Catholic-ometer: 5 of 5
Enjoyability: 5 of 5
Step by step, and point by point, this book makes its message perfectly clear. The bible comes from the Catholic Church; nobody else, and certainly not the other way around.
This is a very well-researched and strongly-written book. It makes no compromises, and no mistakes in its conclusions, gradually describing the origins of the bible among ancient Rome and the early church fathers, the preservation of the bible by Catholic monks, the copying and reading of the bible into vernacular languages several dozen times prior to Martin Luther, and how those same scriptures were so badly mistreated by the "luminaries" of the "reformation."
The book succeeds wonderfully in addressing and exposing the many lies surrounding the notion that the Catholic Church has in some way prevented people from reading the bible, or tried to keep them ignorant in some way; a popular notion in protestantism, unfortunately, to this very day.
Of course, if you're a protestant yourself, and you read this, you may come off feeling deeply-insulted. Mr. Graham's wording isn't always the most gentle, but he gets to the point, and in a somewhat-amusing way at times, I think.
This book won't be the one to convince your protestant relatives to suddenly give up and become Catholic, but it's as faithful and accurate as any book I've read on the subject, and that's plenty good enough to earn it a perfect score.
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