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apologetics & converts

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Catholicism and the Progress of Science
[scientific development in relation to Christian thought]

Agar, William M.

  • 1940 109p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #1955
True, Sincere and Modest Defence of English Catholics That Suffer for Their Faith Both At Home and Abroad, Against False, Seditious and Slanderous Libel, Entitled: "The Execution of Justice.", A (1584)
[in 2 vols]

Allen, [Cardinal] William
  • Vol 2 [only]: Chapters V-IX 1914 152p (G) $13.00  #2174
  • Vol 2 [only]: Chapters V-IX 1914 152p (P) $7.00  #2175
What Do You Tell Them?: An Answer to the Question "Why Are You a Catholic?"
Atkinson, O'Brien
  • 1948 168p (G/F) $15.00  #3118
My Catholic Neighbours
[story of author's conversion from Protestantism, socialism & rationalism]

Atkinson, Samuel
  • 1934 286p autographed Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #3120
Science and Faith
Aveling, Fr. Francis
  • 1906 63p (F) $9.00  #3579
European Civilization: Protestantism & Catholicity Compared in Their Effects on the Civilization of Europe
Balmes, Fr James
  • 1850 501p Bi(P)Pg(G/G/F) should be rebound $31.00  #3847
Christian Science and the Catholic Faith
Bellwald, Fr A. M., SM
  • 1922 269p (F) $15.00  #5040
Modern Adventure, The
Blyton, W. J.
  • 1931 313p (F) $9.00  #6224
  • 1930 313p (F) $9.00  #6223
Spirit and Forms of Protestantism, The
[formerly a Lutheran minister, shows likenesses & differences of Catholicism & Protestantism, examines the principles of the Reformation in detail]

Bouyer, [Fr] Louis / A. V. Littledale, tr.
  • 1956 234p (F) some pen underlining $16.00  #80320
  • 1957 234p (G/F/F) $18.00  #6843
Word, Church and Sacraments in Protestantism and Catholicism, The
[a comparison & consideration of the threefold basis of Christianity]

Bouyer, Louis, Cong. Orat. / A. V. Littledale, tr.
  • 1961 80p (G) $18.00  #6900
  • 1961 (1960 French ed.) 80p (G/F) $16.00  #6899
One Shepherd: The Problem of Christian Reunion
Boyer, Charles, SJ / Angeline Bouchard, tr.
  • 1952 142p (G/F) $9.00  #6981
  • 1952 142p (G) $11.00  #6980
What Catholics Have Done for Science
[shows that a scientist can be a Christian & that the Church is not hostile to scientific progress but encourages it]

Brennan, Fr Martin S., AM
  • 1887 220p Bi(F/P)Pg(F) library marks $19.00  #70097
Polytheism and Fetishism
[Catholic Library of Religous Knowledge XVIII]

Briault, Fr. M., CSSP / Browne, Rev. Patrick, tr.
  • c.1931 186p Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #7417
Clifton Tracts, The
[a clear exposition of Catholic doctrine as well as an exposure of Protestant errors] [in 4 vols]

Brotherhood of St Vincent de Paul / Card. Wiseman, publ under the sanction of
  • 1856 vol 4 [only] tracts 31 to 37 [of 37] Bi(F/P)Pg(G/F) $15.00  #7617
Towards the Realization of God
Brown, Stephen J., SJ
  • 1944 180p (G) $12.00  #7724
What Catholics Believe and Why: Whereon to Stand
[first published under the title Whereon to Stand]

Brunini, John G. / Francis Card. Spellman, intro by
  • 1952 302p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #80377
  • 1952 302p (F) $12.00  #7906
Convert-Pastor Explains, A
[confusion or misunderstanding in a Protestant's mind concerning the true Chruch: why a Church, the Trinity, sin, grace, marks of the Church, confession, indulgences, purgatory, Catholics & the Bible, etc]

Buck, Fr J. R. / Rev Edwin O'Hara, foreword by
  • 1929 192p [2nd ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #61060
This Is My Story
[how an Irish Catholic became the most influential member of the American Communist party, & how & why he came back to the Church]

Budenz, Louis Francis
  • 1947 379p Bi(F)Pg(G) $18.00  #80864
In No Strange Land: Some American Catholic Converts
[Ives, Sarah Peter, Ripley, Brownson, C. Connolly, Paulist Group, Stone, Tabb, etc.]

Burton, Katherine
  • 1942 254p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #8340
Church and Infallibility, The: A Reply to the Abridged "Salmon"
Butler, Abbot B. C.
  • 1954 230p (G/F) $21.00  #8457
  • 1954 230p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #8458
Religions of Authority and the Religion of the Spirit: With Other Essays Apologetical & Critical
Butler, Dom Cuthbert
  • 1930 190p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #8474
What Think You of Christ?: Is the Christ of the Catholic Church the Christ of the Gospels?
Cahusac, Francis H. E.
  • 1914 104p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #8693
"Catholic": An Essential & Exclusive Attribute of the True Church
Capel, Msgr
  • 1884 152p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #9079
Quest of Certainty: A Modern Irenicon
[explores the basic certainties/truths of life & shows that the loss of these has made modern man restless, unhappy & desperate]

