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Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine

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Fr Peter Joseph has done a tremendous service to the Church by revising the excellent work of Archbishop Michael Sheehan. This book is very comprehensive in its outline of the Catholic faith.
The structure is very good, first starting with arguments for the existence of God. The arguments are presented in a very clear and succinct fashion.
Having gone through the existence of God the unique claims of Jesus Christ are then considered. The data for seeing which Church is the Church that Christ Founded are then put forth. Chapter 12 on the marvel of the church is particularly inspiring.
Having gone through this it moves to the second book Catholic doctrine. This is an extremely usefull and up to date summary of the Church's teachings. Many of the typical questions people ask are dealt with.
I thouroughly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about the Catholic Church

This is a magnificent update of an absolute classic. Dr Sheehan's "Apologetics" is a step-by-step argument for the truth of the Catholic religion - logical, succinct, reasonable, and dealing with every objection on the way. Convincing and informative.

This apologetics classic is in my view simply the best available today. It is clear, comprehensive and highly to the point. Above all, the book does not have that modernist tendency to praise almost too much the value of other religious traditions in the name of ecumenism. On the contrary, it is directed to demonstrate why Christianity, and especially Catholicism, has the fullness of truth of Jesus Christ. If you intend to be an apologist for the Faith, this is definetely the book.

I purchased the book for a class and thought that it would be hard to grasp but the book is well-written and understandable even to a lay person such as myself.