Preface

In adapting this second part of the first volume of Father Brunsmann’s Lehrbuch der Apologetik I have again made liberal use of the reverend author’s kind permission to add, subtract, and alter in text and footnotes as I saw fit. This volume has grown to rather large proportions in the process, but in view of the dearth of up to date literature on the subject in our language, I trust most students will consider this an advantage rather than a hindrance. After all, the work is not intended as a text-book, but for collateral reading, private study, and reference.

I again have to thank the Revs. J. B. Tennelly, S.S., S.T.D., Joseph Molitor, D.D., Leo F. Miller, D.D., and Henry J. Heck, for valuable aid in reading the proofsheets.

Volume III of the series, which is nearly ready for the printer, will deal with the Church of Christ, its Establishment, Nature and Marks. It will be followed by a fourth and final volume on the infallible teaching office of the Church, the exercise of that office through the centuries, and the reception of the Church’s teaching by faith on the part of those who wish to be saved.

Arthur Preuss