My Review of The Essential Catholic Survival Guide

When I received The Essential Catholic Survival Guide in the mail I couldn't believe what I had gotten myself into. The book by the Staff of Catholic Answers was huge. It's a 533 page book, and I kept thinking "How am I ever going to get through this?"

But this book is very easy to read. And it has answers to all the questions you ever wanted to know about the Catholic faith. It starts out with "The Church & the Papacy" and ends with "Practical Apologetics." There is so much more to this book though.

There are questions and answers to some of the most common questions like "Do Catholics worship statues?" to more complex ones like "Where is Purgatory found in the Bible?"

You also have questions and answers about Birth Control, Celibacy and the Priesthood, the Great Heresies, and many, many more subjects.

Also in this book are how to answer questions from people of other faiths (i.e. Fundamentalists, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, & Jehovah's Witness) The authors give you practical and helpful tips on how to answer the questions they ask.

Towards the end of the book the authors give you helpful advice on starting out as an Apologist, and what books you should have on your bookshelf to help with the apologetics.

Finally, ending the book is Common Catholic Prayers. They have all the Mysteries of the Rosary, The Hail Mary, The Our Father, etc. and ends up with the Scriptural Reference Guide.

Even though this book took me awhile to read, it was worth it. This should be in every Catholic persons or families home. It's very easy to use, and very well written. I highly recommend it.

You can purchase this book here.

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