Apologetics is the science which aims to explain and justify religious doctrine, according to the Catholic Dictionary. It shows the reasonableness of such doctrine in the face of the objections offered by those who refuse to accept the Catholic faith. The practice of Apologetics is also known as "defending the faith." Books in this category will assist you in "defending the faith" on every point of Catholic doctrine.

About this book - What does it mean to be evangelical? What does it mean to be Catholic? Can one consider oneself both simultaneously? Dr. Francis Beckwith has wrestled with these questions personally and professionally. He was baptized a Catholic, but his faith journey led him to Protestant evangelicalism. He became a philosophy professor at Baylor University and president of the Evangelical …

"The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” Amazing as that is – and it is truly amazing! – perhaps even more amazing is the fact that the Word continues to dwell among us today, no longer in His Physical but in His Mystical Body, the Church. Object of love or hate, admiration or hostility, like Jesus Himself the Church is a sign of contradiction. In confrontation with …

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 …

Vladimir Soloviev's true legacy consists of three simple propositions.  Jesus Christ instituted the universal jurisdiction and infallible teaching authority of the papacy as a perpetual gift to his Church.  Apart from the papacy, the Eastern churches will always remain what they are now:  ethnic, national churches, totally independent and disunited.  Only in union with Rome …

Saint Joseph People's Catechism John R. Klopke, C.PP.S. A Catechism of the Catholic Faith that answers the needs of people today. It makes use of the latest findings of Catholic scholarship. Contents Foreward 1. The God of the Bible 2. God and Man 3. The Story of Salvation 4. The Life of Jesus 5. Jesus Christ, the Redeemer 6. Jesus Christ, the Lord 7. The Church of the World 8. The Divided …

Robert Stackpole, Director of the Marians' John Paul II Institute, does a masterful job of explaining the scriptural roots of the papacy in St. Peter, the first Pope. He also delves into the ministry of the Pope in the life of the early Church, and then makes clear why the Pope has universal jurisdiction in the Church as the successor of St. Peter.

A provocative title, an excellent apologetics work. Protestants call it idolatry and modernists see it as quaint superstition, but in these lucid pages written over a century ago, Catholic author Orestes Brownson demonstrates that veneration of Mary and the saints is not merely permissible; it's essential for every Christian who yearns to worship God in spirit and in truth. Worship comes from …

There are times when you just know, as if by instinct, and often before you're able to say exactly why, that an argument you're hearing is fatally flawed; it gives off something like the hollow thunk of cheap glass.  But then there are those rare and precious times when you read a book or an article and-ping!-there's no mistaking:  This is the real thing.  At the banquet table …

Dr. Scott Hahn A remarkable series that shows how the Catholic Church is the culmination of salvation history and the fulfillment of God's covenants with His people in the Old Testament. One Holy Family:  From Adam to Noah One Holy Tribe:  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob One Holy Nation:  Moses, Aaron, Levi One Holy Kingdom:  David and Solomon One Holy Church:  Jesus and the …

This book traces the role of Judaism and the Jewish people in God's plan for the salvation of mankind, from Abraham through the Second Coming, as revealed by the Catholic faith and by a thoughtful examination of history. I will give both Jews and Christians a deeper understanding of Judaism, both as a religion in itself and as a central component of salvation history. The book examines the …

Scripture Alone? By Joel Peters Here are the 21 classic reasons why the Protestant doctrine of "Scripture alone" as a basis of faith is wrong. Disproves the theory from Scripture itself, from history, and from the problems it raises. A great little book and one sorely needed today.

You don't have to become a biblical scholar or a theologian to be an effective spokesman for the Catholic Faith. In fact, even though you don't know all the answers and can't explain every aspect of the Faith, you can begin winning souls to the Church right now ... using prayer, friendship, and common sense. It sounds almost too good to be true, but in Search and Rescue Patrick Madrid explains …

This book is a new release and will be published in May 2008.

