally destroying someone. > [@](#): > > its about totally destroying your heresies that destroy others. What heresies are you talking about? I have just shown you that I agree with you about modern Jews cutting themselves off from the True Vine. I do not believe otherwise. But, that is different than you and I playing judger of souls. I do not claim to be God. I Pray for their souls and for their conversion. Calling them _demonic_ is not going to assist in bringing individuals to Christ. You and I just have different views on how to bring others to Jesus and His Church. It is very easy for us to fall into the sin of pride. I don’t want to make it a pissing contest of who can convert more people, because ultimately, it is Christ working in us, who draws others near. We are simply an instrument. But, you and I could certainly get in the way of Christ working in the lives of others by our arrogance. You think I’m arrogant and I think you are arahant. The feeling are apparently mutual. But, again, it doesn’t matter. I actually think I am starting to like you a little bit : ) ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/25 "2026-10-01T22:59:29Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Nice try heretic. Holy crap! I called it! Read the last line of my previous post on the [other thread](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/with-the-world-wide-oil-crisis-are-we-witnessing-by-the-hand-of-god-the-coming-famine-and-war/4244/17). You have just made my day : ) ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/27 "2026-10-01T23:08:33Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > There is no such thing as a jewish Christian. Christians who came from Judaism is what I mean 🙄 > [@](#): > > There is only one faith, not many faiths! There is only one Faith that truly matters. There are many faiths and many traditions. I know this might sound “ambiguous” to you, but it is reality. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/28 "2026-10-01T23:10:45Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > Among other things, you recognize the claimants to the papacy of the Vatican II sect to be Popes. So you _are_ _Sede_? I know you were not going to answer that question, but I think we have established this. ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fulton-sheen-book-recommendations/4237/30 "2026-10-01T23:56:38Z")
> [@immutable\_catholic](#): > > You make pathetic statements but never back them up with scripture or the Magisterium. Why is that!? Because I am not retired and I have a Family. I do not have hours and hours to go digging through two thousand years of Church teaching. The quickness by which you respond leads me to believe that you either have these arguments pre-typed up and you are copying and pasting them or that you are using A.i. Are either of these an accurate assumption?