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Finding Happiness in a Complex World
Rules from Aristotle and Aquinas
In these enlightening pages, Dr. Charles Nemeth synthesizes the judgments of history’s two greatest thinkers to present for you a life plan that inevitably leads to a happy human existence, whatever your ethnicity, religion, or citizenship.
False Mercy
Recent Heresies Distorting Catholic Truth
In this brilliant exposition of doctrine, rivaling those of Chesterton and Belloc, Dr. Malloy uses a rich variety of Catholic documents and catechisms to explain specific modern heresies, how they cropped up, and the actual Church teachings they seek to undermine.
What Catholics Need to Know About Islam
William Kilpatrick pulls no punches in courageously confronting the threats posed by Islam.
World According to God
The Whole Truth About Life and Living
Cronin takes skeptics and believers alike on a delightful tour of reality, starting with incontrovertible proofs for the existence of truth itself.
Catholic Faith Explained
Written for believers and others seeking to know the faith of Catholics better, this simple, straightforward introduction presents the basics of what the Church teaches about God and explains why believing in Him is important.
A Catholic Scientist Proves God Exists
Verschuuren's stunning proofs for God's existence - based on evidence alone - will open your eyes, stir your heart and, more importantly, deepen your faith in the wondrous Creator of Heaven and earth!
Ask Peter Kreeft
The 100 Most Interesting Questions He's Ever Been Asked
I've given thousands of lectures around the country to engaged, thoughtful, curious university and church audiences and have always made it a practice to allow for as many questions as possible. Here are the most interesting ones I've been asked, and the answers I gave.
In the Beginning
A Catholic Scientist Explains How God Made Earth Our Home
In this work of basic science written for nonspecialists, scientist Gerard Verschuuren shows how the latest findings of modern cosmology, physics, chemistry, geology, and other sciences prove that Earth was created to be our home.
Beauty
What It is and Why It Matters
Offering an abundance of accessible examples, author John Mark Miravalle demonstrates that beauty is neither in the eye of the beholder, nor for the cultivated, the dreamer, or the "hopeless romantic" alone. On the contrary, the ability to understand, recognize, and delight in beauty readies all souls for heaven - and makes it easier for us to get there.
The Missionary of Wall Street
From Managing Money to Saving Souls on the Streets of New York
Business TV maven Steve Auth has written a fascinating book about his work as chief investment officer of one of NY's largest investment firms by day-and Catholic evangelist on the streets of NYC by night.
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith
The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith tells the story of the creation and successes of this vibrant, visual-arts SWAT team whose war cry could have been "art for Faith's sake!"
Forty Anti-Catholic Lies
A Mythbusting Apologist Sets the Record Straight
In these pages, veteran apologist Gerard Verschuuren provides thorough yet concise answers to forty of the most common - and absurd - lies about the Catholic Church..
Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic
"Why are you a Catholic?" is a good question. Here are forty of Dr. Peter Kreeft's answers.
Surprised by Life
10 Converts Explain How Catholic Teachings on Life Led Them to the Church
Here you'll read the eye-opening, often heartrending life stories of ten people who struggled with some of the most difficult issues human beings face..
Priest Answers 27 Questions
You Never Thought to Ask
With wit and enthusiasm, Fr. Michael Kerper tackles over two dozen questions about the Catholic faith in this fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable book.
Catholicism & Reason
The Creed and Apologetics
The most readable apologetics book on the market today, Catholicism and Reason offers a systematic presentation of Catholic beliefs that will prepare the reader to be a knowledgeable and articulate defender of the Catholic Faith.
Anti-Catholic Myths Debunked
Five Common Misconceptions Answered and Explained
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan unveils the great mistake of those who reject the Catholic Church for what they consider to be it's absurd teachings.
Knowing God’s Love
8 Essential Truths Every Catholic Should Know
This book will give you clear, concise, and readable explanations of the foundational truths of the Catholic faith.
What Catholics Are Free to Believe ...
Father Hughes provides clear, succinct, detailed answers to what Catholics are bound to believe and practice, and what they're free to dismiss.
Holy Water
and Its Significance for Catholics
In clear, convincing language, Father Theiler lays out for Christians countless surprising, but long-forgotten, truths about Holy Water.
Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical
From Priestly Celibacy to the Rosary: 80 Short Essays Explaining the Biblical Basis of Catholicism
In these pages, veteran apologist Dave Armstrong carefully walks you through the key teachings of the Church, revealing how each is rooted in Scripture.
Biblical Roots of the Mass
The Biblical Roots of the Mass shows the Bible to be a truly Catholic story, and the Mass to be vital for achieving the Church's divinely ordained mission.
Lord’s Prayer
Understanding the 55-Word Catechism Jesus Gave Us
Christ taught us the Lord's Prayer as the first and most important of all our catechisms, and here's the book that uncovers the riches in these familiar words.
Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching
A Defense of the Church's True Teachings on Marriage, Family, and the State
Esolen explains that Catholic Social Teaching isn't focused exclusively on serving the poor, but offers us a rich treasure of insights about the nature of man.
Catechesi Tradendae
On Catechesis in Our Time
Saint Pope John Paul II describes the important and unique roles the Church, the laity, and the family play in living out the Faith fully.
