Is it true that at Trent the Church added the seven deuterocanonical books (Judith, Tobit, 1 & 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Baruch, and Ecclesiasticus) to the Bible?
• Although I know what the Church teaches, I have no idea where to go to find out when and where the Church officially defined its teachings. How can I as a layman find out which councils and papal encyclicals taught a given doctrine? I’d be willing to go to the library and do the research but I wouldn’t know where to begin, nor even if a public library would carry the types of books I’d need (our parish library has nothing that’s helpful). Where can I find such information? • A book I’m reading made a reference to “Pascal’s Wager” but without any explanation. I gather it has something to do with proving the existence of God. What light can you shed on this? • Where can I get solid Catholic apologetics materials in Spanish? • The New Testament mentions three categories of Church leaders: bishops, presbyters, and deacons. So how can the Catholic Church justify its office of “priest”? The New Testament writers seem to understand “bishop” and “presbyter” to be synonymous terms for the sam
