The Real Story of Catholic History: Answering Twenty Centuries of Anti-Catholic Myths

Anti-Catholics like to paint Church teachings in a way that makes them seem vain, backward, or superstitious, all in the hope of drawing people out of the faith and into sects or unbelief.

Catholic apologists fight back with facts and sound arguments.But there’s another area where the Church’s enemies tell their own false story of Catholicism: its history.Whether it’s from the media, in classrooms, or out of the mouths of pastors and politicians, we’ve all heard a version of Catholic history filled with unrelenting violence, ignorance, worldliness, and bigotry.It’s enough to make many believers question whether the Church truly was founded by Christ!This kind of attack requires no less of a response from those who know the truth.

In The Real Story of Catholic History, Steve Weidenkopf gives it to you.Weidenkopf (The Glory of the Crusades) collects over 50 of the most common and dangerous lies about Catholic history and, drawing on his experience as a historian and apologist, shows how to answer them simply and powerfully.