Catholic Belief
Subtitle: Or a Short and Simple Exposition of Catholic Doctrine
Publisher: Burns and Oates
Published: 1878
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: PART I.; title: CHAPTER PAGE; title: Preface v; title: Notice to the Second Edition ix; title: Introduction xi; title: PART I.; title: I. God and His Perfections 1; title: II. The Holy Trinity 1; title: III. Original Sin 2; title: IV. The Incarnation of the Son of God 6; title: V. Jesus our only Mediator of Redemption 7; title: VI. The Holy Bible 9; title: VII. The Unwritten Word of God 26; title: VIII. The Interpretation of Holy Scripture 33; title: IX. Infallibility of the Church and of the Pope 49; title: X. Justification 55; title: XI. How Christ's Redemption is applied to Men; title: XII. The Holy Sacraments 56; title: XIII. Holy Baptism 57; title: XIV. On Sin (nature and consequences) 61; title: XV. The Sacrament of Penance 69; title: XVI. The Holy Eucharist 72; title: XVII. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 77; title: XVIII. Holy Mass serves to apply Christ's Redemption to Individual Men 83; title: XIX. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 87; title: XX. Confirmation 94; title: XXI. Extreme Unction 96; title: XXII. Holy Order 97; title: XXIII. Holy Matrimony 99; title: XXIV. Only one true Church 104; title: XXV. First Mark of the true Church: Oneness of Faith, of Worship, and of Sacraments 105; title: XXVI. Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome 107; title: XXVII. List of General Councils held in the Church of God from the time of the Apostles until the present (1878) 122; title: XXVIII. Second Mark: Holiness 132; title: XXIX. List of some Saints arranged in Chronological order 140; title: XXX. Third Mark: Catholicity 153; title: XXXI. Fourth Mark: Apostolicity 162; title: XXXII. List of the Sovereign Pontiffs, who, in regular unbroken line, have succeeded St. Peter in the See of Rome 165; title: XXXIII. Works of Penance 173; title: XXXIV. Indulgences 176; title: XXXV. On Purgatory 178; title: XXXVI. On the Invocation of the Saints 187; title: XXXVII. The Blessed Virgin Mary justly called "Mother of God" 191; title: XXXVIII. Honour and Devotion to the B. V. Mary 194; title: XXXIX. The Immaculate Conception of the B.V. Mary 197; title: XL. Reverence to Belies and other Religious Objects 204; title: XLI. Why the Catholic Church in the West uses the Latin Language 209; title: XLII. Some things that Catholics do not believe 213; title: XLIII. Conclusion, and a Prayer for Light 221; title: PART II.; title: APPENDIX.; title: 1. Answers to some Questions on difficulties, that one earnestly seeking to know the true Religion might wish to ask 225; title: 2. The Apostles' Creed 241; title: 3. Creed of Pope Pius IV. and Pope Pius IX. 241; title: 4. Short Form of Profession of Faith 248; title: 5. Earnest Appeal to Protestants 249; title: 6. Conversion of Victorious, and list of some of the Converts to Catholicity of late years in Great Britain 251; title: 7. The postal address of some of the Clergy in London and neighbourhood 258; title: 8. On the Sign of the Cross 260; title: 9. On Prayer — Necessity and Usefulness of it 263; title: 10. The Lord's Prayer, and some other Prayers and Psalms 268; title: 11. Selected Hymns 280; title: 12. Acts of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Contrition 288; title: 13. A Short Method of hearing Mass 291; title: 14. Method of Confession 297; title: 15. List of Fathers of the Church and other ancient Ecclesiastical Writers 311; title: 16. List of Canonised Founders of Religious Orders, and Congregations in the Church 317; title: 17. Census of Religions in the World 318; title: 18. Catholics and Protestants in Europe 319; title: 19. Sects battling within one Church 320; title: 20. List of 142 Religious Denominations in England and Wales in 1877 321; title: 21. Religious Statistics in Ireland 323; title: 22. List of Protestant Denominations in the United States of America 324; title: 23. Admirable dawn of a Conversion to the Catholic Church in Rome 326; title: 24. Conversion of Mr. Alfred Newdigate, M. A. 327; title: 25. Conversion of Mr. Gordon Thompson, M.A. 329; title: 26. Converts to Catholicity not unhappy: Letters 330; title: 27. Letter from the Very Rey. Dr. Newman to the Duke of Norfolk, respecting a remark of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, 1875 333; title: 28. Published List of some recent distinguished American Converts 334; title: 29. England never of her own accord rejected the Catholic Faith: extracted from a Sermon by His Em. Cardinal Manning, 1875 335; title: 30. Position of the Catholic Church in England, by His Em. Cardinal Manning, 1875 341; title: 31. Extract from the Introductory Letter to ReV. F. Bridget's Work, "The Discipline of Drink" by His Eminence Cardinal Manning, 1876 342; title: 32. Speech of the Duke of Wellington on Catholic Loyalty 344; title: 33. St. Peter in Rome 348; title: 34. Communion in one Kind 364; title: 35. Ceremonies and Ritual of the Catholic Church, Holy Water, Candles, Kneeling, Vestments, Music, Incense, &c. 386; title: 36. How Adam's sin is transmitted to his Children 396; title: 37. Predestination 403; title: 38. "Justification by Faith alone" 409; title: 39. Extract from the Poetry of Prof. Longfellow on the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary 463; title: 40. A Parting Word to all 437; title: 41. List of some Catholic Books, for the most part useful also for inquirers 438