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The good news of salvation only makes sense in light of the bad news of damnation, but many people are trying to erase the concept of hell from the Catholic faith. In this audio presentation Trent takes you through various false alternatives to the...

To deepen your knowledge of this exciting time in Christian history, join the Catholic Answers apologists for the Q & A Session at our 2019 conference, The Early Church Was the Catholic Church.            

We remember the Fathers of the Church for their holiness, their wisdom, and their courage to proclaim the truth in an age in which the Church was beset by heresy from within and by persecution from without. Christians today can draw inspiration from...

Taking from Athanasius, Augustine, and the Cappadocian Fathers, as well as the magisterial teaching of the Catechism, Fr. Meconi helps us see how profound a share in the divine life we possess. The great teachers of the Faith have not hesitated to call...

We’re familiar with the apostles and the authors of the New Testament, but how many of us know the apostolic Fathers? They were the Christian leaders who followed immediately the age of the apostles, and many of them knew and interacted with...

If we jumped into a time machine, traveled back to the first centuries of the Church, and asked Christians what they believed about the seven sacraments, would we feel we were among Catholic brethren? Karlo says yes, and he shows, using the writings of...

The beauty, dignity, and theological understanding of liturgy—the Mass in particular—were part of the foundation of the very early life of the Church. Knowledge of these realities will help Catholics appreciate the strong historical...

 Some Protestant writers have claimed not only that major Catholic doctrines were unknown in the early Church but that the ultimate authority for the first Christians was Scripture alone. But what does the evidence say? Trent examines the...

 When Catholic and Protestants discuss Scripture, the conversation can degenerate into “my interpretation” versus “your interpretation.” When such debates fail, it might be time for historical apologetics. A common...

Using some of the earliest Christian writings as well as modern Church documents, Tim Staples shows the “organic connection between our spiritual life and the dogmas” (Catechism 89) and that Mary “unites in her person and re-echoes the...

The Catechism says, "Belief in the true Incarnation of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of Christian faith" (463). As a follower of Jesus, can you defend Christ’s true identity to skeptics and other non-religious people who deny it? Trent...

You may have heard of the acronym LGBT, but did you know the full acronym (LGBTQQIP2SAA) includes things like pan-sexuality, gender fluidity, and intersex?  In A Catholic Guide to LGBT+ you'll learn about the nearly dozen terms that fall under this...