The Catholic Church is the only church that can trace its roots back to the apostles. There is no other church that can make the same claim. There have been many Protestant theologians and Pastors that left their faith for the Catholic Church after researching the writings of the early church fathers. The early writings "scream" Catholic. Topics such as baptism, confession, the Mass, Purgatory, Mary, abortion, etc.; they are all found in the early Christian writing. The Bible, the tool given to non-Catholics by the Catholic Faith, has now been made a weapon against the true church as prophesied in the Bible (1 Tim 4:1; Gal 1:9).
If you are unsure about the Catholic faith or have heard negative opinions but would like to know the truth, you must be honest with yourself and examine both sides of an issue without prejudice and with an open heart; this is the only way to finding the truth.
REFERENCE MATERIALS:
ANSWERING A FUNDAMENTALIST by Albert J. Nevins, M.M., OUR SUNDAY VISITOR PUBLISHING DIVISION, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. Huntington, Indiana 46750
CATHOLIC ALMANAC - OUR SUNDAY VISITOR PUBLISHING DIVISION, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. Huntington, Indiana 46750
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - DOUBLEDAY
CATHOLIC AND CHRISTIAN - by Alan Schreck, SERVANT BOOKS, Ann Arbor, Michigan
CATHOLICISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM- by Karl Keating, IGNATIUS PRESS, San Francisco
CATHOLIC REPLIES - by James J. Drummey, CR PUBLICATIONS INC. 345 Prospect Street NOrwood, MA 02062
IS IT IN THE BIBLE? - by Rev. Jude O. Mbukanma, M.E.T. Ltd. P.O. Box 14, Clifton, Virginia, 22024
JESUS, PETER, & THE KEYS - by Scott Butler, Norman Dahlgren, Rev. Mr. David Hess, QUEENSHIP PUBLISHING COMPANY, P.O. Box 42048 Santa Barbara, CA 93140-2028
RESPONSES TO 101 QUESTIONS ON THE BIBLE by Raymond Brown, PAULIST PRESS (New York/Mahwah)
SURPRISED BY TRUTH - by Patrick Madrid, Published by BASILICA PRESS, P.O. Box 85152-0134, San Diego, CA 92186
THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE - by Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. Huntington, Indiana 46750