Catholic Apologetics

No Catholic should pass beyond age 16 without being able to answer clearly, both to himself and to others, the challenges of those who do not believe in God, who do not believe in Christ, or who do not believe in the Catholic Church. In this compact book, first published in 1928, Fr. John Laux gives both the student and the adult reader dozens of excellent, well-reasoned answers to the classic objections against the Catholic Faith.  He covers all the fundamental truths, such as the existence of God (giving the four classic proofs), the immortality of the soul, science and faith, reason and revelation, the theory of Evolution, the authenticity of the Epistles and Gospels, the divinity of Christ, His Resurrection, His founding of a visible Church, the infallibility of that Church and of the Pope, the Catholic teaching that "Outside the Church there is no salvation," and much, much more. He provides both facts and sound, logical reasoning for every question he considers, presenting also many well-chosen quotations from famous men, both Catholic and non-Catholic, who testify that the objections to these truths cannot stand up before intelligent analysis.  Thus it becomes clear that it is the believer who has his feet firmly planted in reason, in fact and in common sense; whereas, it is the unbeliever whose mind has been deceived by attractive fantasies.

Every Catholic should have a firm grounding regarding the reasonableness of his beliefs, lest he fall victim to the superficial objections to the Catholic Faith which have been refuted over and over again for years, and even for centuries. From Catholic Apologetics the reader will derive the confidence that there are not only answers, but excellent answers to any and all difficulties about the Faith which may arise. Fr. Laux's presentation is thus a powerful tool to help Catholics today hold fast with firm confidence to their precious Faith-that Faith which has time and again proved to be the bulwark of sanity in this world, as well as the inestimable "Pearl of Great Price," for which true believers will sacrifice anything to possess.