Title: The chief points of difference between the Catholic and Protestant creeds,
Authors: Laun, F.
Publisher: J. F. Wagner
Year: 1915
Subjects: Catholic Church Controversial literature Catholic authors.; Catholic Church Doctrinal and controversial works Catholic authors.; Catholic Church Doctrines Catholic authors.
Contents: I. Where is the true doctrine? -- Catholic teaching uniform -- Ceremonies -- Liberty of conscience -- II. Holy scripture -- Translations of the Bible -- The canon of the Bible -- The Vulgate -- Luther's translation -- Interpretation of the Bible -- Individual interpretation -- The right to read the Bible -- The Bible in the middle ages -- Protestant opinion of the Bible -- Oral traditions -- III. The church and ecclesiastical authority -- Authority of the pope -- Origin of the papacy -- The primacy of St Peter -- Papal jurisdiction and influence -- The papacy and civilization -- The papacy and civil government -- The papacy and the church -- Papal infallibility -- The powers of the pope -- Spiritual and temporal authority -- Persecutions of heretics -- Persecutions of Catholics -- IV. The forgiveness of sins -- Sin -- The Catholic view of sin -- The forgiveness of sins -- Indulgences -- Purgatory -- Indulgences applied to souls in purgatory -- The protestant plenary indulgence -- V. Faith and good works -- The object of faith -- The catholic understanding of faith -- Faith and good works -- The commandments of God and of the church -- Outward practices -- The evangelical counsels -- Self-righteousness -- VI. The veneration of saints -- The veneration of Mary -- The immaculate conception -- Relics of the saints -- Pilgrimages -- VII. The sacraments -- Sacraments and blessings -- Confirmation -- Holy orders -- The sacrament of penance -- Protestant confession of sins -- Compulsory confession -- The clergy and auricular confession -- Satisfaction for sins -- Matrimony -- Indissolubility of marriage -- Compulsory celibacy -- Extreme unction -- Baptism -- The holy Eucharist -- Transubstantiation -- The sacrifice of the mass -- Priesthood -- The renewal of Christ's sacrifice -- The office of the priesthood -- Mass and sermon -- The fruits of the mass -- Communion under one kind.