Seven Lies about Catholic History

by Diane Moczar

Publisher:

TAN Books

, 2012

Overview

The world hates the Church that Jesus founded, just as he said it would (John 15:18). It reviles her doctrines, mocks her moral teachings and invents lies about her history. In every age, but especially in our modern day, historians and political powers have distorted the facts about her past (or just made up novel falsehoods from scratch) to make the Church, and the civilization it fostered, seem corrupt, backward, or simply evil.

In Seven Lies about Catholic History, Diane Moczar tackles the most infamous and prevalent historical myths about the Church—popular legends that you encounter everywhere from textbooks to TV—and reveals the real truth behind them. She explains how they got started and why they’re still around, and best of all, she gives you the facts and the arguments you need to set the record straight.

Written in a brisk style that’s fun and easy to read, Seven Lies about Catholic History provides the lessons that every Catholic needs in order to defend and explain, not just apologize, for the Church’s rich and complex history.

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Key Features

• Examines seven common lies about Catholic history
• Provides historical facts to defend the Catholic Church
• Analyzes underlying philosophies
• Includes suggestions for further study

Contents

• The Dark, Dark Ages
• The Catholic Church, Enemy of Progress
• A Crusade against the Truth
• The Sinister Inquisition
• Science on Trial: The Catholic Church v. Galileo
• A Church Corrupted to the Core
• A Black and Expedient Legend
• And There Are More . . .

Top Highlights

“The point here is that the Church was—as at all times in her history—one hundred percent committed to both formal education and to learning of all kinds.” (Page 37)

“Thus it had become very clear to the Christians of the early centuries that heresy was not a harmless matter of personal opinion; it could and did affect the destiny of nations. Hence it had to be combated whenever it appeared—by attempting to convert the heretics and, in extreme cases, by exiling them in order to prevent further damage to the community of the faithful.” (Page 83)

“In a medieval state sometimes secular authority as well as the Church took an interest in investigating heresy, and this for two reasons: first, because both rulers and ruled were Catholic, and any threats to the Faith concerned the whole realm; secondly, because many heretics did not confine their preaching to spiritual matters but advocated subversive political policies as well, such as that there should be no temporal authority at all. Often the secular powers were far less gentle than the Church in dealing with heresy.” (Page 84)

“The believers of all religions, until very recently in history, have always considered as absolutely false and pernicious the modern attitude that it does not matter what one believes and that all religions or non-religions are equally good. The traditional principle enunciated by Tertullian and other Church Fathers, and found in Church writing and preaching ever since,¹ is that heresy ought not be allowed to spread, because it destroys souls.” (Pages 78–79)

Product Details

• Title: Seven Lies about Catholic History
• Author: Diane Moczar
• Publisher: St. Benedict Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 195

About Diane Moczar

Diane Moczar did graduate work in history at the University of Paris, Columbia University, Catholic University, and George Mason University. She has taught history for many years at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, and is the author of numerous articles on many subjects as well as several books on Catholic history.