defends civil rights and liberties, 231; conflict with state, 231; and American Independence, 240; desires no governmental aid, 246; does not sanction persecution or bloodshed, 249; disavows the excesses of the Spanish Inquisition, 258; her practice and the procedure of the Supreme Court compared, 130; organization—American system of, 246; her doctrine on unbaptized infants, 273; perpetuates Christ’s work, 341; grants indulgences, 376. Churches—earliest Christian were Catacombs, 137; fallible—consequences, 70. Clement of Alexandria bears witness to spread of Christianity, 31. Clerical celibacy—necessity, 399; propriety and advantages of, 402. Clement VII, Pope, refused to sanction divorce of Henry VIII, 414. Communion with God encouraged by Church, 20. Communion under both forms given by Christ, 300. Communion under form of bread, 303, et seq. Communion of Saints—a comforting thought, 160. Confession of sins obligatory, 345; various views, 366; sacramental, of divine institution, 346, et seq. Confirmation—graces of, 21; defined, 280; signs that follow, 282; described by St. Augustine, 282; abolished by the Protestants, 285. Constantine gives peace to the Church, 137. Continence—voluntary, superior to matrimony, 399. Cross—held in reverence, 3; instrument of the crucifixion, 3; adorns our sanctuaries, 3; surmounts our Churches, 3; emblem of salvation, 3. Cross—sign of the, ancient and pious practice, 3; how made, 3; taught by tradition, 3; profession of faith, 3; salutary act of religion, 3. D’Aubigne on Protestant Reformation, 264—comments on divorce of Henry VIII. David and Nathan, 376. Deacons, priests and bishops in Protestant sects, 10. Death does not dissever love among friends, 161. Decrees in doctrinal matters irrevocable, 77. De Maistre quoted on name Protestant, 55. Deuteronomy quoted on Biblical interpretation, 78. Devotion—true, is interior, 320; manuals of, criticised, 366. Divine perfections sources of valuable lessons, 16. Divine power manifested on Easter Sunday, 3. Divinity of Christ not proved solely by Scripture, 79, et seq. Divorce never allowed—separation sometimes, 412. Divorce prohibited by St. Paul, 413. Divorced man may not marry during wife’s lifetime, 414. Divorce—legal, causes, 416; cruel consequences of, 417. Doctrinal decrees of the Church are irrevocable, 76. Doctrines of the Church cannot be reformed, 73; the same everywhere, 10; new definitions do not impair unity of faith, 11, et seq. Dogma of the Immaculate Conception formulated, 171. Döllinger, Dr., anathematized, 10. Duties to God—first lessons taught us, 18. Eastern churches allow a married clergy, 402. Ecumenical councils vindicate papal supremacy, 113; defined, 114. Elias dear to Jehovah, 37. Elizabeth, Queen, and Henry VIII. persecuted Catholics, 250. Elizabethan and Marian persecutions compared, 262, et seq.