The Faith of Our Fathers
By James Cardinal Gibbons
THE HISTORICAL LIBRARYThe Faith of Our Fathers✧James Cardinal Gibbons
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A classic explanation and defence of Catholic belief, in its historical setting.
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ContentsDedication.Preface To The Eleventh Edition.Preface To The Forty-Seventh Edition.Preface.Preface To Eighty-Third Revised Edition.Introduction.The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc.The Unity Of The Church.The Holiness Of The Church.Catholicity.Apostolicity.Perpetuity Of The Church.Infallible Authority Of The Church.The Church And The Bible.The Primacy Of Peter.The Supremacy Of The Popes.Infallibility Of The Popes.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.The Invocation Of Saints.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.I. Is It Lawful To Honor Her?II. Is It Lawful To Invoke Her?III. Is It Lawful To Imitate Her As A Model?Sacred Images.Purgatory And Prayers For The Dead.Civil And Religious Liberty.Charges of Religious Persecution.I. The Spanish Inquisition.II. What About The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew?III. Mary, Queen of England.Grace—The Sacraments—Original Sin—Baptism—Its
Necessity—Its Effects—Manner Of Baptizing.The Sacrament Of Confirmation.The Holy Eucharist.Communion Under One Kind.The Sacrifice Of The Mass.The Use Of Religious Ceremonies Dictated By Right Reason.Ceremonials Of The Mass.The Sacrament Of Penance.I. The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance.II. On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant
Countries.Indulgences.Extreme Unction.The Priesthood.Celibacy Of The Clergy.Matrimony.Index.Footnotes