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The Faith of Our Fathers

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The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by archbishop James Gibbons, which became a best-selling conversion manual in the United States, and by 1980 was in its 111th printing.
(From the preface) “The object of this little volume is to present in a plain and practical form an exposition and vindication of the principal tenets of the Catholic Church. It was thought sufficient to devote but a brief space to such Catholic doctrines and practices as are happily admitted by Protestants, while those that are controverted by them are more elaborately elucidated...
...As his chief aim has been to bring home the truths of the Catholic faith to our separated brethren, who generally accept the Scripture as the only source of authority in religious matters, he has endeavored to fortify his statements by abundant reference to the sacred text. He has thought proper, however, to add frequent quotations from the early Fathers, whose testimony, at least as witnesses of the faith of their times, must be accepted even by those who call in question their personal authority.” (Summary from Wikipedia with quotes from the preface of this volume.) (0 hr 48 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface and Introduction

14:40

Read by AVG

01 - Chapter 1 - The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc.

7:12

Read by Ann Boulais

02 - Chapter 2 - The Unity of the Church

20:44

Read by Ann Boulais

03 - Chapter 3 - The Holiness of the Church

23:09

Read by Ann Boulais

04 - Chapter 4 - Catholicity

16:14

Read by AVG

05 - Chapter 5 - Apostolicity

25:14

Read by AVG

06 - Chapter 6 - Perpetuity of the Church

24:27

Read by Phil Chenevert

07 - Chapter 7 - Infallible Authority of the Church

21:06

Read by AVG

08 - Chapter 8 -The Church and the Bible

32:29

Read by AVG

09 - Chapter 9 - The Primacy of Peter

22:54

Read by dave7

10 - Chapter 10 - The Supremacy of the Popes

22:07

Read by dave7

11 - Chapter 11 - Infallibility of the Popes

26:48

Read by dave7

12 - Chapter 12 - Temporal Power of the Popes

26:23

Read by dave7

13 - Chapter 13 - The Invocation of Saints

20:46

Read by Phil Chenevert

14 - Chapter 14, Part 1: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is It Lawful to Honor the Bl…

47:50

Read by Phil Chenevert

15 - Chapter 14, Part 2: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is it Lawful to Invoke Her? …

16:09

Read by Phil Chenevert

16 - Chapter 15 - Sacred Images

24:29

Read by Phil Chenevert

17 - Chapter 16 - Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead

28:26

Read by Phil Chenevert

18 - Chapter 17 - Civil and Religious Liberty

41:39

Read by dave7

19 - Chapter 18 - Charges of Religious Persecution

30:40

Read by dave7

20 - Chapter 19 - Grace-The Sacraments-Original Sin-Baptism-Its Neccesity-Its …

20:18

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

21 - Chapter 20 - The Sacrament of Confirmation

11:14

Read by Viglione

22 - Chapter 21 - The Holy Eucharist

23:17

Read by Veronica Jenkins

23 - Chapter 22 - Communion Under One Kind

13:15

Read by wminbru

24 - Chapter 23 - The Sacrifice of the Mass

24:21

Read by Phil Chenevert

25 - Chapter 24 - The Use of Religious Ceremonies Dictated by Right Reason

12:08

Read by Phil Chenevert

26 - Chapter 25 - Ceremonials of the Mass

19:19

Read by Phil Chenevert

27 - Chapter 26, Part 1 - The Sacrament of Penance: The Divine Institution Of T…

57:51

Read by dave7

28 - Chapter 26, Part 2 - The Sacrament of Penance: On The Relative Morality Of…

10:48

Read by dave7

29 - Chapter 27 - Indulgences

17:13

Read by Bill Mosley

30 - Chapter 28 - Extreme Unction

5:56

Read by Warren Jones

31 - Chapter 29 - The Priesthood

23:22

Read by dave7

32 - Chapter 30 - Celibacy of the Clergy

16:13

Read by jedopi

33 - Chapter 31 - Matrimony

20:03

Read by jedopi

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Great breakdown of the Catholic faith.