A companion to Mr. Wells's "Outline of history"

An avowedly Catholic critic surveys a contemporary popular outline of human history, challenging its anti-Catholic assumptions and correcting factual and interpretive errors. The book proceeds chapter by chapter, critiquing accounts of creation, the Fall, the nature of God, religion's origins, priesthood, the Incarnation, the emergence of the Church, Islam, the medieval period, the Reformation, and the consequences of religious disruption, and supplies alternative readings grounded in Catholic theology and historical evidence. The author balances sharp polemic with praise for the original author's clarity and chronological sense while offering apologetic arguments intended to fortify Catholic readers against secular historiography.