Cass, John A.
  • 1950 210p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $13.00  #9529
Church Defence: Report of a Conference on the Present Dangers of the Church
[on the absurdities & untenable position of the Anglican communion]

Catholic Publication Society, publ
  • 1873 144p (F) $17.00  #9702
Comedy of Convocation in the English Church, The: In Two Scenes
[Scene I, The Jerusalem Chamber, Scene II, Dr. Easy's Drawing Room]

Chasuble, Archdeacon, D. D., edited by
  • n.d. 138p Bi(P)Pg(G) rebound $12.00  #10146
Science Versus Philosophy
[this book takes an intermediate position in the controversy that flares up now & then between philosophers & scientists, pleads wisely for a new approach to these controversies]

Connolly, F. G.
  • 1957 90p (G/F) $14.00  #61128
Question-Box Answers, The: Replies to Questions Received on Missions to Non-Catholics
[standard apologetical work answering almost every question concerning the Faith & the Church]

Conway, Fr Bertrand L., CSP / Cardinal Gibbons, pref by
  • 1910 613p (F) moisture damage $15.00  #80390
What They Ask About the Church
[highly readable apologetics book for all kinds of Catholics & non-Catholics]

Conway, Msgr, J.D.
  • 1958 338p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #80648
Burden of Belief, The
[in dialog form treats the question of bringing into the Church those who by human standards live noble lives]

Coudenhove, Ida Friederike
  • 1935 94p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #12328
Where Is the Church?
Coupe, Fr. Charles, SJ
  • 1900 143p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #12403
United for Separation: Analysis of POAU Assaults on Catholicism
[defense of the Church against "Protestants & Other Americans United for Separation of Church & State"]

Creedon, Lawrence P. & William D. Falcon
  • 1959 259p (G) $6.00  #12594
  • 1959 259p (G/F) $5.00  #12595
God and the Supernatural: Catholic Statement of the Christian Faith
[recognized as a standard work of modern apologetics]

Cuthbert, Fr, Frs Martindale & D'Arcy, Messrs E. Watkin & C. Dawson
  • 1936 252p (abridged ed) (F) writing on pages $5.00  #60600
  • 1954 252p (abridged ed) (G/G/F) $8.00  #13028
  • 1954 252p (abridged ed) Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #13024
Theory of Private Property in John Locke's Political Philosophy
Czajkowski, Casimir J.
  • 1941 108p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #13076
Color, Ebony
[story of a young black southern woman up to her 23rd year: convert, writer, nurse & active in corporal & spiritual works of mercy]

Day, Helen Caldwell
  • 1952 182p Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #80668
Christianity in the Market-Place
[why Christians have failed to convert the world; solutions to the problem: sequel to Christian Crisis]

de la Bedoyere, Michael
  • n.d. (c. 1944) 137p (G/F) $5.00  #14132
  • n.d. (c. 1944) 137p (G) $7.00  #14131
  • n.d. (c. 1944) 137p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #14133
Why Rome
[his dissatisfaction with Anglicanism & journey to Catholicism]

Delany, Selden P.
  • 1931 233p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #14907
Belief in the Divinity of Jesus Christ
[shows the present state of affairs & then takes up a defense of Christ's divinity ending with practical means for believing in Him]

Didon, Fr, OP
  • 1894 235p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #15462
Freedom of Science, The
[answers objection that the Church is an enemy of science]

Donat, Joseph, SJ
  • 1914 419p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $11.00  #15905
  • 1914 419p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $11.00  #15906
Defense of the Catholic Church, The: Combined with a Study of the Life of Christ Based on the Gospels, A Textbook for Colleges & Universities
["Truth of Christianity Series"]

Doyle, Fr Francis X., SJ
  • 1927 511p Bi(F)Pg(G) $26.00  #16454
  • 1927 511p (F/P) $13.00  #16455
Star Versus the Cross, The:
Dufay, Fr. Francis, MEP / Br Cassien-Bernard, tr
  • n.d. 219p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #16766
Approaches to Christian Unity: Doctrine & Prayer
Dumont, C.-J., OP / Henry St. John, OP, tr & intro by
  • 1959 [1954 1st French ed] 226p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #16849
Romewards
[a convert's presentation of Catholic doctrine & the defense of the unity & universality of the Church]

Eustace, C. J.
  • 1933 329p (F) $10.00  #17750
Finding A Soul: A Spiritual Autobiography
[daugther of a militant atheist who converted to Catholicism]

Everest, E. E. / Rev. Vincent Scully
  • 1922 130p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $14.00  #17767
Two Arguments for Catholicism
Eymieu, Antonin / John L. Stoddard, tr.
  • 1928 203p Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #17778
Sixteen Steps to the Church: A Handbook of Apologetic Procedure
Fortman, Edmund J., SJ & Herbert O'H. Walker, SJ
  • 1951 [reprint of 1939 ed] 34p pamphlet (F) $8.00  #19184
Have Anglicans Full Catholic Privileges?
Francis, E. H.
  • 1907 77p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #19423
Twelve Lectures on Ritualism: Vol 2: Lectures IX-XII: Anglican Orders & the Anglican Confessional
Gallwey, Fr., SJ
  • 1879 343p (F) $15.00  #19985
Wayfarer's Vision, The
[12 essays mostly with aplogetical or philosophical theme: sanctity & development, hunt for the middle term, the will in religious assent, habit & gift of wisdom, analogy of the atonement, an old dilemma (problem of evil, sin & suffering), etc]

