Catholic Review of: The Essential Catholic Survival Guide

When I received The Essential Catholic Survival Guide in the mail, I couldn't imagine what I got myself into. The book by the Staff of Catholic Answers was huge. It's a 533 page book, and I kept thinking "how am I ever going to get through this."

 

But this book is very easy to read. And it has answers to all the questions you ever wanted to know about the Catholic faith. It starts out with "The Church & the Papacy" & ends with "Practical Apologetics". There is so much more to t

his book though.

 

There are questions and answers to some of the most common questions like "Do Catholic Worship Statues?" to more complex ones like "Where is Purgatory found in the Bible?"

 

You also have questions and answers about Birth Control, Celibacy and the Priesthood, The Great Heresies & many, many more subjects..

 

Also in this book are how to answer questions from people of other faiths (i.e. Fundamentalists, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, & Jehovah's Witness. The authors give you practical and helpful tips on how to answer the questions they ask.

 

Towards the end of the book the authors give you helpful advice on Starting out as an apologist & what books you should have on your bookshelf to help with the apolgetics.

 

Finally ending the book is Common Catholic Prayers. They have the all the Mysteries of the Rosary, The Hail Mary, The Our Father etc. and end up with the Scriptural Reference Guide.

 

Even though this book took me awhile to read, it was worth it. This should be in every Catholic persons or families home. It's very easy to use, and is very well written. I highly recommend it.

 

You can purchase this book here.