Quick Catholic answers to Bible-quoting foes

Bible-based  Catholic answers to common Protestant challenges If you're looking for solid Catholic answers to common Protestant challenges, but don't have lots of time, reach for The One-Minute Apologist. Here renowned Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong (author of A Biblical Defense of Catholicism and The Catholic Verses) has assembled over sixty of the arguments that Protestants (of all stripes) most frequently level against the Church. Using the Bible, and in just two pages each, Armstrong decisively refutes common Protestant claims such as that: •The Bible is the only infallible source of theological truth • Peter is not the "rock" to which Jesus referred • Celibacy for priests is unnatural and unbiblical • The Catholic Mass is an abomination • True Christian believers cannot fall away from salvation • Mary had other children besides Jesus • Indulgences allow Catholics to "indulge" in sin • Venerating the saints is a form of idolatry Drawing on a lifetime of study -- in Scripture, history, and the works of Catholic and Protestant theologians -- Armstrong delivers the essential Catholic replies to each of these claims, and to more than 50 other pervasive Protestant objections to Catholic doctrine and practice. Packing centuries of learning and wisdom into just a few tightly structured pages, The One-Minute Apologist deals with major criticisms of Catholic teachings about: • Salvation • The Church • The Papacy • The Priesthood • The Sacraments • Mary and the Saints • The Theology of God • And much more! And since he's a convert from Evangelicalism, Armstrong presents anti-Catholic claims with an insider's accuracy -- using the special terms, references, and follow-up arguments that you're mostly likely to hear in real-world encounters -- and he responds to them in a way Protestants can understand and appreciate. The One-Minute Apologist is concise, but never superficial. It quotes or cites more than a thousand Scripture verses,along with the words of scores of saints and scholars -- including many respected Protestant sources. More accessible than thick theological tomes, more substantial than tracts, and better organized than other "quick answer" books, The One-Minute Apologist  is the one source you'll turn to whenever you need to explain the Faith, or defend it quickly, credibly, and well. The One-Minute Apologist: Essential Catholic Replies to Over Sixty Protestant Claims by Dave Armstrong 160 pages ppbk $18.95 Dave Armstrong is a Catholic writer, apologist, and evangelist who has been actively proclaiming and defending Christianity for more than twenty years. Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Armstrong was received into the Catholic Church in 1991 by the late, well-known catechist and theologian Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.

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