Catholic Church -- Apologetic works
Here are entered works that defend the Catholic conception of Christianity and the philosophy, doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church.
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Catholic Apologetics Today: Answers to Modern Critics, by William G. Most (HTML at catholicculture.org)- Catholic Biblical Apologetics, by Robert J. Schihl and Paul D. Flanagan (HTML at catholicapologetics.org)
- The End of Religious Controversy, in a Friendly Correspondence Between a Religious Society of Protestants and a Roman Catholic Divine (3 volumes; London: Keating, Brown and Co., et al., 1818), by John Milner
- First American Edition of the Works of the Rev. D. W. Cahill, D. D., The Highly Distinguished Irish Priest, Patriot and Scholar (Boston: P. Donahoe, 1855), by Daniel William Cahill
- The Ghosts of Bigotry: Six Lectures (second edition; San Francisco: Text Book Pub. Co., 1913), by P. C. Yorke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Observations on Bishop Hobart's Charge, Entitled "Corruptions of the Church of Rome, Contrasted With Certain Protestant Errors", in a Letter to That Prelate (Washington: Printed by Davis and Force, 1820), by George E. Ironside
- A Papist Misrepresented and Represented: or, A Two-Fold Character of Popery (Cincinnati: J. P. Walsh, n.d.), by John Gother (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Papist Misrepresented and Represented: or, A Two-Fold Character of Popery (Cincinnati: Catholic Society for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge, ca. 1860), by John Gother
- A Papist Misrepresented and Represented: or, A Twofold Character of Popery (from the 19th London edition, revised by a Catholic clerrgyman of Baltimore; Baltimore: F. Lucas Jr., ca. 1830), by John Gother
- Questions of the Soul (fifth edition; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864), by Isaac Thomas Hecker (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Shortest Way to End Disputes About Religion (6th American stereotype edition; Boston: P. Donahoe, 1855), by Robert Manning (multiple formats at Google)
- A Vindication of the Catholic Church, in a Series of Letters Addressed to John Henry Hopkins, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont (Baltimore: J. Murphy and Co.; Pittsburgh: J. Quigley, 1855), by Francis Patrick Kenrick
- An Answer to the Rev. G. S. Faber's Difficulties of Romanism (Baltimore: F. Lucas, n.d.), by J. F. M. Trévern, trans. by F. C. Husenbeth (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Catholic Controversy: A Reply to Dr. Littledale's "Plain Reasons" (8th edition; London: Burns and Oates; New York et al.: Benziger Bros., ca. 1889), by H. I. D. Ryder (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Faberism Exposed and Refuted and the Apostolicity of Catholic Doctrine Vindicated: Against the Second Edition, "Revised and Remoulded," of Faber's "Difficulties of Romanism" (Norwich: Bacon, Kinnerbrook, and Bacon, 1836), by F. C. Husenbeth (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Kirwan Unmasked: A Review of Kirwan in Six Letters, Addressed to the Rev. Nicholas Murray, by John Hughes (page images at MOA)
- Lecture by M. W. Kirwan, Editor of the True Witness, in Reply to Reverend Mr. Bray, on the "Romish" Church: Delivered in the Mechanics' Hall, March 13, 1877 (Montreal: Printed at the "True Witness" Office, 1877), by M. W. Kirwan (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Reply to the Rev. G. S. Faber's Supplement to His Difficulties of Romanism (London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., et al., 1829), by F. C. Husenbeth (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ritualism, by the Right Hon. W. Ewart Gladstone, M.P., Examined: The Anti-Catholic Charges Answered (London: Burns and Oates, 1874), by John Stewart McCorry (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Catholics in Controversy (New York: McMullen Books, c1954), by James M. O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Everlasting Man (1925), by G. K. Chesterton (text at Gutenberg Australia)
- Römischer Katholizismus und Politische Form (in German; Hellerau: J. Hegner, 1923), by Carl Schmitt
- Thoughts, by Blaise Pascal, trans. by W. F. Trotter
- Thoughts; Letters; Minor Works (Harvard Classics edition; New York: P. F. Collier and Son, c1910), by Blaise Pascal, ed. by O. W. Wight, trans. by W. F. Trotter and Mary L. Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
- Apologia Pro Vita Sua, by John Henry Newman (HTML with commentary at Fordham)