This assault is not happening from accident or whim. It is happening because disaffected liberals have deliberately set out to upend our Judeo-Christian traditions. Indeed, they are determined to tear down the traditional norms, values, and institutions that have been part of American society from its founding. The cultural debris that these saboteurs have created will take decades to clean …

The companion volume to Characters of the Passion and The Cross and the Beatitudes This inspirational classic from one of the most popular and bestloved Catholic prelates of the 20th century interprets the relationship between the seven recorded words that Our Blessed Mother spoke in the Gospels and the seven last words of Jesus as he hung on the cross. From Cana where Mary set the stage for …

This acclaimed story traces the idyllic marriage of Sheldon and Jean Vanauken, their search for faith, their friendship with C. S. Lewis, and the tragedy of untimely death and love lost. It includes 18 letters from C. S. Lewis. Sheldon Vanauken is the author of Gateway to Heaven, The Glittering Illusion, and Under the Mercy, a sequel to A Severe Mercy.

Catholic Faith Explorers Series Catholics are coming alive, like never before, to the fact that we are called be God to know and live our faith.  We are hungering to know more about our faith and are searching for materials and adult faith enrichment programs that inspire, inform, and equip us to do the work that God has called us to do. Excellent resources for individual or small …

Catholic Faith Explorers Series Catholics are coming alive, like never before, to the fact that we are called be God to know and live our faith.  We are hungering to know more about our faith and are searching for materials and adult faith enrichment programs that inspire, inform, and equip us to do the work that God has called us to do. Excellent resources for individual or small …

Signs of Life is beloved author Scott Hahn’s clear and comprehensive guide to the Biblical doctrines and historical traditions that underlie Catholic beliefs and practices. Devoting single chapters to each topic, the author takes the reader on a journey that illuminates the roots and significance of all things Catholic, including: the Sign of the Cross, the Mass, the Sacraments, praying …

Catholic Faith Explorers Series Catholics are coming alive, like never before, to the fact that we are called be God to know and live our faith.  We are hungering to know more about our faith and are searching for materials and adult faith enrichment programs that inspire, inform, and equip us to do the work that God has called us to do. Excellent resources for individual or small …

Catholic Faith Explorers Series Catholics are coming alive, like never before, to the fact that we are called be God to know and live our faith.  We are hungering to know more about our faith and are searching for materials and adult faith enrichment programs that inspire, inform, and equip us to do the work that God has called us to do. Excellent resources for individual or small …

Utilizing the dialogue format that the Greek philosopher made famous, Kreeft presents the latest in his series of small books on philosophy. In a unique and compelling take on the philosophies of the modern world, Kreeft pits the ancient Greek philosopher against the founder of Communism. Humorous, frank, and insightful, this book challenges the reader to step in and take hold of what is right …

Rev. Louis Bouyer shows Catholics the value of many principles that inspired the 16th century Protestant reformers such as free and unmerited salvation, the sovereignty of God, justification by faith, the believer's personal responsibility toward action, and the sovereignty of Holy Scripture. But he also discusses the weakening elements such as denial of objective value of the sacraments, as …

By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. Father Groeschel, the highly respected author, psychologist, spiritual director and leader of renewal in the religious life, has written a brief but comprehensive practical guide for all those interested in private revelations, the reports of visions and other extraordinary religious phenomena that are so widespread in these times. Because of the intense …

From time to time, all Catholics have them: nagging questions about church life, often prompted by some personal encounter or challenging situation: - Is a layperson allowed to preach a homily? - Is a pastor required to report to someone regarding parish finances, or is he on his own? - It seems like the parish council is running your parish. Does it have the authority to do so? - Must a child …

bY Pete Vere and Michael Trueman Canon law—could it possibly have any relevance to your life? More than you might think. This legal system that governs the day-to-day workings of the Roman Catholic Church deals with matters that touch the life of every Catholic. The authors follow up their successful first book— Surprised by Canon Law: 150 Questions Catholics Ask About Canon Law …

Patrick Madrid These eleven personal conversion accounts are unlike any you've ever read - they're packed with biblical, theological, and historical proofs for Catholicism. Each year thousands of atheists, Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Pentecostals are being surprised by Catholic truth - and these converts tell you why. These converts, coming from varied backgrounds, converged on the …

Patrick Madrid These eye-opening accounts by more than a dozen new Catholics reveal why these people changed their minds about their old beliefs and entered the Catholic Church. Dramatic and thought-provoking, these intensely personal stories answer - definitively - virtually every common objection to the Catholic Faith. If you're an honest seeker for truth, you have to grapple with the issues …

Scott Hahn pulls from the history of ancient Israel, the Gospels, the writings of the early Church, and the lives of the saints to make the argument that Western society is eroding because its people have not kept their covenants with God.  

