Mysteries, principal, incentive to holiness, 17; proposed by the Church, 17; surround us everywhere, 293. Naaman the Syrian cured, 361. Napoleon’s demands on Pope Pius VII, 242, et seq. Nathan and David, 376. Nuptial bond ratified by God, 411. Onias, after death, prays for the people of God, 159. Oracles, rashness of following discordant, 72. Origen bears witness to the spread of Christianity, 31. Original sin, all men born in, 267; Blessed Virgin alone exempted, 267; universal, 272. Pagans retained primitive traditions about sacrifices, 309. Papal Jurisdiction—examples, 109, et seq. Papal states a convenience for the Holy Father, 145. Paul, St. on heresy and schism, 5, et seq.; asks intercession, 158. Penance—effects of Sacrament, 21. Pentecost—Christ sends Holy Ghost, 3. Perpetuity of the Church, 50; defined, 50; foretold in the Scriptures, 50. Persecutions lasted 280 years, 52. Persecution and bloodshed not sanctioned by the Church, 249. Persecutions by Queen Mary of England, 261; compared with those under Elizabeth, 262, et seq. Pepin, King of the Franks, defeats Lombards, 141. Peter, St., primacy of, 95; foundation of the Church, 100; first Bishop of Rome, 106; supremacy handed down, 108; and Washington compared, 108; oracle of the Apostles, 126, et seq. Photius appeals to Pope Nicholas I to confirm his election to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, 112. Plebescitum, Roman, explained, 146. Plutarch declares: “No nations without priests and altars,” 309. Poe, Edgar Allan, invokes Mary, 191. Pontiff, Supreme, is commander-in-chief of the Church, 117. Pope is Vicar of Christ, 129; father and doctor of Christians, chief pastor of the Church, 130; confirms or rejects decrees of councils, 131; a prisoner in his own house, 145. Popes succeed to Peter’s supremacy, 108; send Apostolic missionaries, 115; go to confession regularly, 122; oracles of the early Church, 128, et seq., recognized in all ages as infallible teachers, 132. Prayer for unity, 5; and Sacraments—means of sanctification, 20; a duty binding in conscience 20; of Jesus Christ, always heard 126; for the dead, consoling, 225. Priest, Catholic obliged to read word of God, 94; ambassador of God, 387; dispenser of God’s graces, 390; titles, 391; physician of souls, 396; must be man of prayer, 398. Priestly obligations, 395; stands before God, intercessor for his people, 396; experience in sacred ministry, 367, et seq. Primacy of St. Peter, 95; promised, 98, et seq.; and supremacy similarly demonstrated, 109. Progress, Modern, and the Church, 59; intellectual fostered by the Church, 60; cannot destroy the Church, 59. Prophecies of Christ fulfilled by spread of Christianity, 30. Protestant sects make no claim to Catholicity, 32; Episcopalians sometimes usurp the title of Catholic, 33; inconsistency between teaching and practice, 82, et seq.