Catholic Apologetics

Books

• Apologetica: Elementary Apologetics for Pulpit and Pew
  Rev. P. A. Halpin
• The Catholic Controversy
  St. Francis de Sales

  A compilation of the tracts that St. Francis de Sales anonymously wrote over 4 years that converted over 70,000 Protestants back to Catholicism.

• A Manual of Apologetics
  Rev. F. J. Koch
• Essays on devotional and Scriptural subjects (defense of True Devotion to Mary)
  Dr. Ward

  Defense of True Devotion to Mary and St. Louis de Montfort’s doctrines.

• St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon
  St. John Henry Newman

  A defense of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, among other interesting things.

• Letter to Dr. Pusey by Henry Edward Manning
  Henry Edward Manning
• The history of heresies and their refutation
  St. Alphonsus de Liguori
• The Catena Aurea
  St. Thomas Aquinas and the Fathers of the Church

  Latin for “golden chain”, the Catena Aurea is St. Thomas Aquinas’s masterful weaving together of the commentary of the Fathers of the Church on all four Gospels. This edition was translated by St. John Henry Newman into English.

• Catholic Belief and Practice
  Rev. James E. McGavick

  Some things in this book may be outdated, since many Catholic practices and the style of explanation of many Catholic beliefs have changed during that time.

• Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism
  Rev. Thomas L. Kinkead

  Also known as Baltimore Catechism No. 4

• Guide to a Catholic Church for Non-Catholic Visitors
  W. L. Fox

  Some things in this book may be outdated, since many Catholic practices and the style of explanation of many Catholic beliefs have changed during that time.

• Catechism of the Summa Theologica
  R. P. Thomas Pegues, O.P.
• The Creed Explained: or, An Exposition of Catholic Doctrine, According to the Creeds of Faith, and the Constitutions and Definitions of the Church
  Rev. Arthur Devine, Passionist

  This book is included because it has good approbations, and generally looks interesting and useful.

• Summa Theologica
  St. Thomas Aquinas
• Meditations for Layfolk
  Bede Jarrett, O.P.

  Down to earth explanations of a wide variety of Catholic truths, principles, concepts, and devotions, without watering them down.