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The Faith of Our Fathers

James Gibbons

Book Overview: 

The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book by archbishop James Gibbons, which became a best-selling conversion manual in the United States, and by 1980 was in its 111th printing.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Bible! Good God! What monstrous ingratitude! What base calumny is contained in that assertion! As well might you accuse the Virgin Mother of trying to crush the Infant Savior at her breast as to accuse the Church, our Mother, of attempting to crush out of existence the Word of God. As well might you charge the patriotic statesman with attempting to destroy the constitution of his country, while he strove to protect it from being mutilated by unprincipled demagogues.

For fifteen centuries the Church was the sole guardian and depository of the Bible, and if she really feared that sacred Book, who was to prevent her, during that long period, from tearing it in shreds and scattering it to the winds? She could have thrown it into the sea, as the unnatural mother would have thrown away her off-spring, and who would have been the wiser?

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Community Reviews

a pretty clear explanation of things. a dockworker, for example, could read this a in few lunch breaks and come away with a thing or two...more

A Catholic apologetic. I am not convinced yet but I appreciate hearing his perspective.

This is a great apologetic for the Catholic faith from the late 19th century. A few things are a little dated, but it still holds true and is worth the read. The index in the back is a great resource to easily find whatever issue you're struggling with.

Before I read this book, I had heard it referenced a number of times while watching different shows on Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). For many, the book was instrumental in explaining core doctrines of the Catholic faith in plain language, and subsequently brought about their conversion to

Interesting book explaining some issues about the Catholic faith. The book was written around the late 1800's so some references are dated. It would be interesting to know the author's take on what the Catholic faith has become because of Vatican II.

The introduction from the author begins with this: “MY DEAR READER:- Perhaps this is the first time in your life that you have handled a book in which the doctrines of the Catholic Church are expounded by one of her own sons. You have, no doubt, heard and read many things regarding our Church; but h

Cool Catholic apologetic tract from the 9th archbishop of Baltimore.

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