Gerrard, Rev Thomas J. / intro addressed to Fr Adrian Fortescue, friend of the author
  • 1909 284p (F) $19.00  #70969
Faith of Our Fathers, The: Being a Plain Exposition & Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
Gibbons, James Cardinal
  • n.d. [c.1917] 93rd revised ed 428p (F/P) $8.00  #20961
  • n.d. (c.1920's) 428p [94th rev. ed/1876 1st ed] Bi(P)Pg(G) should be rebound $10.00  #20957
  • 1897 [49th rev. & enlarged ed.] 483p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #60369
  • 1917 (110th revised & enlarged ed) 352p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #80611
Our Christian Heritage
Gibbons, James Cardinal
  • 1889 523p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #20965
Great Quest, The
[I. The Quest of God; II. Christianity; III. Christiantiy & the World]

Gille, Rev. A. J. A.
  • 1935 76p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #21127
In the Eyes of Others
[8 common misconceptions of Catholicism, discusses the Church & politics, Catholics & corruption, authority & private judgment, study of Scripture, the Church & birth control, censorship, man & woman in the Church, etc]

Gleason, Robert W., SJ, ed.
  • 1962 168p (G/F) $10.00  #21560
Campaigners for Christ Handbook
[doctrinal, historical & statistical data & arguments to bring those of different beliefs into the true Church]

Goldstein, David
  • 1938 339p [5th printing] Bi(F)Pg(G) autographed $32.00  #59487
Whence and How the Universe?
[Les Origines]

Guibert, Fr J. & Fr L. Chinchole / Victor A. Bast, tr
  • 1928 631p [imprimatur] IL (F) $18.00  #22948
What Is a Catholic?
[original title: "What Is Catholicity?"]

Hallett, Paul H.
  • 1961 192p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #23417
Peace Through the Truth: Essays on Subjects Connected with Dr. Pusey's Eirenicon (2nd Series, part 1)
[shows Dr Pusey's papal contradiction doesn't stand with regard to the Levitical prohibitions of marriage in their relation to the dispensing power of the pope]

Harper, Fr. T., SJ
  • 1874 720p (F) $17.00  #23621
One and Apostolic
[the Church founded on the Rock & is certain to prevail against the gates of Hell; also, the Anglican problem, nature of schism, etc]

Hastings, Adrian
  • 1963 200p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #23750
Pedigree of Protestantism, A
[lucid & succinct tracing of the sources of Protestantism, distinguishing what each sect believes]

Hawks, Fr Edward
  • 1936 95p bound from pb Bi(G/F)Pg(G/G/F/P) $11.00  #23823
Evolution and Faith: with other Essays
Hedley, Bp.
  • 1931 253p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #24016
Natural Religion: From the "Apologie des Christenthums"
[doubt in religion, 3 orders of truth, God's existence, objections to Darwinism, etc]

Hettinger, Fr. Franz / Fr Henry Sebastian Bowden, ed & intro by
  • 1890 302p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $10.00  #24493
Trojan Horse in the City of God
[shows that those whose duty is to defend, protect & pass on the Church's teaching are doing the opposite]

Hildebrand, Dietrich von
  • 1967 233p some underlining & notes (F) $9.00  #24683
Gracious Years, The: A True Story of Discovery & Fulfillment
[a convert's 23 years assimilating Catholic life]

Hilliard, M. Pharo / foreword by Benedict Williamson
  • 1936 121p (G) $15.00  #24725
Let's Talk It Over
[14 chapters form a series of apologetical instructions as an intro to the true Church]

Holland, Lt Jerome P. (Chaplain, USNR)
  • 1947 120p (G/F) $8.00  #25052
Letters to Fellow-Christians
Houck, Fr Frederick A.
  • 1950 210p (G) $8.00  #25276
  • 1950 199p (VG) $10.00  #25275
Our Palace Wonderful: or, Man's Place in Visible Creation
[the glories of the visible universe – to impress the reader with the necessity of a 1st cause & intelligent center of the universe]

Houck, Rev Frederick A.
  • 1953 154p revised & enlarged ed (G/F) $13.00  #25281
Lie about the West, The: A response to Professor Toynbee's challenge
[examines Toynbee's thesis, points out the flaws in his arguments, his historical inaccuracies, states the case for Christian civilization]

Jerrold, Douglas
  • 1954 85p notes & underlining (F/P) $6.00  #26421
  • 1954 62p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #59530
One Lord, One Faith: An Explanation
[shows the road the author took from Anglicanism to Catholicism, explains St. Therese's role in this journey]

Johnson, Vernon
  • 1939 [21st printing] 208p pb (F/P) underlining $14.00  #59729
  • 1930 [12th printing] 208p (F) $19.00  #81254
Critic Looks at the Catholic Church, A
Johnston, H. A., SJ
  • 1944 136p rebound (G/F) $14.00  #26811
Catholic-Protestant Conflicts in America
[100 years of anti-Catholicism, social structure of American Catholics, Catholic & Protestant mentalities, school question, politics, threat to American Democracy, etc]

