Other Non-Fiction Gibbons, James: The Faith of Our Fathers. V1. 04-Mar-2014

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Faith of Our Fathers, explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and traces their origin to the early church fathers, the Apostles and the scriptures. The book gives clear explanation of the items that people find hard to understand, such as: purgatory and prayers for the dead, the infallibility of the Pope, invocations to the saints, the role of Mary in the church, confession and much more. The book was first published in 1876, by the Archbishop of Baltimore, James Gibbons. Since that date, the book has sold well over 1,000,000. copies.


James Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886, the second American to receive that distinction, after John McCloskey.

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