The Faith of Our Fathers

Name: The Faith of Our Fathers
Author: Gibbons, James

Gibbons, James

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The Faith of Our Fathers

             Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the

                        Church Founded by Our Lord

                               Jesus Christ

                                    By

                          James Cardinal Gibbons

                         Archbishop of Baltimore

           Ninety-third Carefully Revised and Enlarged Edition

                           John Murphy Company

                                Publishers

                         Baltimore, MD. New York

                         R. & T. Washbourne, Ltd.

              10 Paternoster Row, London, and at Manchester.

                          Birmingham and Glasgow

                                   1917





CONTENTS


Preface To The Eleventh Edition.
Preface To The Forty-Seventh Edition.
Preface.
Preface To Eighty-Third Revised Edition.
Introduction.
Chapter I. The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc.
Chapter II. The Unity Of The Church.
Chapter III. The Holiness Of The Church.
Chapter IV. Catholicity.
Chapter V. Apostolicity.
Chapter VI. Perpetuity Of The Church.
Chapter VII. Infallible Authority Of The Church.
Chapter VIII. The Church And The Bible.
Chapter IX. The Primacy Of Peter.
Chapter X. The Supremacy Of The Popes.
Chapter XI. Infallibility Of The Popes.
Chapter XII. Temporal Power Of The Popes.
   I. How The Popes Acquired Temporal Power.
   II. The Validity And Justice Of Their Title.
   III. What The Popes Have Done For Rome.
Chapter XIII. The Invocation Of Saints.
Chapter XIV. The Blessed Virgin Mary.
   I. Is It Lawful To Honor Her?
   II. Is It Lawful To Invoke Her?
   III. Is It Lawful To Imitate Her As A Model?
Chapter XV. Sacred Images.
Chapter XVI. Purgatory And Prayers For The Dead.
Chapter XVII. Civil And Religious Liberty.
Chapter XVIII. Charges of Religious Persecution.
   I. The Spanish Inquisition.
   II. What About The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew?
   III. Mary, Queen of England.
Chapter XIX. Grace—The Sacraments—Original Sin—Baptism—Its Necessity—Its
Effects—Manner Of Baptizing.
Chapter XX. The Sacrament Of Confirmation.
Chapter XXI. The Holy Eucharist.
Chapter XXII. Communion Under One Kind.
Chapter XXIII. The Sacrifice Of The Mass.
Chapter XXIV. The Use Of Religious Ceremonies Dictated By Right Reason.
Chapter XXV. Ceremonials Of The Mass.
Chapter XXVI. The Sacrament Of Penance.
   I. The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance.
   II. On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries.
Chapter XXVII. Indulgences.
Chapter XXVIII. Extreme Unction.
Chapter XXIX. The Priesthood.
Chapter XXX. Celibacy Of The Clergy.
Chapter XXXI. Matrimony.
Index.
Footnotes






DEDICATION.


                       _Affectionately Dedicated_
                                 To The
                            Clergy and Laity
                                 Of The
                  Archdiocese And Province Of Baltimore.





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