Teilhardism And The New Religion - A Thorough Analysis Of The Teachings Of Pierre Teilhard De Chardin Dr. Wolfgang Smith Shows Teilhardian ideas are at the root of the "new religion" laying waste to the Catholic Church today. A definitive criticism of Teilhard's ideas, showing them to be scientifically false and philosophically impossible. Explodes the theory of physical evolution. Original …

This handy pamphlet from OSV gives you a brief introduction to the Bible and Bible Study in 6 easy-to-read pages.

  The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith by John Salza There's a misconception that the Catholic Church "made up" a lot of its teachings. That much of what Catholics believe has no foundation in Scripture. How do you debunk that myth if you're a devout Catholic but your knowledge of Scripture is spotty? How do you get to the truth if you're a fervent non-Catholic but your …

Who is Mary for us today? Pope John Paul II explored this question in a series of general audiences talks given from 1995 to 1997. Collected in this volume, these catechesis form an easy-to-follow course in Marian doctrine and devotion. Basing his thought on the Council's lead, the Pope places Mary in a scriptural and ecclesial context. The humble Virgin of Nazareth appears as she really was - …

Timothy Drake Foreward by Rev. Richard John Neuhaus Nearly 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95-theses to the church door at Wittenberg, the Lutheran Church has split again and again. What went wrong? These thought-provoking testimonies by eleven former Lutherans reveal how far the Lutheran Church has strayed from Luther. They include moving stories from four former female pastors, …

This Is My Body is a popular apologetic written in terms accessible to lay Evangelical Protestants. Mark Shea goes through each of the standard Protestant objections and shows them to be logically flawed, exegetically untenable, or based upon misconceptions as to what the Catholic teaching really is. Shea positively and convincingly constructs the Catholic case. About Mark P. Shea Mark P. Shea …

This book provides a way, based on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, to handing on the truths of the Faith with unwavering fidelity.

We Catholics are often asked tough questions about our Faith and its relationship to the Bible. Here are the ten most popular questions, with clear, insightful answers that should clear things up, both for yourself, and for the questioner. Questions include: Are your beliefs found in the Bible?...Why do you obey the pope?...Why do you worship Mary...Are you saved?...and more. Call for bulk …

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Truth And Tolerance - Christian Belief and World Religions By Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Is truth knowable? If we know the truth, must we hide it in the name of tolerance? Cardinal Ratzinger engages the problem of truth, tolerance, religion and culture in the modern world. Describing the vast array of world religions, Ratzinger embraces the difficult challenge of meeting …

The Catholic Church may be the most controversial institution in the world. Whether the question is the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, the relationship of Catholicism to other religious communities, the meaning of freedom, the use and abuse of sex, the dignity of human life from conception until natural death, or the role of women, the Catholic Church has taken challenging positions that some …

The Catholic Church may be the most controversial institution in the world. Whether the question is the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, the relationship of Catholicism to other religious communities, the meaning of freedom, the use and abuse of sex, the dignity of human life from conception until natural death, or the role of women, the Catholic Church has taken challenging positions that some …

Drawing on his years of experience as a Catholic writer, Philip Trower offers a long view of how the Church has arrived in its present situation. Wheareas many analyses take the Second Vatican Council as their starting point, Trower turns his gaze back towards the previous centuries, searching out the roots of modern conflicts over authority within the Church, the nature of Scripture, the …

Praise for John Meehan's TWO TOWERS: " John Meehan's TWO TOWERS is a carefully reasoned, deeply felt, and frequently moving analysis of the present-day crisis of the Catholic Church and what must be done to respond to the challenge. It deserves a place in the growing body of literature that not only urges the authentic renewal of the Church according to the mind of Vatican Council II, but …

St. Paul writes to the Christians living in Corinth that there is "one Lord, one faith, [and] one baptism" (Eph 4:5). What St. Paul is saying is that, since our one Lord (Jesus Christ) instituted only one Church (cf. Matt 16:18-19), that one Church holds only one faith (i.e., has distinct set of beliefs.) If one browses through his hometown phone book, one will likely discover scores …

