BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following works served as resources for both the scripture
references and the ideas represented in this booklet. Each is
excellent in its own way. Tim Staples' tapes, listed first, were
particularly instructive. But you will have no trouble finding dozens
of books and tapes which will provide you with valuable information in
far greater depth and detail than can be included in this modest
volume. See Below:
The Faith of Our Fathers
By: James Cardinal Gibbons
Explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and why we hold them. Delves
into the historical background of virtually everything people find hard to
understand about our Religion, such as priestly celibacy, sacred images, the
Church and the Bible, the primacy of Peter, Communion under one kind,
invocation of the Saints, etc. First published in 1876, when there was much
anti- Catholic sentiment in the U.S., it sold 1.4 million copies in 40 years
and has been reprinted many times since. Top of Form 1
List Price: $17.50 From www.TanBooks.com
Rebuilding A Lost Faith
By an American Agnostic
By: John L. Stoddard
A famous and fabulous apologetics book, written as the story of one man's
40-year search for Truth. How he went from being a Protestant seminary
student to an agnostic to a Catholic (late in life). Answers intelligently
all the basic arguments against the Faith. Top of Form 1
List Price: $16.50 From www.TanBooks.com
Apologetics
A Philosophic Defense and Explanation of the Catholic Religion
By: Msgr. Paul L Glen
Proves the truth of the Faith from a philosophic point of view. Covers
proofs for the existence of God; His nature, attributes and action on the
world; the nature of religion; the necessity and fact of supernatural
revelation; Christ the Redeemer, True God and True Man; His Church--its
marks and attributes; the necessity of the Church; plus, the Bible as the
true word of God. Top of Form 1
List Price: $12.50 From www.TanBooks.com
Catholic Apologetics Today
Answers to Modern Critics by Rev. William G. Most
An up-to-date Apologetics that is completely traditional. Covers Christ as
Messias, veracity of the Gospels, miracles, existence of God, good and evil,
authorship of Scripture, can pagans be saved, etc. Continually popular. Top
of Form 1
List Price: $12.00 From www.TanBooks.com
The Catholic Controversy
St. Francis de Sales' Defence of the Faith
By: St. Francis de Sales
This book is a collection of pamphlets written by St. Francis de Sales as a
young priest (27 to 29) struggling to reach people who would not listen to
him: the 72,000 Calvinists of the French Chablais region, who had lost the
Faith 60 years previous. The task looked hopeless yet in four years 72,000
had returned to the Catholic Faith. Here are some of the most cogent
arguments against Protestantism ever penned, presenting a defense of the
Faith that has never been equaled. Top of Form 1
List Price: $16.50 From www.TanBooks.com
Right And Reason
Ethics in Theory and Practice Based on the Teachings of Aristotle and St.
Thomas Aquinas
By: Rev. Austin Fagothey
Phrased in non-technical language, Right and Reason is a thoroughly
competent book in the philosophy of Ethics, which gives the science of
morality from the Aristotelian-Thomistic, common-sense school of
thought--which is none other than the Perennial Philosophy of the Ages, the
philosophy outside of which one's positions quickly become absurd and all
reasoning ends up in dead-ends.
List Price: $25.00 From www.TanBooks.com
Biblical Apologetics Course, and
All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed,
both by Tim Staples. These are tape series published by St.
Joseph Radio, Orange, California. Mr. Staples, now a celebrated
Catholic apologist, is a former evangelical whose intellectual
integrity and hunger for the truth drew him -- despite some 'kicking
and screaming' -- to embrace the Catholic Christian faith. In the
tapes he provides stirring, scripture-based explanations of the
Church's teachings in a variety of areas.
Radio Replies, by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble and Rev. Charles Carty,
published in three volumes by TAN Books, Rockford, Illinois.
Fascinating answers to incredibly wide-ranging questions fielded
during a long-running radio program dedicated to apologetics. From
www.TanBooks.com
Faith of Our Fathers, by James Cardinal Gibbons, published by TAN
Books, Rockford, Illinois. A simple, concise, understandable
explanation of the Catholic faith by one of the giants of 19th century
American Catholicism. From www.TanBooks.com
Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical
Reasons for Becoming Catholic, by Patrick Madrid, published by
Basilica Press, San Diego, California. Intimate portraits of the
sometimes joyful, sometimes anguished journeys of a number of serious,
seeking Christians to the Catholic faith.
The Faith of the Early Fathers, edited by William Jurgens, published
in three volumes by The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota. An
eye-opening digest of the writings of the early Church fathers.
Provides clear, unequivocal confirmation that the Catholic Church's
doctrines -- the priesthood, the sacraments, the primacy of the bishop
of Rome, reverence for the Blessed Mother, in fact virtually
everything the Church teaches today -- actually date back to the very
earliest community of Christian believers; in fact all the way back to
the communities of faith who were taught by the apostles themselves.
Catholicism & Fundamentalism, by Karl Keating, published by Ignatius
Press, San Francisco, California. A detailed discussion of the attacks
by fundamentalist believers on the teachings of the Church.
Not By Scripture Alone, by Robert A. Sungenis, et al, published by
Queenship Publishing, Santa Barbara, California. An exhaustive,
enlightening -- and, to my mind anyway, decisive -- exploration of
this key issue between Catholic and Protestant believers.
Glad You Asked: Scriptural Answers for our Times, by John H. Hampsch,
C.M.F., published by Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division,
Huntington, Indiana. A basic, succinct, scripture-based compendium of
Catholic theology and apologetics, written for the layman. Written in
a Q&A format, it discusses cultural as well as doctrinal issues.
By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition, by
Mark P. Shea, published by Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division,
Huntington, Indiana. A clear and powerful look at the arguments for
and against 'sola scriptura' and Church authority. Rich in both
scripture and history, it presents a compelling, clear and rational
case.
Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the
Early Church, by Stephen K. Ray, published by Ignatius Press, San
Francisco, California. An impressive compendium of texts -- from both
scripture and the writings of the Early Fathers -- which establish
beyond question the fact that the entire community of the faithful,
from the earliest times, acknowledged Peter's office and authority.
Ray's assiduous scholarship has rendered this issue virtually beyond
disputing.
On Being Catholic, by Thomas Howard, published by Ignatius Press, San
Francisco, California. A prominent former Evangelical scholar and
author provides a personal witness to the beauty and truth of the
Catholic faith. Makes complex concepts accessible.
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic, by David B. Currie,
published by Ignatius Press, San Francisco, California. A
scripture-steeped exploration of one believer's struggle to accept his
increasing conviction -- prompted by careful study of scripture and
history -- that the Catholic Church is the one, true and apostolic
Church founded by Jesus Christ.
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