Kane, John J.
  • 1955 244p Bi(F)Pg(F/P) $4.00  #27281
  • 1955 244p (G) $8.00  #27279
  • 1955 244p (G/F) $7.00  #27283
  • 1955 244p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #70682
Religions of Mankind
[survey of the historical religions in light of the true Church & salvation within her bounds]

Karrer, Otto / E. I. Watkin, tr.
  • 1936 291p (G/F) $11.00  #80872
What the Church Gives Us
[outline of the fundamentals of Catholicism for Catholics or for those who wish to be]

Kelly, Msgr J.P. & M.T. Ellis
  • 1955 152p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #27683
Primacy of the Apostolic See Vindicated, The
[its divine institution, its function & history since St. Peter to the present]

Kenrick, Archbp Francis Patrick
  • 1857 5th revised ed 440p (F/F/P) $36.00  #60623
  • 1848 (3rd ed.) 527p Bi(P)Pg(F) needs rebinding/ some foxing $30.00  #80212
Christianity and the Leaders of Modern Science: A Contribution to the History of Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Kneller, Karl A., SJ / T. M. Kettle, tr / Rev T. A. Finlay, SJ, intro by
  • 1911 403p Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $18.00  #28446
Criminal Libels Against the Knights of Columbus Exposed
Knights of Columbus, issued by
  • n.d. (c.1935) 69p Bi(F)Pg(G) $25.00  #81454
My Spiritual Pilgrimage: An Attempt to Help Those Who Want to Find Peace & Happiness in this Changing World
[spiritual autobiography]

Kobbé, Carolyn Thérèse
  • 1935 141p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #28723
Catholic View of Holism, A: Criticism of Gen. Smuts' "Holism & Evolution"
Kolbe, Msgr
  • 1928 103p (F) $12.00  #28758
Is Modern Culture Doomed?
[today's society based on commercialism, love of money, sensual indulgence, etc is falling apart, but true Christianity can turn things around bringing new life & hope to the world]

Krzesinski, Fr Andrew J. / G. Barry O'Toole, STD., foreword by
  • 1942 158p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #28922
Roman Road
[story of his conversion to the Church]

Lamb, G. R.
  • 1950 125p (G/F) $13.00  #29254
Notes on Ingersoll
Lambert, Fr L. A. / Rev. Patrick Cronin, preface by
  • 1883 200p $8.00  #29262
Mind of Voltaire, The: A Study in His "Constructive Deism"
Lauer, Rosemary Z. / James Collins, intro by
  • 1961 155p (G/F) $15.00  #29660
Fountain of Living Waters
[the Faith as shown in the yearning of poets, the lives of the heroic, & the needs of daily life]

Long, Fr Valentine, OFM
  • 1957 338p (G/F) $15.00  #31353
  • 1957 338p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #81394
Revolt Against Reason, The
[in contrast to the Church's respect for reason & truth, the author shows the unscientific attitude of some modern pretenders to science]

Lunn, Arnold
  • 1951 273p (F) $32.00  #60502
Within That City
[informal anecdotal chapters on various aspects in his newly-found Faith]

Lunn, Arnold
  • 1936 285p rebound Bi(G)Pg(G/F) $12.00  #31898
Christian Counter-Attack
[Lunn, a Catholic & Lean, a Protestant Underscore wide areas of agreement between conservatives of the two faiths]

Lunn, Arnold & Lean, Garth
  • 1969 176p (G) $9.00  #31913
Through the East to Rome
[story of an Anglican missionary in Assyria in 1910, became a Catholic in 1919]

MacGillivray, Fr G. J.
  • 1931 263p (F) $15.00  #32238
Christian Origins
[in 2 vols] [v.1: God, Religion, Jesus Christ; v.2: The Church]

Madgett, Fr, A. Patrick, SJ
  • 1943 pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #32362
  • 1943 pb (G/F) $5.00  #32361
  • 1943 pb some notes in vol. 1 Bi(F)Pg(G/F/P) $4.00  #32363
God's Truth: The Answer to Laicism
[Book 1] [in question & answer format treats questions for non-Catholics on all aspects of Faith, Hope, Charity & Apostles' Creed]

Marshall, Fr Eugene F.
  • 1933 557p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #33445
  • 1933 557p (G/F) $8.00  #33444
Catholic Religion: Statement of Christian Teaching & History
Martin, Fr Charles A.
  • 1910 476p IL (F) $12.00  #33493
God and Mammon
[the relation between the novelist's art & his Catholic faith]

Mauriac, François
  • 1946 79p (G/F) $16.00  #34327
Certainly, I'm a Catholic!
[a young educated American states the case for Catholicism as the only acceptable way of life for a reasonable man]

McDermott, Thomas
  • 1950 154p (G) $8.00  #34847
Friends, Romans, Protestants…
[a beginner's handbook of apologetics showing the Catholic's reasons for his Faith]

McGloin, Fr Joseph T., SJ
  • 1963 159p (G/F) $14.00  #35016
  • 1963 159p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80305
Inquiry into Certain Vulgar Opinions Concerning the Catholic Inhabitants and the Antiquities of Ireland, An: In a Series of Letters addressed from that Island to a Protestant Gentleman in England
Milner, Rt Rev John / London: Keating, Brown, & Co, publ
  • n.d. (c.1820) 2nd ed revised & augmented (1808 1st ed) 404p Bi(P)Pg(F) some foxing/should be rebound $95.00  #70865
Long Road Home, The: An Autobiography
[a successful American businessman recounts his career & conversion from the Episcopal church to the True Church]

