General Apologetics Books
St. Francis de Sales, The Catholic Controversy (1594-98); (free online version)
Probably the single best Catholic apologetics book against protestantism ever written. Written toward the end of the 16th century, St. Francis de Sales convinced tens of thousands of Calvinists to come back Home to the Catholic Church through this work.
Dr. Scott and Kimberly Hahn (converts), Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism (1993)
Dr. Scott and Kimberly Hahn are converts from protestantism. Scott was a presbyterian pastor who was drawn to the Catholic Church by a combination of deep scriptural scholarship, and reading the Church Fathers. Kimberly would follow him five years later, primarily because of her study of the issue of contraception, and realizing that only the Catholic Church had maintained the traditional Christian teaching on the subject.
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman (convert), An Essay on the History of the Development of Christian Doctrine (1878)
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman was a 19th century convert from Anglicanism. His essay on the development of dogma conclusively shows that the Church’s understanding of the deposit of the Faith grows and is refined through time, and that this is not incompatible with the Faith being “once for all delivered to the saints.” He notes the signs of legitimate and illegitimate developments, and how the Church has ensured that only genuine developments become binding on the Christian faithful.
Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (2014)
The Church Fathers
New Advent, The Fathers of the Church (free online resources)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Early Church Fathers (free online resources)
The Papacy
Erick Ybarra, The Papacy: Revisiting the Debate Between Catholics and Orthodox (2022)
This is perhaps the most comprehensive single-volume apologetic on the papacy ever written. Ybarra provides abundant documentation from individual Church Fathers and multiple ecumenical and local councils of the ancient Church. He also engages with the best in protestant and Eastern Orthodox scholarship.
Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Papacy (video)
Dr. Brant Pitre, Deep in History Conference, Lecture: Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Papacy (video)
Dr. Brant Pitre, The Last Supper and the Primacy of Peter (video)
Steve Ray (convert), Deep in History Conference, Lecture: Peter, the Rock, the Keys, and the Chair (video)
Steve Ray (convert), Upon this Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church (1999)
Dr. John Bergsma (convert), Lecture: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Apostolic Succession (video)
Fr. Ray Ryland (convert), Deep in History Conference, Lecture: Papal Authority and the Early Church (video)
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Tim Staples (convert), Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Dogmas (2014)
Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah (2018)
Dr. Brant Pitre
The Queen Mother
The Kingdom of God and Mary
Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant
The “Brothers” of Jesus: A Fresh Look at the Evidence
The Immaculate Conception and the New Eve (Part 1 of 5)
The Immaculate Conception and the New Eve (Part 2 of 5)
The Immaculate Conception and the New Eve (Part 3 of 5)
The Immaculate Conception and the New Eve (Part 4 of 5)
The Immaculate Conception and the New Eve (Part 5 of 5)
The Eucharist and the Mass
Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper (2011)
Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Last Supper (2017)
Dr. Brant Pitre
The Eucharist
Bread of Heaven
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist
The Crucifixion, The Eucharist and the Tamid
Passover and the Mass: Remembrance Meal and Sacrifice
The Sacrament of Confirmation
Confirmation in the Bible
Confession
Baptism in the Bible
Acts 10 and Baptism in the Early Church
Priesthood
Melchizedek Priesthood
Purgatory
Dr. Brant Pitre
Purgatory in the Bible
Justification (Faith and Works)
Dr. Brant Pitre
Faith and Works according to Paul and James (Intro)
Saved by Grace through Faith, Not by Works
The Faith of Abraham and the Spiritual Life
Dr. William Marshner (Convert)
On Justification
Dr. John Bergsma (Convert)
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Paul and the Works of the Law
The “Reformers” Were Wrong
Bishop Jacques Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches (Volume I)
Bishop Jacques Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches (Volume II)
Dr. William Marshner (Convert)
Martin Luther
Dr. Dave Anders (Convert)
The Protestant Reformation is Not What You Think
Why Was There a Reformation? Surprising Facts Rarely Said
Dr. Scott Hahn (Convert)
The Forerunners of the Reformation
Dr. Paul Thigpen (Convert)
Martin Luther
Fr. Ray Ryland (Convert)
A Convert Looks Back at the Church of England
Reconstructionism: A Look at Non-Catholic Traditions
History and the Necessity of Continuity
Dr. Kenneth Howell (Convert)
Breaking Through the Myths of History
Convert Testimonies and Interviews
Dr. Scott Hahn
Protestant Pastor Becomes Catholic: Original 1989 Testimony
Coming Home: A Presbyterian Minister Who Became Catholic (August 18, 2008)
Dr. David Anders
Coming Home (February 8, 2010)
Coming Home (January 15, 2019)
Coming Home, with Ken Hensley (February 5, 2019)
General Topics
Dr. Brant Pitre, Paul, a New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology (2019)
Dr. Brant Pitre
The Early Church
Relics: The Sanctity of the Saints
The Kingdom of Heaven
Sunday Sabbath?
Abide in Me—The Vine and the Branches
The Myth of the Council of Jamnia and the Origin of the Bible
Call No Man Father
Dr. William Marshner (Convert)
How Do We Know the Early Church?
Dr. Paul Thigpen (Convert)
Spiritual Authority: Who Needs It?
Sister Rosalind Moss (Convert)
The Barren Harvest of Denominationalism
Marcus Grodi (Convert)
The Tradition I Never Saw