SCIENCE OF APOLOGETICS
|
Week 1 |
NATURE AND VALUE OF APOLOGETICS |
TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TOPIC AND HOW TO USE RESOURCE MATERIAL |
|
Week 2 |
THE
EXISTENCE OF GOD: PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS |
TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS |
|
Week 3 |
THE
EXISTENCE OF GOD: MORAL ARGUMENTS |
SO THE STUDENTS CAN FORM THEIR CONSCIENCES CORRECTLY |
|
Week 4 |
MAN’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE; HIS IMMORTAL SOUL | HELPING THE STUDENTS FORM AN APPRECIATION OF THEIR DIGNITY |
|
Week 5 |
MAN
AND THE ANIMALS; PREHISTORIC MAN. EVOLUTION & CREATION |
TO SEE HOW THE FACT OF CREATION DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF EVOLUTION. |
|
Week 6 |
REVELATION AND HOW TO RECOGNISE ITS SIGNS | USING OUR GOD-GIVEN INTELLIGENCE |
|
Week 7 |
SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST: THE EPISTLES |
HOW THE MODERNISTS UNDERMINE CREDIBILITY OF OBSERVABLE EVIDENCE |
|
Week 8 |
THE GOSPELS’ CREDIBILITY AS HISTORY | RECENT DISCOVERY OF THE MAGDALEN PAPYRUS |
|
Week 9 |
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND NON-Christian SOURCES | JOSEPHUS, PLINY ET AL. |
|
Week 10 |
THE CLAIMS OF JESUS TO BE MESSIAS AND SON OF GOD | DEMONSTRATED PROOFS |
|
Week 11 |
HOW JESUS JUSTIFIED HIS CLAIMS: HOLINESS, WISDOM AND MIRACLES | REASONABLE PROOFS |
|
Week 12 |
THE FOUNDING OF THE CHURCH | PROOFS THAT JESUS PERSONALLY ESTABLISHED THE RC CHURCH |
|
Week 13 |
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH | ITS LIMITS, ITS NATURE |
|
Week 14 |
THE PRIMACY OF PETER | HOW CAN THE FACT OF THIS BE DEMONSTRATED? |
|
Week 15 |
INFALLIBILITY OF THE POPE | HOW EXPLAIN IT; HOW FAR DOES IT EXTEND? |
|
Week 16 |
PREPARE A DEBATE ON AN ISSUE COVERED | SEVEN DIFFERENT TOPICS |
|
Week 17 |
CURRENT ISSUES THAT REQUIRE DEFENCE OF CATHOLIC VALUES |
EG; ABORTION DRUG INJECTING ROOMS EUTHANASIA |
|
Week 18 |
APOLOGETICS FOR TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS | NEEDED TODAY |
|
Week 19 |
HISTORY OF THE SSPX AND ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE | GREAT EXAMPLES FOR US ALL |
|
Week 20 |
ROME AND ECONE HANDBOOK ANALYSIS |
WHAT’S GOING ON TODAY; WHY ARE WE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD |
|
Week 21 |
GIVE DEBATE IN VARIOUS GROUPS | PRACTICE SESSIONS |
|
Week 22 |
VIDEO OF SCOTT HAHN AND BISHOP SHEEN | LESSONS IN TECHNIQUE |
|
Week 23 |
AUDIOS OF GERRY MATATICS AND CONVERSION OF PROF. DAVID WHITE | EDIFYING ACCOUNTS |
|
Week 24 |
DETAILS OF THE CONVERSION OF VEN. CARDINAL NEWMAN | THE RICHEST CHURCH ON EARTH |
|
Week 25 |
HOW TO ANSWER THE MORMONS (VIDEO) | |
|
Week 26 |
HOW TO SPEAK WITH THE JEHOVAS WITNESSES (VIDEO) | MANY ARE EX-CATHOLIC |
|
Week 27 |
HOW TO SPEAK WITH THE NEW AGE RELIGION | THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION |
|
Week 28 |
HOW TO RECOGNISE AND DEAL WITH FREEMASONS | TO LEARN THE BELIEFS OF MANY LEADERS IN OUR SOCIETY |
|
Week 29 |
HOW TO DEAL WITH JEWS AND MOSLEMS | TO KNOW OUR NEAREST NEIGHBOURS |
|
Week 30 |
THE VARIOUS COUNTRY CODES OF LAW REGARDING RELIGION AND CONVERSION | TO BE PREPARED WHEN TRAVELLING |
|
Week 31 |
THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATIONS | HOW TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS FOR CORRECT UNDERSTANDING |
|
Week 32 |
TRIBAL AND HOMEGROWN RELIGIONS | HOW TO DISCERN WHAT TO RESPECT AND WHAT TO REJECT OF THESE BELIEFS |