Moody, John
  • 1933 263p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #36901
I Also Send You: Christ & His Church
[shows that the Catholic Church is the only true Church]

Moore, Fr Thomas, SJ
  • 1938 181p Bi(F)Pg(G) $18.00  #80444
Catholic Faith and Modern Theologies: The Theology of Emil Brunner
[disciple of Karl Barth – discusses Dr Brunner's views on God's existence, original sin, free will, justification by faith alone, divinity of Christ, etc. in light of Catholic doctrine]

Moran, John W., SJ
  • 1948 99p (G/F) $17.00  #37002
Catholic Church and the Modern Mind, The
[Refutes modern objections against the Church, explains the chief Catholic doctrines, & treats of moral problems of the day, eg, birth control, eugenics, etc]

Morrison, Fr Bakewell, SJ
  • 1935 380p Bi(F)Pg(F/P) $8.00  #37154
Meaning of Man, The
[the Christian view of man in time, in the universe, nobility of the body, its misery, redemption, ect.]

Mouroux, Jean / A. H. G. Downes, tr
  • 1952 304p (G/F) $11.00  #60886
  • 1961 278p [1948 1st ed] pb pen notes & underlining (F) $5.00  #80623
  • 1948 304p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #80442
  • 1961 278p [1948 1st ed] pb pen & pencil notes & underlining Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $4.00  #82072
Faith in Action, The
Mueller, Fr F. J.
  • 1952 164p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $7.00  #37324
  • 1952 164p (G) $10.00  #37325
  • 1952 164p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #80295
In the Image of Christ
[application of the doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ to everyday living; sequel to The Living Christ]

Murphy, Fr. John L.
  • 1954 [imprimatur 1954] 169p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #37590
  • 1954 [imprimatur 1954] 169p (G/F) $15.00  #37589
Living Christ, The
[what it means to be a Catholic explained in terms of membership in the Mystical Body of Christ]

Murphy, Fr. John L.
  • 1956 232p [revised ed] [1st ed 1952] (G/F) $10.00  #37592
  • 1952 228p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #80947
Forsaken Fountain, The
[valuable contribution to the argument that faith & reason are not incompatible]

Murray, Rosalind
  • 1948 185p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #37687
Newman and Gladstone: The Vatican Decrees
[controversy over the claims of Church & State]

Newman, J. H. & W. E. Gladstone / intro by Alvan Ryan
  • 1962 228p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #38166
Unknown God, The
[spiritual autobiography: details the poet's intellectual pilgrimage to Rome]

Noyes, Alfred
  • 1934 383p Bi(F/P)Pg(G/F) $9.00  #38717
Faith of Millions, The The Credentials of the Catholic Religion
[a clear, accurate, convincing & interesting treatment of the most important beliefs of the Church]

O'Brien, Fr John A.
  • 1938 547p pb Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $11.00  #81146
Roads to Rome: The Intimate Personal Stories of Converts to the Catholic Faith
[16 noted scholars, theologians, philosophers, doctors, a general & international authors tell their story of their search & discovery of the Catholic Church]

O'Brien, Fr John A.
  • 1960 255p (G) $9.00  #38880
Truths Men Live By: A Philosophy of Religion & Life
O'Brien, Fr John A.
  • 1953 427p [10th printing] (F/P) $7.00  #38894
  • 1948 427p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #38893
Way to Emmaus, The: Intimate Personal Stories of Converts to the Catholic Faith
[21 modern men & women describe their conversion to Catholicism]

O'Brien, Fr John A.
  • 1953 368p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #38899
You Too Can Win Souls
O'Brien, Fr John A.
  • 1955 240p (VG/G) $17.00  #38902
  • 1955 240p (G/G/F) $15.00  #38903
Road to Damascus, The: Fifteen Converts to Catholicism
[the inner drama of conversion as found in the lives of Evelyn Waugh, Fulton Oursler, Frances Parkinson Keyes, et al]

O'Brien, Fr John A., ed.
  • 1949 248p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #38910
  • 1955 230p pb (F) $5.00  #81875
Where Dwellest Thou?: Intimate Personal Stories of Twelve Converts to the Catholic Faith
O'Brien, Fr John A., ed.
  • 1956 188p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $9.00  #38915
Where I Found Christ: The Intimate Personal Stories of Fourteen Converts to the Catholic Faith
[Katherine Burton, Lucile Hasley, Avery Dulles, Elizabeth Adams, Ed Dodson, Dorothy Day, Goldstein, Sargent, et al]

O'Brien, Fr John A., ed.
  • 1950 271p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #81158
White Harvest, The: A Symposium on Methods of Convert Making
[the successful techniques of 10 convert makers in the US]

O'Brien, Fr John A., ed. / Most Rev. Francis C. Kelly, DD., preface by
  • 1932 358p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #38924
Winning Converts: A Symposium on Methods of Convert Making for Priests & Lay People
[a companion to "The White Harvest"]

