The most readable apologetics book on the market today, Catholicism and Reason offers a systematic presentation of Catholic beliefs that will prepare the reader to be a knowledgeable and articulate defender of the Catholic Faith. The book focuses on such topics as the existence of God, the historical reliability of the Gospels, the humanity and divinity of Christ, proofs for the resurrection, the founding of the Catholic Church on Peter, and the signs or marks that point to the Church of Jesus Christ today. Also discussed are infallibility, ecumenism, the Blessed Trinity, original and actual sin, grace and the virtues, heaven, hell, and purgatory, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Rev. Edward J. Hayes co-authored the five-volume Catholicism Series with his brother, Msgr. Paul J. Hayes, and James J. Drummey. Rev Hayes taught and wrote about the Catholic Faith all his priestly life, while at the same time serving as pastor. During his 53 years as a priest, Fr. Hayes served as the pastor of Our Lady of Solace in Syracuse, as an associate pastor at the Cathedral in Syracuse, at St. Rose of Lima in North Syracuse, New York and at St. Mary's in Clinton, New York. For several years, Fr. Hayes also served as chaplain to the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary in Syracuse, New York. Rev. Hayes passed to his eternal reward on July 17, 2010.