# Faith of Our Fathers

An audiobook by James Gibbons, read by LibriVox volunteers (12 h 49 min, English).

The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by archbishop James Gibbons, which became a best-selling conversion manual in the United States, and by 1980 was in its 111th printing. (From the preface) “The object of this little volume is to present in a plain and practical form an exposition and vindication of the principal tenets of the Catholic Church. It was thought sufficient to devote but a brief space to such Catholic doctrines and practices as are happily admitted by Protestants, while those that are controverted by them are more elaborately elucidated... ...As his chief aim has been to bring home the truths of the Catholic faith to our separated brethren, who generally accept the Scripture as the only source of authority in religious matters, he has endeavored to fortify his statements by abundant reference to the sacred text. He has thought proper, however, to add frequent quotations from the early Fathers, whose testimony, at least as witnesses of the faith of their times, must be accepted even by those who call in question their personal authority.” (Summary from Wikipedia with…

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## Chapters

0. 00 - Preface and Introduction (14:40): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_00_gibbons_64kb.mp3
1. 01 - Chapter 1 - The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc. (7:12): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_01_gibbons_64kb.mp3
2. 02 - Chapter 2 - The Unity of the Church (20:44): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_02_gibbons_64kb.mp3
3. 03 - Chapter 3 - The Holiness of the Church (23:09): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_03_gibbons_64kb.mp3
4. 04 - Chapter 4 - Catholicity (16:14): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_04_gibbons_64kb.mp3
5. 05 - Chapter 5 - Apostolicity (25:14): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_05_gibbons_64kb.mp3
6. 06 - Chapter 6 - Perpetuity of the Church (24:27): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_06_gibbons_64kb.mp3
7. 07 - Chapter 7 - Infallible Authority of the Church (21:06): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_07_gibbons_64kb.mp3
8. 08 - Chapter 8 -The Church and the Bible (32:29): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_08_gibbons_64kb.mp3
9. 09 - Chapter 9 - The Primacy of Peter (22:54): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_09_gibbons_64kb.mp3
10. 10 - Chapter 10 - The Supremacy of the Popes (22:07): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_10_gibbons_64kb.mp3
11. 11 - Chapter 11 - Infallibility of the Popes (26:48): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_11_gibbons_64kb.mp3
12. 12 - Chapter 12 - Temporal Power of the Popes (26:23): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_12_gibbons_64kb.mp3
13. 13 - Chapter 13 - The Invocation of Saints (20:46): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_13_gibbons_64kb.mp3
14. 14 - Chapter 14, Part 1: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is It Lawful to Honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as a Saint (47:50): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_14_gibbons_64kb.mp3
15. 15 - Chapter 14, Part 2: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is it Lawful to Invoke Her? Is it Lawful to Imitate Her as a Model (16:09): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_15_gibbons_64kb.mp3
16. 16 - Chapter 15 - Sacred Images (24:29): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_16_gibbons_64kb.mp3
17. 17 - Chapter 16 - Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead (28:26): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_17_gibbons_64kb.mp3
18. 18 - Chapter 17 - Civil and Religious Liberty (41:39): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_18_gibbons_64kb.mp3
19. 19 - Chapter 18 - Charges of Religious Persecution (30:40): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_19_gibbons_64kb.mp3
20. 20 - Chapter 19 - Grace-The Sacraments-Original Sin-Baptism-Its Neccesity-Its Effects-Manner of Baptizing (20:18): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_20_gibbons_64kb.mp3
21. 21 - Chapter 20 - The Sacrament of Confirmation (11:14): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_21_gibbons_64kb.mp3
22. 22 - Chapter 21 - The Holy Eucharist (23:17): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_22_gibbons_64kb.mp3
23. 23 - Chapter 22 - Communion Under One Kind (13:15): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_23_gibbons_64kb.mp3
24. 24 - Chapter 23 - The Sacrifice of the Mass (24:21): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_24_gibbons_64kb.mp3
25. 25 - Chapter 24 - The Use of Religious Ceremonies Dictated by Right Reason (12:08): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_25_gibbons_64kb.mp3
26. 26 - Chapter 25 - Ceremonials of the Mass (19:19): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_26_gibbons_64kb.mp3
27. 27 - Chapter 26, Part 1 - The Sacrament of Penance: The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance (57:51): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_27_gibbons_64kb.mp3
28. 28 - Chapter 26, Part 2 - The Sacrament of Penance: On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries (10:48): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_28_gibbons_64kb.mp3
29. 29 - Chapter 27 - Indulgences (17:13): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_29_gibbons_64kb.mp3
30. 30 - Chapter 28 - Extreme Unction (5:56): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_30_gibbons_64kb.mp3
31. 31 - Chapter 29 - The Priesthood (23:22): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_31_gibbons_64kb.mp3
32. 32 - Chapter 30 - Celibacy of the Clergy (16:13): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_32_gibbons_64kb.mp3
33. 33 - Chapter 31 - Matrimony (20:03): https://archive.org/download/faithofourfathers_1106_librivox/faithofourfathers_33_gibbons_64kb.mp3