O'Brien, Fr John A., ed.
  • 1948 248p IL Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #38928
  • 1948 248p IL Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #81362
  • 1948 248p IL Bi(G)Pg(G/F) some bent pages $8.00  #70081
Catholicism and American Freedom
[aggressively written scholarly refutation of Blanshard's book & a warm exposition of the Catholic life & contribution to American freedom]

O'Neill, James M.
  • 1952 287p (F) $5.00  #39496
  • 1952 287p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #39495
  • 1952 287p (G) $7.00  #39493
  • 1952 287p (G/F) $6.00  #39494
Gibbon and Rome
[a study showing the defects & virtues of his famous work, The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire]

Oliver, E. J.
  • 1958 198p Bi(P)Pg(G) $15.00  #39761
Instructions for Non-Catholics Before Marriage
Ostheimer, Fr. Anthony L.
  • 1951 232p pb Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $10.00  #39938
Why I Know There is a God
[by experience in prayer & in encounters with others he draws his conclusions]

Oursler, Fulton
  • 1950 192p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #39987
At Your Ease in the Catholic Church
[a handy guidebook to various facets of Catholicism–the Mass & the Sacraments, liturgical year, the hierarchy, religious orders, etc]

Perkins, Mary / preface by Fr Leonard Feeney, SJ
  • 1938 203p Bi(F)Pg(G) $24.00  #80392
Catholicity vs. Protestantism: Conversations of a Catholic Missionary with Americans - To Which is Added a Biographical Sketch of the Author
Perodin, Fr John C.
  • 1889 338p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $14.00  #40804
Is the Pope Independent? or Outlines of the Roman Question
Prior, Msgr. John
  • n.d. 138p (F) $15.00  #42401
Back to Rome!: Being a Series of Private Letters, etc. Addressed to an Anglican Clergyman
Raupert, J. Godfrey
  • 1911 228p title pg incomplete Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G/F) $14.00  #42882
Scarlet Letter Men
[against sociologists, economists, political scientists et al who forget the natural law – gives us the Church which urges us to worship the true God & obey His law]

Redding, [Fr] John P. / foreword by Archbp Richard Cushing
  • 1947 136p (F) $12.00  #43068
  • 1947 136p (G/F) $15.00  #60765
Visible Unity of Catholic Church Maintained against Opposite Theories, The: With an Explanation of Certain Passages in Ecclesiastical History Erroneously Appealed to in Their Support
[2 vols in 1]

Rhodes, M. J.
  • 1870 672p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $26.00  #60792
From One Convert to Another
[gives instructions to converts in their post-baptismal state, answering common questions about the Faith]

Riach, John M., CSP
  • 1946 112p (G/F) $7.00  #43579
Catholic Christianity and Modern Unbelief: A Plain & Brief Statement of the Real Doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, As Opposed to those falsely attributed to her, by Christians who reject her authority, & by Unbelievers in Revelation
Ricards, Bp J. D.
  • 1884 406p Bi(F)Pg(G) $20.00  #43589
Milestones on the Way to Life
Robison, William F., SJ
  • 1923 243p (G/G/F) $14.00  #44011
Apologetics for the Pulpit
Roche, Aloysius
  • [3 vols in 1] 1950 771p (G/F) $45.00  #60966
Religion and Life
Roche, Fr Aloysius
  • 1938 119p (VG) $14.00  #44059
Radio Replies: ...Questions & Answers on Catholicism & Protestantism
[in 3 vols]

Rumble, Fr. Leslie, MSC & Fr. Charles Mortimer Carty / pref. by Msgr Fulton Sheen
  • vol 2 [only] 1940 358p (G) $15.00  #70074
  • 1939-'42 pb (F) $29.00  #81565
First of the Puritans and the Book of Common Prayer, The
[the historical synthesis of the Reformation which Anglicanized the Catholic Church in England, analyzes the liturgy that followed Henry VIII's schism with Rome]

Rust, Paul R., OMI
  • 1949 270p (G) $13.00  #44715
  • 1949 270p (G/F) $11.00  #80788
  • 1949 270p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #82076
Essence of Christianity, The
Schmaus, Michael / J. Holland Smith, ed.
  • 1961 288p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #45469
Faith and Reason: A First Course in Apologetics
Schmidt, Austin G., SJ & Joseph A. Perkins, AM
  • 1937 300p IL Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $19.00  #45502
  • 1960 300p IL [13th printing] Bi(F)Pg(G) $22.00  #81172
25 Years of Uncontrol
[Sanger's birth control movement]

Schmiedeler, Fr Edgar, OSB
  • 1943 189p pb (F) $20.00  #81117
All You Who are Burdened
[in 11 chapters the author appeals to the minds & hearts of non-Catholics to study the claims of the Church]

Scott, Fr Martin J., SJ
  • 1946 211p (G/F) $15.00  #45919
Answer Wisely
[succinct & complete answers to questions on the fundamental Catholic doctrines: divinity of Christ, nature of the soul, purpose of life, historical questions, business & politics, etc]

Scott, Martin J., SJ
  • 1938 308p (G/F) $14.00  #59940
  • 1938 308p (F) $11.00  #81502
Credentials of Christianity, The
[an effective development of the historical argument to prove the divine origin of the Church]