- Apologia Pro Vita Sua ("the two versions of 1864 and 1865". London: Oxford University Press, 1913), by John Henry Newman, ed. by Wilfrid Ward (HTML at newmanreader.org)
- The Via Media of the Anglican Church, Illustrated in Lectures, Letters and Tracts (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908), by John Henry Newman
- Illuminati Sacre Pagine Professoris Amplissimi Magistri Raymundi Lull, Ars Magna, Generalis Et Ultima: Quarumcunque Artium et Scientiarum Ipsius Lull, Assecutrix Et Clauigera, et ad Eas Aditum Faciliore Prebens, Antehac Nusquam Arti Impressorie Emunctius Commendata (title from illuminated page about 12 leaves in; in Latin; Lyon: J. Marechal, 1517), by Ramon Llull, ed. by Bernardus de Lavinheta
- England's Conversion and Reformation Compared: or, The Young Gentleman Directed in the Choice of His Religion; To Which is Premised a Brief Enquiry into the General Grounds of the Catholick Faith, in a Conversation Between a Young Gentleman and His Preceptor (Antwerp: Printed for R. C. and C. F., 1725), by Robert Manning (multiple formats at archive.org)
- L'Écriture et le Reste: The Pensées of Pascal in the Exegetical Tradition of Port-Royal (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1981), by David Wetsel (PDF at Ohio State)
- The Controversial Methods of Romanism (London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey and Co., 1888), by Arthur Brinckman (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Filed under: Catholic Church- The Forty Questions Most Frequently Asked About The Catholic Church By Non-Catholics (1956), by A. W. Terminiello (HTML at Una Fides)
- Characteristics From the Writings of John Henry Newman, Being Selections Personal, Historical, Philosophical, and Religious, From His Various Works, by John Henry Newman, ed. by William Samuel Lilly (HTML at newmanreader.org)
- Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Anselm of Canterbury, by Saint Anselm, trans. by Jasper Hopkins and Herbert Richardson (PDF files with commentary at umn.edu)
- Europe and the Faith, by Hilaire Belloc (Gutenberg text)
- The Faith of the Millions, Second Series: A Selection of Past Essays, by George Tyrrell (Gutenberg text)
- Papers of a Pariah, by Robert Hugh Benson (HTML at Notre Dame)
- Paradoxes of Catholicism, by Robert Hugh Benson
- The Range of Reason, by Jacques Maritain (HTML at Notre Dame)
- Survivals and New Arrivals, by Hilaire Belloc (HTML at EWTN)
- Tracts Theological and Ecclesiastical (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908), by John Henry Newman (HTML at newmanreader.org)
- The Cross and the Crisis (Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co., c1938), by Fulton J. Sheen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Catholic Conception of International Law: Francisco de Vitoria, Founder of the Modern Law of Nations; Francisco Suárez, Founder of the Modern Philosophy of Law in General and in Particular of the Law of Nations (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1934), by James Brown Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- What Price Tolerance (Hewlett, NY: All-American Book, Lecture and Research Bureau, c1928), by Paul M. Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Book of Essays (1916), by Robert Hugh Benson, contrib. by Allan Ross (HTML at Notre Dame)
- European Civilization: Protestantism and Catholicity Compared in Their Effects on the Civilization of Europe (edited, with a memoir of the author; 16th edition; Baltimore: J. Murphy and Co., c1850), by Jaime Luciano Balmes, trans. by C. J. Hanford and Robert Kershaw (page images at HathiTrust)
- European Civilization: Protestantism and Catholicity Compared in Their Effects on the Civilization of Europe (edited, with a memoir of the author; Baltimore and New York: J. Murphy Co., n.d.), by Jaime Luciano Balmes, trans. by C. J. Hanford and Robert Kershaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (Philadelphia: The Dolphin Press, 1906), by Saint Francis of Assisi, ed. by Paschal Robinson (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (translated from the Critical Latin Edition), by Saint Francis of Assisi, ed. by Kajetan Esser (HTML at liturgies.net)
- Coleccion de Bulas, Breves y Otros Documentos Relativos a la Iglesia de America y Filipinas (2 volumes; Bruselas: A. Vromant, 1879), ed. by Francisco Javier Hernáez
- Bibliographia Catholica Americana, a List of Works Written by Catholic Authors, Part I: From 1784 to 1820 Inclusive (no further parts published; New York: Catholic Publication House, 1872), by Joseph M. Finotti
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