Catholic Apologetics

by Laux, John

• ISBN13: 9780895553942
• ISBN10: 0895553945
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-08-31
• Publisher: Tan Books & Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Nature and Value of Apologetics
Knowledge and the Sources of Knowledge	xi
Faith and Its Justification	xii
Nature and Division of Apologetics	xiv
The Value of Apologetics	xiv
SECTION I REASONABLENESS OF OUR BELIEF IN GOD
The Existence of God
The Arguments for the Existence of God in General	1	(3)
The Teleological Argument, or the Reign of Law in the Universe	4	(6)
The Cosmological Argument, or God and the Origin of the Universe	10	(4)
The Moral Argument, or God in Conscience	14	(3)
The Historical Argument, or Man's Need of God	17	(2)
The Nature and Attributes of God	19	(6)
Man and His Place in the Universe
The Immortality of the Soul	25	(7)
The Possibility of Immortality	26	(2)
The Fact of Immortality	28	(3)
Objections to the Belief in Immortality	31	(1)
Man and the Lower Animals	32	(3)
Prehistoric Man	35	(2)
The Age of Man	37	(10)
SECTION II REASONABLENESS OF OUR BELIEF IN CHRIST
Revelation and the Signs of Revelation	47	(46)
Sources of Our Knowledge of Christ and His Teaching
Non-Christian Sources	53	(2)
Christian Sources	55	(16)
The Epistles of St. Paul and the Other Apostles	55	(2)
The Four Gospels	57	(1)
The Gospels are Genuine	58	(4)
The Gospels are Intact	62	(3)
The Gospels are Truthful	65	(3)
The Acts of the Apostles	68	(3)
The Claims of Jesus
Jesus Claimed to be the Messias	71	(2)
Jesus Claimed to be the Son of God	73	(2)
Some Difficulties Solved	75	(7)
Jesus Justified His Claims
The Perfect Holiness of Jesus	82	(1)
The Superhuman Wisdom of Jesus	83	(3)
The Miracles of Jesus	86	(7)
SECTION III REASONABLENESS OF OUR BELIEF IN THE CHURCH
The Founding of the Church	93	(6)
The Constitution of the Church	99	(4)
The Primacy of St. Peter	103	(6)
The Primacy of the Roman Pontiff	109	(14)
The Infallibility of the Church and the Pope
The Church of Christ Must Be Infallible	115	(2)
The Infallibility of the Pope	117	(1)
Some Objections Answered	118	(5)
Outside the Church There Is No Salvation	123	(8)
Index	131