|
Week 33 |
REVIEW WEEK | |
|
Week 34 |
EXAM WEEK |
CURRENT ISSUES IN APOLOGETICS
FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1999-12-18
``God is love.'' (1 Jn 4:8)
``You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.'' (Jn 8:32)
 |  |
The Splendor of Truth |
| |
Are There Moral Absolutes? Is the moral law arbitrary? |
| |
Meaning and Eternity Does life have any meaning without an afterlife? |
| |
Hebrew Prophesies of the Messiah Especially for our `older brothers' in faith. |
| |
The Holocaust and the Catholic Church The actions of Pius XII and other Catholics saved many thousands of Jews during World War II |
| |
The Credibility of the Gospels Is belief rational? Are the Gospels real history? |
| |
The Importance of Doctrine The Bible says that correct doctrine is critical for believers. |
| |
Faith or Works or Both? Is there an interpretation consistent with all of Sacred Scripture? |
| |
Who Will Be Saved? How can an all-loving, all-good God condemn people who through no fault of their own do not know Christ? Are all unbelievers condemned? Whom does the Catholic Church say is ``saved''? |
| |
The First Word Of
Protestant Is Protest [external] Protestantism and the rebellion against authority. |
| |
Divine Tradition and Sacred Scripture A post-mortem of Luther's sola scriptura. Is there any alternative left to sincere believers? |
| |
The History of the Canon of Sacred Scripture from Professor Paul Hahn
Who chose the books of the Bible? Why do Protestant and Catholic Bibles differ from each other? Is the Protestant Bible slanted against Christianity? |
| |
Why
Catholics Like Einstein by George Sim Johnston The compatibility of true science and the Catholic Faith |
| |
Christianity and the Origin of Science How is it that science became a self-sustaining enterprise only in the Christian West? |
| |
Contraception vs. Natural Piety by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. |
| |
THE CHURCH ADDESSES ISSUES OF THE MODERN WORLD: |
| |
The
Principles of the Social Doctrine of the Church by Javier Hervada An overview of the Church's teaching about social matters |
| |
Twenty
Questions about Abortion by Michael Pakaluk Socratic-style inquiry into abortion starting with commonly held beliefs. |
| |
Documents surrounding the Cairo Conference The truth about the ``population problem'' |
| |
Documents surrounding the Beijing Conference The Church speaks to women and their issues |
| |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the Catholic Church (~90k)
Brief answers to the most common misconceptions about Catholicism |
``I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.'' (Jn 10:10)
| |
What Is This Life? |
| |
Unity When believers live in union with God, they live in union with one another |
| |
The Way of Life: Christ's Sacraments |
| |
Baptism: Man's Birth into Divine Life |
| |
The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist |
| |
Mary, mother of the Life of Christ [work in progress] |
| |
The Communion of Saints The Life of the Church includes the faithful departed, especially those who live fully the Life of Christ in the beatific vision. |
| |
Unity (for Catholics) |
Sources for use in apologetics
| |
Manifest Evidence (last update: Jun 12 98) An annotated bibliography of articles chronicling events and discoveries that witness to the Faith |
| |
Other Apologetics Pages |