PDF – DB Study Guide – April & May 2012 Don Bosco’s Place in History: Apologetics & Catholic Faith
Don Bosco’s Defense of the Church in his Anti-Waldensian apologetic
The idea of writing a history of the Church may have occurred to Don Bosco at the Convitto, when he was engaged in catechizing his young people on Sundays, and would naturally turn to the Bible and Church history [for story and moral lessons]. For, Don Bosco’s catechesis was always historical rather than dogmatic. For this purpose he began to look for books in this genre that were…