The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

"THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.Notices of the llth Revised and Enlarged Edition."It is written in a genial, pleasant style, and abounds in illustrations from history, and, with all, is very free from the controversialspirit which is calculated to arouse antagonism. It has the appearanceof being written more for Protestant ears rather than for those ofCatholic faith. It would be well for controversialists in religionalways to remember what the author of the present volume seems sofully to have understood, that denunciation and sharp retort, admissible in politics,is never in place in religious discussion. While wemay not agree with the tenets of the book, we will freely accord to thediscussion upon its pages Christian courtesy, plausible argument andlearning."Chicago Inter Ocean.It was worthy of the august prelate, who occupies the first See ofthe United States, the Most Rev. James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, to offer to the American public a complete exposition as wellas a victorious defence of Catholic doctrine; and he has done so, notonly with the authority of his high position, but also with a remarkable talent, that has had its influence on the minds of believers as wellas of doubters and hesitators. Hence, hi 3 book has had already avery wide circulation. The Faith of Our Fathers is a work still new,and has already attained a circulation of more than 50,000, and it isstill in demand. In one word, it is the greatest success of its kindthat we know in the United States." N. 0. Propagateur Catholique."A new edition of Archbishop Gibbons very popular volume,1The Faith of Our Fathers, has just been issued. It is revised andenlarged by a fuller development of some points to the extent ofabout fifty pases. Fifty thousand copies of the former editions havebeen sold. This is looked on as a surprising success ; and, comparedwith the success of other excellent volumes of Catholic instruction, itis a grand success. But what an idea does this give of the reading ofthe far larger part of Catholics in the United States! Some peopletalk of six or eight millions of Catholics in the United States. Nodoubt there are at least that many who have been baptized as Catholics, and by Catholics. But how many of them know their catechism ?How many of them know enough of their religionto take any interestin understanding its doctrines; much less in spreading them. Theyhave gone to the Public Schools; and they read the daily papers, andthey are smart in finance or in trade. But the finest Catholic readingis, for the vast majority of them, as uninteresting as strange as ifCatholic books or journals were written in Syriac. That comes ofnot sending children to schools where they are thoroughly instructed1in their religion."A . F. Freeman s Journal."Tothe Roman Catholic it affords a simple expositionof his faith,and gives the reasons for many of its practices.The general readerdesirous of getting a fair exposition of Catholic doctrine from a Catholic stand-point will find it in this little volume plainly and clearlystated. The seeker after truth will think it only reasonable to take aview of that doctrine from the pen of one of the ablest professors ofthe Roman Catholic faith on this continent rather than from an unfriendly, and probably a prejudiced, source. St. John (JV. B.) Globe.MURPHY & Co. Publishers and Catholic Booksellers, Baltimore.