Real Story of Catholic History by Weidenkopf, Steve

Are anti-Catholic Myths the original Fake News? Anti-Catholics like to paint Church teachings in a way that makes them seem vain, backward, or superstitious, hoping to draw people out of the Faith and into sects or unbelief. Catholic apologists fight back with facts and sound arguments. Another area where the Church's enemies tell their own false story of Catholicism- its history. Whether from 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! Whether it's claims about Catholicism's supposedly pagan origins, old myths about Galileo or the Inquisition, or more modern misconceptions that anti-Catholics cynically exploit, these attacks require a response from those who know the truth. In The Real Story of Catholic History, Professor Weidenkopf collects over fifty 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.

Author: Steve Weidenkopf
Publisher: Catholic Answers Press
Published: 10/01/2017
Pages: 354
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781683570486

About the Author
Steve Weidenkopf teaches at the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology. He is the author of The Church and the Middle Ages: 1000-1378 (2020); Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church (2019): The Real Story of Catholic History: Answering Twenty Centuries of Anti-Catholic Myths (2017); The Glory of the Crusades (2014); and is the creator and co-author of Epic: A Journey Through Church History and the author of The Early Church adult faith formation studies. Steve is a member of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, an international academic group dedicated to the field of Crusading history. He is also a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Steve and his wife live in Northern Virginia and are blessed with six children and one grandchild.