Sign of the Cross
The Fifteen Most Powerful Words in the English Language
From young St. Francis de Sales comes this defense of the Catholic practice of making the Sign of the Cross, which Calvinists denounced as a Popish invention.
Canon Law Explained
A Handbook for Laymen
Fr. Spiteri offers lucid explanations of the Church's official governing procedures in matters such as abbots and annulments, scandals and Sacraments, and more!
Rebuilding Catholic Culture
How the Catechism Can Shape Our Common Life
Dr. Ryan Topping shows that in the West today the most formidable threat to freedom is not failing economies or Islam, but secularism, and he unveils a way out.
One-Minute Aquinas
The Doctor's Quick Answers to Fundamental Questions
The One-Minute Aquinas provides busy readers with simple, readable explanations of the truths that make you hungry to know God and always love Him more.
Catholics and the Culture War
These are perilous times to be a Christian of any stripe, much less a Catholic. How did we get here? And what are we to do? In this DVD, Apologist Tim Staples confronts the problem in the only way he knows - head on and armed with Scripture and the teachings of the Church.
Understanding Miracles
How to Know if They Are from God, the Devil, or the Imagination
There are more false claims about miracles than nearly anything else - by skeptics and believers alike, few of whom know what the Church says about miracles.
Always Inspired
Why Bible-Believing Christians Need the Catholic Church
This book shows why the Bible can never be the sole criterion of faith nor serve alone as a sufficient foundation for the full Christian life to which Jesus calls us.
St Augustine Answers 101 Questions
on Prayer
Here are questions we all ask - answered by a Saint! Fr. Cliff Ermatinger has gathered Augustine's teachings into a simple question-and-answer format.
One Man, One Woman
With clarity and force Dale O'Leary tackles the many myths surrounding this contentious issue. One Man, One Woman, the first book of its kind written for Catholics, shares knowledge and experience of every facet of the gay-marriage debate: politics, psychology, biology, religion, and social science.
The One-Minute Apologist
Essential Catholic Replies to Over 60 Protestant Claims
The One-Minute Apologist is the one source you'll find yourself turning to whenever you have the need to defend the Catholic Faith quickly, credibly, and well.
Memorize the Faith!
(And Almost Anything Else) Using Methods Taught by the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters
St. Thomas Aquinas perfected an easy method for his students to memorize most any information, but especially the truths taught by Christ and His Church.
The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools
Archbishop J. Michael Miller distills the Church's teachings on Catholic education and explains the five marks of all good Catholic schools.
Catholic Verses
95 Bible Passages That Confound Protestants
Dave Armstrong here explains 95 key Bible passages that confound all who would use Scripture to criticize the Church.
Why Does God Permit Evil?
15 Reasons That Make Sense of Your Suffering and Will Give You Strength to Bear It
In this slim volume, you'll find the most convincing explanation of the mystery of evil available today.
Heaven Sense
What Scripture and the Catholic Church really have to say about Heaven
Sticking to the teachings of Christ and the Church, Fr. Arendzen shows us Heaven is grander and more intense than bland modern notions of it. Teeming with vibrant life, it's a fitting reward for souls who persevere in faith and love!
Rapture
The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind
These pages hold the world's most careful and thorough scriptural study of the rapture, and show that if you accept the Bible, you must reject the rapture.
Half-Truths
What's Right (and What's Wrong) in The Ideas You Live By
Discover the Truth (and the Falsehood) in the clichés that end discussions, shut down thought, and rule so much of your Life.
A Biblical Defense of Catholicism
Author David Armstrong shows that the Catholic Church is the "Bible Church par excellence," and that many common Protestant doctrines are in fact not Biblical.
The Church on Earth
The Nature and Authority of the Catholic Church, and the Place of the Pope Within It
With clarity and verve, Msgr. Ronald Knox shows that the Catholic Church is not just an assembly of Christians, but is the direct handiwork of God, deliberately designed by Him as a hierarchical institution headed by the Pope.
Surprised by Truth 3
10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic
Ten former Protestants tell why they became Catholic -- and why others should, too!
Scriptural Roots of Catholic Teaching
How the Bible Proves the Truth of the Catholic Faith
With abundant references to the Gospels, this comprehensive guide proves that (contrary to Protestant claims) the Catholic Faith is fully Bible-based and clearly shows that only the Catholic Church truly interprets the Bible correctly.
Aquinas’s Shorter Summa
Saint Thomas's Own Concise Version of His Summa Theologica
This book contains Aquinas' clear summary of the Faith. It's a concise statement of the key doctrines of the Church from her most highly esteemed doctor.
The One-Minute Philosopher
Quick Answers to Help You Banish Confusion, Resolve Controversies and Explain Yourself Better to Others
Learn how to explain - in less than a minute each! - over 160 truths that most of us find hard to grasp and even harder to explain.
Search and Rescue
How to Bring Your Family and Friends Into - or Back into - The Catholic Church
Patrick Madrid explains how prayer, friendship, and common sense will bring those you love into - or back into - God's Church.
Surprised by Truth 2
15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic
This collection of testimonies by people who've found new life in the Catholic Church is one of the most potent weapons for the Faith ever crafted!
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