Introduction

• What is Apologetics?
• Why we engage in Apologetics
• How we engage in Apologetics
• “Either / Or”
• Doctrinal Development
• Doctrinal Proclamation versus Doctrinal Invention
• Church Fathers
• Typology
• What is Revelation?
• Why Do We Read Sacred Scripture?
• How Do We Read Sacred Scripture?
• History of the Bible
• The Canon of the Bible
• Why sola scriptura doesn't work
• Jesus is the Messiah
• The Communion of Saints
• “Are You Saved, Brother?”
• Sola Fides
• Eternal Assurance & the Sin of Presumption
• Mortal and Venial Sins
• Purgatory
• Indulgences
• “A Rose by Any Other Name”
• Catholic Prayer
• “Call no man Father”
• Anointing of the Sick
• Why the Eucharist is Important
• Definition of Eucharistic Positions
• Who Can Receive Communion?
• Overcoming “Ickiness”
• Biblical Support for the Eucharist
• Support for the Eucharist from the Church Fathers
• Weight of Historical Evidence
• Eucharistic Miracles
• Answers to Eucharistic Objections
• Specific Examples of Typology - Sacrifice & Passover
• “I Have A Personal Relationship With Jesus Christ!”
• Mother of God
• Perpetually Virgin
• Immaculate Conception
• Assumed into Heaven
• Specific Examples of Typology - Queen Mother
• Specific Examples of Typology - Ark of the Covenant
• Specific Examples of Typology - New Adam & New Eve
• Specific Examples of Typology - New David
• “On This Rock”
• Other Scriptural evidence for Petrine Primacy
• Non-Scriptural evidence for Petrine Primacy
• Primacy of the Bishop of Rome
• Holy Orders
• Priestesses?
• Priestly Celibacy
• Peter's Roman Residency
• Infallibility versus Impeccability
• “And He saw that it was good” : defending the physical world
• Visible versus Invisible Church
• The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth
• Anti-Catholic Slanders
• Scandal in the Church
• Confession
• Confirmation
• What we can and cannot know about the Second Coming
• The Rapture : Definitions of terms and doctrinal positions
• Scriptural Misunderstandings about the Rapture
• History of the Rapture Doctrine
• Who are the Jehovah's Witnesses?
• The Divinity of Jesus
• 144,000
• The Immortality & Existence of the Human Soul
• Infinite Justice and Infinite Mercy
• The Reality of Hell
• The Eternity of Hell
• Resurrection of the Body
• The Resurrection of Jesus
• The Mosaic Law and Christianity
• Who are the Mormons?
• The Great and not-so-Great Apostasy
• The truth about Baptism
• Sunday worship
• The Trinity
• Discontinuity as a sign of a false religion
• Examples of Discontinuities in the Mormon and Jehovah's Witness religions
• Introduction to the New Age movement
• Understanding New Age Terms
• Refuting New Age Beliefs
• “I believe in one God”
• Who are these Atheists anyway?
• The appeal of Atheism
• Sources of Atheism
• Refuting Atheism
• Morality 101
• The Importance of Knowing the Catholic Church's Teaching
• What and Why is the Church Teaching on Abortion?
• What and Why is the Church Teaching on Contraception?
• What and Why is the Church Teaching on Reproductive Technology?
• The Link Between Contraception and Abortion
• Answering pro-abortion arguments
• What and Why is the Church Teaching on Homosexuality?
• What and Why is the Church Teaching on Fornication & Other Sexual Morals?
• Defending the Church View of Marriage
• What and Why is the Church Teaching on Life & Death Issues?
• The Slippery Slope : A lesson from Europe
• Pain & Suffering