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And You Will Know the Truth And You Will Know The Truth How to Explain and Defend The Catholic Faith Sebastian R. Fama And You Will Know The Truth How to Explain and Defend The Catholic Faith Sebastian R. Fama Permission is hereby granted by the author to print, copy or distribute anything in this book. Additional copies of this book may be downloaded for free at: www.StayCatholic.com/free_online_book.htm. Updated June 8, 2021 www.StayCatholic.com Table of Contents Part One - The Essays Introduction to The Essays - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1. Creationism or Evolution? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2. The Bible - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 3. The Trinity - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 4. Jesus is the Messiah - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 5. The Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 6. The Pope - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 7. Papal Infallibility - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 8. The Canon of Scripture - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 9. Scripture Alone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 10. Tradition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 11. Justification - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 12. Can Salvation Be Lost? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 13. Baptism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 14. The Mass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 15. The Eucharist - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 16. Confession - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 17. Purgatory - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 18. Indulgences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37 19. Praying to Saints - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 20. Mary’s Role in the Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 21. Mary Ever-Virgin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43 22. The Immaculate Conception - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 23. The Assumption - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 47 24. The Rosary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49 25. Sacramentals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 26. Call no Man Father - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 27. The Rapture - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 28. Abstinence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57 29. Contraception - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59 30. Natural Family Planning - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 61 31. Marriage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63 32. Divorce, Remarriage and Annulment - - - - - - - - 65 33. Abortion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67 34. Cafeteria Catholics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69 35. Women’s Ordination - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 36. Traditionalists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73 37. The Words of Consecration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75 38. Salvation Outside the Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - 77 39. Catholic Dissent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 79 i 40. The Orthodox Churches - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 81 41. The Word of Faith Movement - - - - - - - - - - - - - 83 42. Jehovah’s Witnesses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85 43. Seventh Day Adventists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 87 44. Mormons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 89 45. Freemasons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 91 46. Divination - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 93 47. Scandals in the Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 95 48. Hypocrites in the Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 97 49. Our Debt to the Catholic Church - - - - - - - - - - - 99 50. Knowledge is not Enough - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 101 Part Two - The Early Fathers Introduction to The Early Church Fathers (ECF) - - - 103 1. ECF on Creation Out of Nothing - - - - - - - - - - - 106 2. ECF on Scripture - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 108 3. ECF on The Canon of Scripture - - - - - - - - - - - - 110 4. ECF on The Catholic Bible - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 112 5. ECF on Scripture Alone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 114 6. ECF on Private Interpretation - - - - - - - - - - - - - 116 7. ECF on Tradition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 118 8. ECF on The Divinity of Christ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 120 9. ECF on The Trinity - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 122 10. ECF on The Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 124 11. ECF on The Catholic Church - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 126 12. ECF on The Primacy of Peter/Rome - - - - - - - - 128 13. ECF on Peter’s Presence in Rome - - - - - - - - - - 130 14. ECF on Apostolic Succession - - - - - - - - - - - - - 132 15. ECF on Clerical Celibacy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 134 16. ECF on Justification - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 136 17. ECF on Free Will and Salvation - - - - - - - - - - - - 138 18. ECF on Once Saved Not Always Saved - - - - - - 140 19. ECF on Baptism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 142 20. ECF on Being Born Again - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 144 21. ECF on Confirmation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 146 22. ECF on Holy Orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 148 23. ECF on The Priesthood - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 150 24. ECF on The Mass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 152 25. ECF on The Eucharist - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 154 26. ECF on Confession - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 156 27. ECF on Anointing of the Sick - - - - - - - - - - - - - 158 28. ECF on Purgatory - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 160 29. ECF on Intercession of the Saints - - - - - - - - - - 162 30. ECF on Mary, Mother of the Church - - - - - - - - - 164 ii 31. ECF on Mary Ever-Virgin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 166 32. ECF on The Immaculate Conception - - - - - - - - 168 33. ECF on The Assumption - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 170 34. ECF on The Mother of God - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 172 35. ECF on Sacred Images - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 174 36. ECF on Relics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 176 37. ECF on The Sign of the Cross - - - - - - - - - - - - - 178 38. ECF on Catholic Practices - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 180 39. ECF on Contraception - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 182 40. ECF on Divorce and Remarriage - - - - - - - - - - - 184 41. ECF on Abortion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 186 42. ECF on Women’s Ordination - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 188 43. ECF on Salvation Outside the Church - - - - - - - 190 44. ECF on Angels and Demons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 192 45. ECF on Astrology / Divination - - - - - - - - - - - - - 194 46. ECF on Hell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 196 47. ECF on Homosexuality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 198 48. ECF on Sabbath or Sunday? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 49. ECF on The Filioque Clause - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 202 50. ECF on Military Service - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 204 51. ECF on Questionable Entertainment - - - - - - - - 206 Part Three - Supporting Evidence Doctrinal Concordance of the Bible - - - - - - - - - - - - 208 The Scriptures on Works - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 215 How Old is Your Church? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 219 Messianic Prophecies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 220 Hard Cases and Abortion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 224 For Further Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 229 iii About the Essays Quite often those who object to Catholicism will do so on scriptural grounds. They claim the teachings of the Church are opposed to the teachings of the Bible. However, Scripture read in context fully supports Catholic teaching. The primary goal of my essays is to present the biblical case for Catholicism. I also refer to the writings of the Early Church Fathers. I do so in order to show that those who were taught by the Apostles believed and interpreted the Scriptures in the same way that the Catholic Church does today. I kept the essays short in the hope that skeptics would be more likely to read them. They are by no means an exhaustive study on the subjects they cover. They are designed to address the most common objections to Catholicism and thus remove any stumbling blocks to further investigation. Toward that end suggestions for further study are provided. Perhaps you are a skeptic. Perhaps you agree with those who say that the teachings of the Catholic Church are unbiblical. But have you ever examined the evidence that supports those teachings? You are certainly entitled to believe anything that you wish. But shouldn't your opinions be based on evidence and not the prejudices of others? In the movie, "To Kill a Mocking Bird," Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of a crime that he did not commit. The story takes place in the American south during the early 1930's. The jury was composed of local townspeople all of whom were white. Despite clear evidence that indicated his innocence the jury found Tom guilty. The verdict was not based on the facts but on the bigotry of the jury. If you were on that jury would you have stood up for the truth or would you have succumbed to peer pressure and gone along with the others? You are in such a position now. There is a great
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