Scott, Martin J., SJ
  • 1920 257p (F/F/P) rebound as hb $6.00  #61118
God and Myself: An Inquiry into the True Religion
Scott, Martin J., SJ
  • 1917 181p rebound Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #45949
Religion and Common Sense
[Catholic doctrines & their practical applications: 16 areas such as authority, religion & science, capital & labor, war, hell, birth control, amusements, Index of forbidden books, etc]

Scott, Martin J., SJ
  • 1926 320p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #45959
Truth About Christian Science, The
Searle, Fr George M.
  • 1916 305p Bi(F/P)Pg(G/F) $15.00  #46013
Principles of Christianity, The
[synopsis of teachings to counter the attacks on the Church: existence of God, the soul, religion & morals, revelation, faith, free will, evil, miracles, mysticism, etc]

Sharpe, Rev. A. B.
  • 1914 147p new & revised ed (F) $14.00  #46376
In the Shadow of Peter
[spiritual autobiography showing the reasoned arguments which led him to the True Faith]

Shaw, Fr Henry B.
  • 1950 158p (G) $7.00  #46381
  • 1950 158p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #46382
Questions and Answers on the Catholic Faith
[common questions sent into the Tidings & CIC of Los Angeles, CA]

Sheridan, John V. / foreword by Cardinal McIntyre
  • 1963 319p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #47123
Glory of Thy People, The: The Story of a Conversion
[spiritual autobiography of a Jewish psychiatrist, tells how he became a Catholic & a Trappist monk]

Simon, Fr M. Raphael, OCSO / preface by Bp. Sheen
  • 1949 139p [4th printing] Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $4.00  #47311
  • 1949 139p autographed Bi(F)Pg(G) $18.00  #47307
  • 1948 139p Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $6.00  #47305
Human Element in the Church of Christ, The
[shows that although human beings make mistakes in the Church, the work & success of the Church in the end are the triumph of Christ]

Simon, Rev. Dr. Paul / Meyrick Booth, tr
  • 1954 166p [1936 1st German ed] (F) $14.00  #80887
  • 1954 166p [1936 1st German ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #70543
Testimony to the Truth
Smyth, Fr Hugh P.
  • 1922 240p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #47815
  • 1922 240p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $8.00  #47816
Russia and the Universal Church
[the social implications of the Faith & of heresy, the condition of the Russian church, plea for the recognition of the papacy in the polity of Christendom, a spiritual outline of history]

Solovyev, Vladimir [pre-conversion] / Herbert Rees, tr
  • 1948 214p (1889 1st French ed) Bi(F)Pg(G) $33.00  #81043
Evidences of Catholicity, The: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in the Cathedral of Louisville
Spalding, Archbp M. J.
  • 1875 477p (6th ed rev. & enlarged w/appendix) Bi(P)Pg(G) needs rebinding $7.00  #47939
  • 1866 440p (4th ed rev. & enlarged w/appendix) (F) $13.00  #47937
Essays in Christian Unity: 1928-1954
[treats the main causes of the lack of harmony among Christians, leading the reader to adopt a charitable attitude toward our separated brethren]

St. John, Henry, O.P.
  • 1955 144p (G) $11.00  #48190
Flower for Sign, A
[fictionalized biography of a convert, Louis Stancourt, who calls himself Joseph Tired]

Stancourt, Louis [pseud.]
  • 1937 303p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #48282
  • 1937 303p (G/F) $10.00  #48281
Anglican Orders
[refutes the Anglicans' claim to valid ordination]

Stephenson, Fr Anthony, SJ / Walton Hannah & Hugh Ross Williamson, appendices by
  • 1956 76p (G/F) $17.00  #48547
Way It Worked Out, The
[continuation of her personal litany of saints complete with little-known facts & anecdotes about them; reminiscences about earlier days; how her conversion worked out – sequel to "All in Good Time"]

Stern, Gladys B.
  • 1956 147p (G) $7.00  #48566
Pillar of Fire, The
[a modern psychiatrist's personal story of his life & spiritual voyage to Catholicism]

Stern, Karl
  • 1951 310p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $15.00  #60400
Rebuilding a Lost Faith: by an American Agnostic
[a spiritual autobiography & explanation of the chief Catholic doctrines & practices]

Stoddard, John L.
  • 1922 222p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #48663
  • 1923 (3rd ed) 222p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #48664
  • 1922 (new ed w/index) 234p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #48666
  • 1922 (new ed w/index) 234p pb (G/F) $4.00  #48669
  • 1922 (new ed w/index) 234p (G/F) $8.00  #48667
  • 1924 (4th ed) 222p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #48665
  • 1922 234p (new ed w/index) rebound (G/F/F) $5.00  #48668
Twelve Years in the Catholic Church
[reaffirms with sound reasons his continued belief in the Church]

Stoddard, John L.
  • 1930 174p Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $8.00  #48675
Awakening and What Followed, An
[soldier in the civil war, became an Episcopal minister, in 1869 converted & later became a Catholic missionary priest: 1840-1921]

Stone, James K. (Fr Fidelis of the Cross, CP)
  • n.d. 345p (F) $14.00  #48695
Christ As Organizer of the Church
Swint, Bp. John J.
  • 1936 113p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #49028
Why I Am a Catholic
[a convert's personal account of the Catholic Church, its history, organization, teachings & its role in the world today]

