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NECEDAH, Wis., Dec. 9, 2010 /Christian Newswire/ -- Catholic Answers, the San Diego-based powerhouse apologetics organization, has released The Fathers Know Best, a one-volume collection of the writings of the Church Fathers. Jam-packed with over 900 quotes from these early Christians on key doctrines, and featuring helpful maps and biographies, the paperback is both comprehensive and user-friendly. It will definitely help Catholics to better know their faith.

The Fathers still fascinate today's Christians because their writings show the unbroken line of continuity in Church teaching. They enable modern believers to compare their denomination's beliefs with those who were closest to the apostles and Christ. Their words clearly demonstrate early Christians believed the same things Catholics believe today concerning baptism, the Eucharist, purgatory, Mary, the saints, and salvation.

Before The Fathers Know Best, anyone interested in a comprehensive collection of the early Christians' writings had to spend $50-700 on a multi-volume set. Drawing on his decades of study, however, former Presbyterian and internationally renowned Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin has compiled their works in one book and shows their thinking on over 50 topics critical for today's believer, from the existence of God to moral issues to the Last Things.

As EWTN's "The Journey Home" host Marcus Grodi writes in the Foreword, "There are other collections [of the Fathers], [but] Akin's finely selected and categorized collection provides a far more accessible introduction ..."

"If you read this book, you will understand the continuity of doctrine," said Catholic Word President Carolyn Klika, "because it shows that what the early Christians believed is what we believe as Catholics today. Reading The Fathers Know Best will help the average lay person to have greater confidence in their Catholic Christian faith. It will also give them greater confidence when they have to explain that faith to our separated brethren."

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