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

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