Laying the Foundation: A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics and Fundamental Theology

Laying the Foundation: A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics and Fundamental Theology is a classic text by the late Fr. Joseph Clifford Fenton a highly respected author professor and theologian of the twentieth century. This book appeared in 1942 under the rather unimposing title We Stand with Christ: an Essay in Catholic Apologetic. It should have become a classic. It is I believe the greatest work of apologetics produced in a time of superstar apologists such as F. J. Sheed Ronald Knox and Fulton Sheen. It represents the high point of apologetics as well as a gold standard for subsequent works of fundamental theology. --from the foreword by Scott Hahn Franciscan University of Steubenville.About the authorFr. Joseph Clifford Fenton (1906-1969) was professor of fundamental dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of America for twenty-five years and for two decades edited the American Ecclesiastical Review. He was a member of the Pontifical Roman Theological Academy served as counselor to the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities and participated in the Second Vatican Council as a member of the preparatory Theological Commission the Doctrinal Commission and the Commission on Faith and Morals.