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

T h e · A u g u s t i n e · C l u b
[The Way] [The Truth] [The Life]

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The Way

``God is love.'' (1 Jn 4:8)

  1. What Is Love?
  2. The Uniqueness of Christianity
  3. Introduction
  4. The Most Holy Trinity: A Union of Love
  5. Creation: A Work of Love
  6. Jesus Reveals God's Love
  7. Unity: Believers Live in God's Love
  8. Co-creation: Man Returns God's Love
  9. Martydom: Believers Witness to God's Love
  10. Conclusion

    The Truth

    ``You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.'' (Jn 8:32)

  11. Freedom to Love by Frank Sheed
    How are moral laws necessary for freedom? How is freedom necessary for love?
bulletbullet The Splendor of Truth
bulletbullet Are There Moral Absolutes?
Is the moral law arbitrary?
bulletbullet Meaning and Eternity
Does life have any meaning without an afterlife?
bulletbullet Hebrew Prophesies of the Messiah
Especially for our `older brothers' in faith.
bulletbullet The Holocaust and the Catholic Church The actions of Pius XII and other Catholics saved many thousands of Jews during World War II
bulletbullet The Credibility of the Gospels
Is belief rational? Are the Gospels real history?
bulletbullet The Importance of Doctrine
The Bible says that correct doctrine is critical for believers.
bulletbullet Faith or Works or Both?
Is there an interpretation consistent with all of Sacred Scripture?
bulletbullet 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''?
bulletbullet The First Word Of Protestant Is Protest [external]
Protestantism and the rebellion against authority.
bulletbullet Divine Tradition and Sacred Scripture
A post-mortem of Luther's sola scriptura. Is there any alternative left to sincere believers?
bulletbullet 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?
bulletbullet Why Catholics Like Einstein by George Sim Johnston
The compatibility of true science and the Catholic Faith
bulletbullet Christianity and the Origin of Science
How is it that science became a self-sustaining enterprise only in the Christian West?
bulletbullet Contraception vs. Natural Piety by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
bulletbullet THE CHURCH ADDESSES ISSUES OF THE MODERN WORLD:
bulletbullet The Principles of the Social Doctrine of the Church by Javier Hervada
An overview of the Church's teaching about social matters
bulletbullet Twenty Questions about Abortion by Michael Pakaluk
Socratic-style inquiry into abortion starting with commonly held beliefs.
bulletbullet Documents surrounding the Cairo Conference
The truth about the ``population problem''
bulletbullet Documents surrounding the Beijing Conference
The Church speaks to women and their issues
bulletbullet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the Catholic Church (~90k)
Brief answers to the most common misconceptions about Catholicism

 

The Life

``I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.'' (Jn 10:10)

bulletbullet What Is This Life?
bulletbullet Unity
When believers live in union with God, they live in union with one another
bulletbullet The Way of Life: Christ's Sacraments
bulletbullet Baptism: Man's Birth into Divine Life
bulletbullet The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist
bulletbullet Mary, mother of the Life of Christ [work in progress]
bulletbullet 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.
bulletbullet Unity (for Catholics)

Sources for use in apologetics

bulletbullet Manifest Evidence (last update: Jun 12 98)
An annotated bibliography of articles chronicling events and discoveries that witness to the Faith
bulletbullet Other Apologetics Pages