Catholic Apologetics
Laux, John
Catholic Apologetics God, Christianity and the Church: A Course in Religion:For Catholic High Schools and Academies: Book IV - Illinois Tan Books and Publishing, Inc 2011 - 144p
includes index and biblioraphy
Section I Reasonableness of our belief in god Chapter I. The existence of god A. The arguments for the existence of god in general .....1 B. The teleological argument or the reign of law in the universe ....4 C. The cosmological argument, or god and the origin of the universe ....10 D. The moral argument or god in conscience ....14 E. The historical argument, or man`s need of god ....17 F. The nature and attibutes of god .....18 Chapter II. Man and his place in the universe A. The immortality of the soul ...25 1. The possibility of immortality ....26 2. The fact of immortality ....28 3. Objections to the belief in immortality ....31 B. Man and the lower animals ....32 c. Prehistoric man ...35 D. The age of man ....37 Section II Reasonable of our belief in christ Chapter I. Revelation and the signs of revelations .....49 Chapter II. Sources of our knowledge of christ and his teaching A. Non-christian sources ....56 B. Christian sources ...58 1. The epistles of stpaul and the other apostles ....58 2. The four gospels .....60 a. The gospels are genuine ....61 b. The gospels are intact ...65 c. The gospels are truthful ....68 3. The acts of the apostles ....70 Chapter III. The claims of jesus A. Jesus claimed to be the messias ..75 B. Jesus claimed to be the son of God ....77 C. Some difficulties solved ....79 Chapter IV. Jesus justified his claims A. The perfect holiness of jesus ....87 B. The superhuman wisdom of jesus .....89 C. The miracles of jesus .....91 Section III Reasonableness of our belief in the church Chapter I. The founding of the church ....98 Chapter II. The constitution of the church ....105 Chapter III. The primacy of the peter ....110 Chapter IV. The infallibility of the church and the pope A. The church of christ must be infallible ...122 B. The infallibility of the pope ....124 C. Some objections answered ....125 Chapter V. Outside the church there is no salvation ....131
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Catholic Apologetics God, Christianity and the Church: A Course in Religion:For Catholic High Schools and Academies: Book IV - Illinois Tan Books and Publishing, Inc 2011 - 144p
includes index and biblioraphy
Section I Reasonableness of our belief in god Chapter I. The existence of god A. The arguments for the existence of god in general .....1 B. The teleological argument or the reign of law in the universe ....4 C. The cosmological argument, or god and the origin of the universe ....10 D. The moral argument or god in conscience ....14 E. The historical argument, or man`s need of god ....17 F. The nature and attibutes of god .....18 Chapter II. Man and his place in the universe A. The immortality of the soul ...25 1. The possibility of immortality ....26 2. The fact of immortality ....28 3. Objections to the belief in immortality ....31 B. Man and the lower animals ....32 c. Prehistoric man ...35 D. The age of man ....37 Section II Reasonable of our belief in christ Chapter I. Revelation and the signs of revelations .....49 Chapter II. Sources of our knowledge of christ and his teaching A. Non-christian sources ....56 B. Christian sources ...58 1. The epistles of stpaul and the other apostles ....58 2. The four gospels .....60 a. The gospels are genuine ....61 b. The gospels are intact ...65 c. The gospels are truthful ....68 3. The acts of the apostles ....70 Chapter III. The claims of jesus A. Jesus claimed to be the messias ..75 B. Jesus claimed to be the son of God ....77 C. Some difficulties solved ....79 Chapter IV. Jesus justified his claims A. The perfect holiness of jesus ....87 B. The superhuman wisdom of jesus .....89 C. The miracles of jesus .....91 Section III Reasonableness of our belief in the church Chapter I. The founding of the church ....98 Chapter II. The constitution of the church ....105 Chapter III. The primacy of the peter ....110 Chapter IV. The infallibility of the church and the pope A. The church of christ must be infallible ...122 B. The infallibility of the pope ....124 C. Some objections answered ....125 Chapter V. Outside the church there is no salvation ....131
9780895553942 1122
H47.2 / L379