The Bible Verse 1 Peter 3: 15 tells us to always be prepared to give an answer for the reason of our hope. We must educate ourselves on the traditions and teachings of the most Holy Word of God and the 2000 year old Roman Catholic Church. These two authorities in our lives go hand-in-hand because the teachings of the Church are based on and explain what the Bible teaches. Catholics realize that the Bible is too hard to understand on an individual basis otherwise there would not be over 40,000 different Christian denominations. The Catholic Church was set up by Jesus to simply guide us to Him and to give us an objective body of truth. It is our duty to defend this God-given Church to the best of our abilities.