Thomson, Paul van Kuydendall
  • 1959 204p autographed Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #50753
  • 1959 204p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #81369
Christian Science
Thurston, Rev Herbert, SJ
  • 1925 29p pamphlet (G/F) $5.00  #59033
Apologetical Studies: The Trinity, Jesus Christ, the Church, Penance
[a scholarly answer to the rationalistic & modernistic denials of the basic Catholic dogmas of the Trinity, etc]

Tixeront, Fr J.
  • 1917 183p (F) $19.00  #50943
Conquests of Our Holy Faith: or, Testimonies of Distinguished Converts
Treacy, James J.
  • n.d. 473p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $18.00  #51341
Tributes of Protestant Writers to the Truth and Beauty of Catholicity
Treacy, James J.
  • 1885 383p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $20.00  #51343
Wisdom Shall Enter
[a book that will help answer objections to Catholicism]

Trese, Fr. Leo J.
  • 1954 144p (F) $12.00  #51398
Priest and Scientists, The
[refutation of pseudo-scientific positions & slanders against the Church, harmony between Church & science]

Vahey, Fr J.W. / Milwaukee, WI: J. H. Yewdale & Sons Co, publ
  • 1882 [2nd ed] 271p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #51866
Science and Religion: Reasonableness of Christianity and the Shallowness of Unbelief
Vaughan, Archbp Roger Bede
  • 1879 232p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $15.00  #52611
Faith and Folly
Vaughan, Bp John S.
  • 1911 (4th ed) 496p Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $8.00  #52618
  • 1905 (2nd ed) 496p (G/F) $10.00  #52617
Science and Revelation
[4 Chapters: Standpoint of Religion; Standpoint of Empirical Science; Theology & Physical Science; Science of Life & the Science of God]

Walker, Leslie J., SJ
  • 1932 87p Bi(P)Pg(G) should be rebound $7.00  #53294
Catholic Church and Healing, The
[The Calvert Series] [hospitals, leprosy, doctrine of infection & disease prevention, monastic medicine, anesthesia, medical teaching, care of the insane, surgery, etc]

Walsh, James J. / Hilaire Belloc, edited by
  • 1928 109p (G/F) $17.00  #53398
Catholic Looks at Life, A
[apologetical synopsis of the Church's accomplishments in biology, education, etc.]

Walsh, James J.
  • 1929 274p (F) $13.00  #53409
  • 1929 274p autographed (G/F) $17.00  #53410
Catholic Evidence Training Outlines
[a concise outline & defense of the Catholic Faith together with the principal objections brought against it]

Ward, Maisie & F. J. Sheed
  • 1948 357p (4th ed) (G) $35.00  #55972
Catholic Centre, The
[Survey of the World's Errors in Light of the Faith]

Watkin, Edward I.
  • 1945 261p (G/F) $10.00  #53883
  • 1945 261p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #80388
Some Thoughts on Catholic Apologetics: A Plea for Interpretation
Watkin, Edward I.
  • 1915 142p (G/F) $12.00  #53887
Bite the Bullet
[her adventures as a journalist, her search & her conversion]

Wayman, Dorothy G. / Most Rev. John Wright, foreword by
  • 1948 229p IL Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #53976
Separated Brethren: A Survey of Non-Catholic Christian Denominations in the United States
[the differences between Catholic & Protestant, the nearly 40 different non-Catholic sects/denominations including Old Catholics, Polish Nationals, etc]

Whalen, William J.
  • 1958 284p IL Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #54325
Catholicism and the Modern Mind
[a reasonable interpretation of Catholicism, statement of its challenge to the modern mind, Catholic contribution to the Republic, analysis of the unfair anti-Catholic propaganda confronting the Faith in the US]

Williams, Michael
  • 1928 348p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #57086
One Real Thing, The
[claims & teachings of the Church]

Williamson, Benedict, C.SS.S. / Card. Gasquet, preface by
  • 1925 221p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #54641
Evolutionary Problem as It Is Today, The
Windle, Sir Bertram C. A.
  • 1927 66p (G/F) $10.00  #54901
Catholic Pattern, The
[a logicial & persuasive presentation of Catholicism & shows that the Church is the only solution for today's sick world]

Woodlock, Thomas F.
  • 1942 201p autographed (G) $21.00  #55115
  • 1942 201p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #55114
Catholicism "A Reasonable Service": A Course in Apologetics
Wurzer, Fr Joseph C.
  • 1943 [revised] 131p underlining & notes Bi(G)Pg(F/P) $10.00  #55264
Sincere Seeker, The
[apologetical work presenting the credentials of the Catholic Church to anyone who is looking for the true faith]

Wynhoven, Msgr Peter M. H.
  • 1941 360p Bi(P)Pg(F) needs rebinding $7.00  #55287
Catholic Science and Catholic Scientists
[chiefly demonstrates that there is no conflict between the Catholic religion & true science]

Zahm, Fr J. A., CSC
  • 1894 217p [2nd ed] Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $15.00  #60836
  • 1893 217p (F) $15.00  #55415
  • 1893 217p Bi(P)Pg(F) $12.00  #55416
Legacy of Luther, The: Martin Luther & the Reformation in the Estimation of German Lutherans from Luther's death to the beginning of the age of Goethe
Zeeden, Ernst Walter / Ruth Mary Bethell, tr
  • 1954 221p [trans from 1950 German ed] IL Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #55467
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