Books that explain the Catholic faith

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated 4.51 avg rating — 11,986 ratings
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Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating — 41,129 ratings
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Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,253 ratings
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Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism 4.41 avg rating — 11,763 ratings
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The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth 4.43 avg rating — 9,187 ratings
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The Imitation of Christ
The Imitation of Christ 4.23 avg rating — 25,677 ratings
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Introduction to the Devout Life
Introduction to the Devout Life 4.39 avg rating — 6,958 ratings
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Theology and Sanity
Theology and Sanity 4.54 avg rating — 1,015 ratings
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The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man 4.16 avg rating — 10,417 ratings
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Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating — 447,047 ratings
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Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration 4.43 avg rating — 6,838 ratings
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Life of Christ
Life of Christ 4.59 avg rating — 3,212 ratings
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Theology for Beginners
Theology for Beginners 4.41 avg rating — 1,711 ratings
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Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica 4.13 avg rating — 4,052 ratings
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Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church 4.41 avg rating — 502 ratings
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Baltimore Catechism No. 3
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 4.52 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians"
Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" 4.26 avg rating — 1,821 ratings
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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming 4.38 avg rating — 24,934 ratings
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To Know Christ Jesus
To Know Christ Jesus 4.60 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas 4.10 avg rating — 5,428 ratings
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Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church
Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church 4.05 avg rating — 967 ratings
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Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions
Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions 4.23 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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Introduction to Christianity
Introduction to Christianity 4.44 avg rating — 1,825 ratings
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Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church
Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church 4.31 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Catholic Controversy: A Defense of the Faith (Library of St. Francis de Sales, #3)
The Catholic Controversy: A Defense of the Faith (Library of St. Francis de Sales, #3) 4.55 avg rating — 194 ratings
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The Practice of the Presence of God
The Practice of the Presence of God 4.33 avg rating — 55,773 ratings
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Encounters With Silence
Encounters With Silence 4.29 avg rating — 287 ratings
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City of God
City of God 3.94 avg rating — 13,448 ratings
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The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church 4.42 avg rating — 479 ratings
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The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary
The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary 4.38 avg rating — 3,000 ratings
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How to Become a Heroic Catholic
How to Become a Heroic Catholic 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes
Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes 3.91 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church
Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church 4.22 avg rating — 546 ratings
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What Catholics Really Believe--Setting the Record Straight: 52 Answers to Common Misconceptions About the Catholic Faith
What Catholics Really Believe--Setting the Record Straight: 52 Answers to Common Misconceptions About the Catholic Faith 4.02 avg rating — 500 ratings
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Way to Happiness: An Inspiring Guide to Peace, Hope and Contentment
Way to Happiness: An Inspiring Guide to Peace, Hope and Contentment 4.57 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Introduction to Catholicism : A Complete Course
Introduction to Catholicism : A Complete Course 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism: No. 1
Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism: No. 1 4.50 avg rating — 521 ratings
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Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic 4.30 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
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'In the Beginning...' A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall
'In the Beginning...' A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall 4.34 avg rating — 671 ratings
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The Navarre Bible: The Pentateuch
The Navarre Bible: The Pentateuch 4.74 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Faith Explained
The Faith Explained 4.64 avg rating — 401 ratings
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The Splendor of the Church
The Splendor of the Church 4.37 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God
Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God 4.37 avg rating — 4,081 ratings
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Mary: The Church at the Source
Mary: The Church at the Source 4.42 avg rating — 240 ratings
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The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God
The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God 4.59 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church
C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church 3.84 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic
Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic 4.37 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
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Bible Basics
Bible Basics 4.52 avg rating — 833 ratings
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Lord of the World
Lord of the World 4.09 avg rating — 3,697 ratings
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The Beauty Of The Mass: Exploring The Central Act Of Catholic Worship
