CONTENTS Introduction, xi Chapter I. The Blessed Trinity, the Incarnation, etc., i II. Unity of the Church, 4 III. Holiness of the Church, 13 IV. Catholicity, 24 V. Apostolicity, 32 VI. Perpetuity of the Church, 43 VII. Infallible Authority of the Church, 54 VIII. The Church and the Bible, 63 IX. The Primacy of Peter, 78 X. The Supremacy of the Popes, 89 XI. Infallibility of the Popes, 99 XII. Temporal Power of the Popes — How they acquired Temporal Power — Validity and Justice of their Title — What the Popes have done for Rome, 111 XIII. Invocation of Saints, 124 XIV. Is it Lawful to Honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as a Saint, to Invoke her as an Intercessor, and to Imitate her as a Model? 134 XV. Sacred Images, 162 XVI. Purgatory, and Prayers for the Dead, 173 XVII. Civil and Religious Liberty, 186 XVIII. Charges of Religious Persecution, 204 XIX. Grace — The Sacraments — Original Sin — Baptism — Its Necessity — Its Effects — Manner of Baptizing, 218 XX. The Sacrament of Confirmation, 230 XXI. The Holy Eucharist, 235 XXII. Communion under One Kind, 245 XXIII. The Sacrifice of the Mass, 251 XXIV. The Use of Religious Ceremonies Dictated by Right Reason — Approved by Almighty God in the Old Law — Sanctioned by Jesus Christ in the New, 262 XXV. Ceremonies of the Mass — The Missal — Latin Language — Lights — Flowers — Incense — Vestments, 268 XXVI. The Sacrament of Penance, 277 XXVII. Indulgences, 307 XXVIII. Extreme Unction, 34 XXIX. The Priesthood, 317 XXX. Celibacy of the Clergy, 327 XXXI. Matrimony, 334