School of Apologetics Mini-Courses

Should we be Mormons? Many people find Mormons to be caring and wholesome people and but that alone is not a good reason to join their church. In fact, that isn’t good a reason to join any church. A person should join a church because Jesus Christ...

 We recognize St. Peter as the first pope and as someone who learns who he is in light of discovering who Christ is.  The Catholic Answers School of Apologetics course Biblical Images of Peter will cover some of that ground, but we’ll...

After the Marian doctrines, the Catholic doctrine of the intercession of the saints may elicit more challenges from Protestants than any other topic.Doesn’t the Bible say we’re all saints?How can the saints possibly hear the prayers of...

You’ve probably heard Jehovah’s Witnesses knock on your door and decided not to answer because you didn’t know what to say to people who want to convince you to leave the Catholic faith. That’s why the Catholic Answers School of...

Successful evangelization and apologetics require not just knowing your faith but knowing your audience. Different groups of people have different objections to Catholicism—the difficulties a Protestant may be facing with the Church (trying to...

Almost everyone has heard of the Crusades, but few people can say what they were or how they came about—and few Catholics are informed enough to explain and defend them. This course will enable you to do so. In times past, the Crusades were...

Reading the Bible can be difficult, and some passages are particularly hard. St. Peter says that St. Paul can be difficult to understand, and the Gospels records how one of Jesus’ “hard sayings” caused many disciples to leave him...

The Galileo Affair is the go-to event cited by enemies of the Catholic Church as hard evidence that she is opposed to scientific learning. The facts of the story do not support this narrative. Indeed, the Church throughout history has led the way in...

You may be passionately pro-life, but do you get nervous about sharing your views with pro-choice friends or family members? Do you worry that the conversation will become a heated argument that you’d rather avoid? That’s why the...

There may be no event in Church History so fraught with controversy as the Inquisition. The topic is often used to discredit the Catholic Church, too frequently by people whose own knowledge of the relevant circumstances and events is thin...

Is our world just an accident or did God create it from nothing? And is this just an article of Faith, or can we use reason and evidence to prove that God exists? That’s why the Catholic Answers School of Apologetics is offering Creation Out of...