The Beauty Of The Mass: Exploring The Central Act Of Catholic Worship 4.38 avg rating — 93 ratings
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On Being Catholic
On Being Catholic 4.32 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi 3.95 avg rating — 5,471 ratings
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Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? And 199 Other Questions from Catholic Teenagers
Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? And 199 Other Questions from Catholic Teenagers 3.87 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man
Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man 4.45 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic
Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic 3.96 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity
Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity 4.16 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots 4.26 avg rating — 2,075 ratings
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How The Reformation Happened
How The Reformation Happened 4.22 avg rating — 336 ratings
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Roots of the Reformation
Roots of the Reformation
by: Karl Adam
4.23 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Apologia Pro Vita Sua 4.10 avg rating — 1,584 ratings
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The Meaning of Tradition
The Meaning of Tradition 4.30 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Theology of Karl Barth (Communio Book)
Theology of Karl Barth (Communio Book) 4.11 avg rating — 89 ratings
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The Lord
The Lord 4.56 avg rating — 599 ratings
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The Belief of Catholics
The Belief of Catholics 4.14 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Compact History of the Catholic Church
The Compact History of the Catholic Church 3.90 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes
Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes 4.13 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life
The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life 4.51 avg rating — 452 ratings
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By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition
By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition 4.25 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Not By Faith Alone
Not By Faith Alone 4.12 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Evangelical Is Not Enough: Worship of God in Liturgy and Sacrament
Evangelical Is Not Enough: Worship of God in Liturgy and Sacrament 4.19 avg rating — 535 ratings
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The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom
The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom 4.34 avg rating — 6,856 ratings
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Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words
Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words 4.41 avg rating — 487 ratings
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Arise from Darkness: What to Do When Life Doesn't Make Sense
Arise from Darkness: What to Do When Life Doesn't Make Sense 4.30 avg rating — 372 ratings
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Mary of Nazareth
Mary of Nazareth 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Divine Romance
The Divine Romance 4.54 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Will Catholics Be Left Behind: A Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers
Will Catholics Be Left Behind: A Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers 4.08 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Shattered Faith
Shattered Faith 3.54 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Divine Heart of God the Father
The Divine Heart of God the Father 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Los cerezos en flor
Los cerezos en flor 4.51 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Waking Up Catholic: A Guide to Catholic Beliefs for Converts, Reverts, and Anyone Becoming Catholic
Waking Up Catholic: A Guide to Catholic Beliefs for Converts, Reverts, and Anyone Becoming Catholic 4.26 avg rating — 548 ratings
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This Is the Faith: A Complete Explanation of the Catholic Faith
This Is the Faith: A Complete Explanation of the Catholic Faith 4.38 avg rating — 109 ratings
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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life 4.24 avg rating — 7,712 ratings
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Pope Patrick
Pope Patrick 4.01 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Credo: The Catholic Faith Explained
Credo: The Catholic Faith Explained 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Catholic Catechism
The Catholic Catechism 4.48 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church
Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church 4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah 4.54 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
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I'm Not Alone Anymore! Mary, My Mother, Help Me to See God's Love for Me Today
I'm Not Alone Anymore! Mary, My Mother, Help Me to See God's Love for Me Today it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Catholic Ethics in Today's World, Revised Edition
Catholic Ethics in Today's World, Revised Edition 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Rose and the Sword (The Veritas Chronicles, #2)
The Rose and the Sword (The Veritas Chronicles, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings
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What You Need To Know About Mary
What You Need To Know About Mary 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
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God Our Father: Consecration and Feast Day for the Father of All Mankind
God Our Father: Consecration and Feast Day for the Father of All Mankind 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Faith of Millions: The Credentials of the Catholic Religion
The Faith of Millions: The Credentials of the Catholic Religion 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Dropping the Habit
Dropping the Habit 3.46 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Lumen: The Catholic Gift to Civilisation
Lumen: The Catholic Gift to Civilisation 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper 4.60 avg rating — 4,687 ratings
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A Companion to the Summa, Vol 1: The Architect of the Universe
A Companion to the Summa, Vol 1: The Architect of the Universe 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Real Story of Catholic History: Answering Twenty Centuries of Anti-Catholic Myths
The Real Story of Catholic History: Answering Twenty Centuries of Anti-Catholic Myths 4.33 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Devotion to the Divine Heart of God the Father
Devotion to the Divine Heart of God the Father 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Light in the Window
The Light in the Window 4.25 avg rating — 1,868 ratings
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