CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS

OTFS ORIGINAL APOLOGETIC WORKS:

By: Bro. Manny Santos, OTFS, Chief Apologist

1 The Primacy of Peter

2 The Catholic Church

3 The Bible and Holy Tradition

4 How The Church Was Built 


NOTES ON APOLOGETICS:

We are now featuring Catholic Apologetics as a rich resource of Catholics visiting our blogs to have the means to defend ones faith against the attacks of the non-Catholic religion which are so numerous now in the Social Media. Their heresy can be very devastating to the faith of the Catholics who don't have sound foundation on the doctrines and history of the Catholic Church that they become easy prey to the false prophets and false teachers who pretend to be Christians but are leading the true Christians who are the Catholics away from the true Church of the Living God and take away their salvation.

As St. Peter said we must always be ready to make a defense of our faith in his words "...but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence," (1 Pet. 3:15). Thus Apologetics is an art of communication by which we convince people to change their views from falsehood to the truth in Jesus Christ in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Pillar and Foundation of the Truth.

Catholic apologetics can be referred to as that branch of Catholic Church that deals with answering any and all critics who oppose or question the revelation of God in Christ and the Bible.Those who practice Apologetics or engage in it are called Apologists. As one we can either go into offensive or defensive depending on the circumstances we are in. Its like entering into Spiritual Battle where the main purpose is the salvation of souls. In Phil. 1:7 it states "For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me." Here we are given the right to defend our faith as Catholics. On the other hand in 2 Cor. 10:5 it states, "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." Here we are given the freedom to attack those who are trying to destroy our faith. So Apologists can either be on the defensive when attack or in the offensive when there are clear and present danger to the faith. However in either way whether we defend or we attack, we should always do it with gentleness and not be swayed by the vicious tongues of the heretics and get into a trap they put up against us.

In the work of convincing people to change their views through Apologetics apologists also take the role of evangelists or preachers for the Catholic Faith because its goal is ultimately the defense and presentation of the validity and necessity of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. It is to persuade the other side to listen and believe in the true biblical truths, change life, and be saved through the church of Jesus Christ who founded and built his church for the said purpose.

By Bro Manny OTFS Chief Apologist

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