• Seven Lies about Catholic History: Infamous Myths about the Church's Past and How to Answer Them

  • By: Diane Moczar
  • Narrated by: Kevin F. Spalding
  • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (241 ratings)

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Seven Lies about Catholic History: Infamous Myths about the Church's Past and How to Answer Them

By: Diane Moczar
Narrated by: Kevin F. Spalding
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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 (Islam at the Gates) 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 about 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 about:
  • The Inquisition: How it was not a bloodthirsty institution but a merciful (and necessary) one
  • Galileo's "Trial": Why moderns invented a myth around it to make science appear incompatible with the Catholic faith (it's not)
  • The Reformation: Why the 16th-century Church was not totally corrupt (as even some Catholics wrongly believe) and how the reformers made things worse for everybody
  • and other lies that the world uses to attack and discredit the Faith.

This book provides the lessons that every Catholic needs in order to defend and explain - not just apologize for - the Church's rich and complex history.

©2010 Diane Moczar (P)2015 TAN Books

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It's about time!

It's about time someone stood up and said "wait, that's not true." Historical lies often become "true' because no one wants to take the time to debunk them.

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A must read

Really learned a lot about the catholic church and history in general. Full of details and information. Essential reading for any catholic.

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Very educational!!!

Very educational. tough read/listen on a couple chapters but for the most part it's very good.

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Great insight into Historical truth

It was very engaging and reliable. It gives extensive analysis on the myths about the Catholic church, which are perpetrated by many people who are ignorant as to the true nature of Catholic history.

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Excellently written

I'm have to apologize for not reading this sooner. I had known of them book for some time, but for some reason only read it recently. This is a well-researched work, and equally as well written. Easy to listen to, and fascinating.

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Good material, mispronunciations

Overall it was very good. There were, however, some mispronounced words throughout the work.

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excellent read

Excellent read for the serious student. The author deftly demolishes the ohhhh so tiring myths concerning several topics such as the myths of the Inquisition, the myths of the Crusades, the myths of the persecution of Galileo, the myth of church vs science, and the myth of church versus women.

Certainly a book that will be hated by the political left whose entire stance against the Catholic Church relies on the propagation of baseless myths.

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Think you know history? your wrong read and learn.

This is a great book into the truth of real history not one told the king of all lies.

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The Truth Always Comes Out

Sometimes it takes a long time but if you look it can be found.

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Great variation!

Great work specially all the resources at the end of the appendix. Perfect narration
thank you Kevin

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