{"product_id":"against-the-gates-of-hell-500-years-of-attacks-on-the-catholic-church-and-the-catholic-response-9798196286490","title":"Against the Gates of Hell: 500 Years of Attacks on the Catholic Church and the Catholic Response","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Walter J. Viola\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - Catholic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of Christianity over the past five hundred years has been marked by relentless attacks against the Catholic Church. These attacks have come from many directions: rebellion against authority, rationalism, skepticism, liberal theology, atheistic materialism, modernism, and now the cultural relativism that dominates much of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003eYet every age of crisis has also produced saints, defenders of the Faith, councils, theologians, and martyrs who rose to answer error with truth.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is not merely a historical study. It is a spiritual examination of how the Catholic Church has endured centuries of assault while preserving the deposit of Faith entrusted to her by Jesus Christ.\u003cbr\u003eThe modern world often presents Catholic doctrine as outdated, rigid, or incompatible with modern thought. But history reveals something very different. Every major ideological attack against the Church eventually collapses under its own contradictions, while the truths taught by Christ remain unchanged.\u003cbr\u003eThis book follows the progression of these attacks chronologically from Martin Luther and the Protestant Revolt to modern theological dissent and cultural relativism. More importantly, it demonstrates how the Catholic Church consistently answered each error through Scripture, Tradition, philosophy, theology, and the witness of the saints.\u003cbr\u003eThe purpose of this work is not hatred toward individuals who fell into error. Rather, it is to defend objective truth, preserve fidelity to authentic Catholic teaching, and encourage Catholics living in an age of unprecedented confusion.\u003cbr\u003eChrist warned us that false prophets would arise. He warned us that many shepherds would fail. He warned us that the road to salvation would be narrow.\u003cbr\u003eYet He also gave us a promise: \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAnd behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Matthew 28:20\u003cbr\u003eThe Church has survived because she belongs not to men, but to Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892807286935,"sku":"9798196286490","price":847.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196286490.webp?v=1781189107","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/against-the-gates-of-hell-500-years-of-attacks-on-the-catholic-church-and-the-catholic-response-9798196286490","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}