The "New Age" Movement is widely discussed and promoted by fashionable personalities and the commercial media. Its symbols and concepts are becoming increasingly widespread. But as a bizarre combination of humanist ideals, pagan superstitions, self-deification, Satanism and witchcraft, the New Age Movement is far more dangerous than it appears. All the more alarming, therefore, is the spread …

As an Evangelical Protestant, Stephen Ray realized that the real issue dividing Catholics and Protestants was authority. Everything else was secondary to the issue of authority. Protestants accept the authority of the Bible alone, whereas Catholics understand the authority to be residing in the Magisterium, the Scriptures and the Sacred Tradition. Ray goes through the Scriptures and writings …

Karl Keating The author of the perennial best-seller, Catholicism and Fundamentalism , presents here, not so much a sequel, as a supplement to the first groundbreaking work. In the first book, Keating gave a panoramic view of the attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians", highlighting prominent anti-Catholic individuals and organizations and discussing at length controverted doctrines. Here …

The War On Mel Gibson Gary North By the time Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ opened on Ash Wednesday of 2004 the liberal media had been accusing Mel Gibson of everything from anti-semitism to anti-ecumenical to promotion of pornographic violence. The media also charged that the movie was one sided, tasteless, and inaccurate. Is it really these things that are the issue or is it a terror of …

As the head of the Catholic Church, the pope is the leader of the faithful. But for non-Catholics the papacy is one of the most difficult aspects of Catholicism to accept. From often misunderstood concepts such as papal infallibility to the unbroken and irrefutable connection between Peter and today's Pope, We Have A Pope will provide you with the answers to common difficulties. You'll find …

  Here are the compelling stories of eleven "reverts", Catholics who fell away from the Church and eventually came back home. Some of the people are very well-known, like Fr. John Corapi, Rick Strom and Jesse Romero, and others are known only in their smaller circles. But each person's story of why he left the Catholic Church and why he returned is a unique and moving tale of God's mercy, …

The authors give, in brief and simple form, a summary of the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church, and of the fruits of the faith contained in the teachings. The first part, The Faith of the Christian , outlines the basic teachings as embodied in the Apostles Creed, followed by chapters on the Seven Sacraments and the Liturgical Year. The second part, concerned with the fruits of …

Have you heard these common misconceptions? Whatever the pope says is the gospel truth. At every Mass Jesus is sacrificed again. The popular apologist and best-selling author of Catholicism and Fundamentalism addresses fifty-two of the most common misconceptions about the Catholic Faith that are held by many Catholics and Protestants. Drawing upon Scripture and the Catholic tradition, he not …

What Does the Bible Say About The End Times? A Catholic View by William Kurz, S.J.   Where did we come from? Where are we going? How will the world come to an end?   Has God given us clues from which we can deduce an end-time scenario? Will believers be "raptured," spared the tribulation of cataclysmic times? Many Catholics find themselves confused by current …

What is Catholicism? Questions ... Answers ... Truth Can you defend your Faith without becoming tongue-tied or vacillating?  Do you feel adequately prepared to explain Church teaching to anyone who asks?   Now you can.   Using language and terms all of us can understand, Father John Redford gives straight answers to more than fifty of the hardest questions about Catholicism. …

Gerard Morrissey explains how concerned Catholics can promote allegiance to the Holy Father and the proper way to write a respectful letter to bishops and priests bringing problems to their attention. Sample letters and a list of orthodox literature and organizations to which Catholics can turn for advice and information are included . A goldmine of useful information for all concerned …

Is Christianity obsolete? Can an intelligent, educated person really believe the Bible? Or do the atheists have it right? Has Christianity been disproven by science, debunked as a force for good, and discredited as a guide to morality? Bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza ( What’s So Great About America ) looks at Christianity with a questioning eye, but treats atheists with equal …

Finally, a handy book has been written just for Catholics who want to know what to say to Mormon missionaries at their door.  In this brief, easy-to-read handbook, you'll find everything you need to rebut what the missionaries are trained to say to you.

We are experiencing a dramatic social upheaval in today’s world, a breakdown of our living conditions and values. A non-stop world: No one can stop it, and we find no place to stop in it. Political boundaries become less important; social structures seem to disintegrate—all is subordinated to cash flow and profit maximization. With growing individualism, the concept of the good and …