Catholic Belief
Subtitle: Or, A Short And Simple Exposition Of Catholic Doctrine
Publisher: Burns and Oates
Published: 1884
Place of publication: London, England
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Preface of H. E. Cardinal Manning vii; title: Preface   ix; title: Introduction xlii; title: PART I.; title: CHAPTER; title: I. God and His Perfections   1; title: II. The Most Holy Trinity 1; title: III. Original Sin  4; title: IV. The Incarnation of God the Son 7; title: V. Jesus our only Mediator of Redemption 8; title: VI. The Holy Bible 10; title: VII. The Unwritten Word of God 14; title: VIII. The Interpretation of Holy Scripture 24; title: IX. Infallibility of the Church and of the Pope 85; title: X. Justification 48; title: XI. How Christ's Redemption is applied to Men 53; title: XII. The Holy Sacraments 54; title: XIII. Holy Baptism 56; title: XIV. On Sin (Nature and Consequences of it) 58; title: XV. The Sacrament of Penance   65; title: XVI. The Holy Eucharist 68; title: XVII. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 72; title: XVIII. Holy Mass serves to apply Christ's Redemption to Individual Men 77; title: XIX. Ceremonies and Ritual of the Catholic Church 80; title: XX. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 90; title: XXI. Confirmation 97; title: XXII. Extreme Unction 98; title: XXIII. Holy Order 100; title: XXIV. Holy Matrimony 101; title: XXV. Only One True Church 105; title: XXVI. First Mark of the True Church : Oneness of Faith, of Worship, of Sacraments, and of a Supreme Ruler 107; title: XXVII. Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome 108; title: XXVIII. List of all the General Councils held in the Church of God from the time of the Apostles to A.D. 1880 123; title: XXIX. Second Mark: Holiness 132; title: IXXX. List of some Saints arranged in order of time 139; title: XXXI. Third Mark: Catholicity 153; title: XXXII. Fourth Mark: Apostolicity 161; title: XXXIII. List of the Sovereign Pontiffs, who, in a regular unbroken line, have Succeeded St. Peter in the See of Rome 164; title: XXXIV. The Sign of the Cross 172; title: XXXV. Prayer—Necessity and Usefulness of it 175; title: XXXVI. Works of Penance 180; title: XXXVII. Indulgences 183; title: XXXVIII. Purgatory 185; title: XXXIX. The Invocation of the Saints 192; title: XL. The Blessed Virgin Mary justly called 195; title: XLI. Honour and Devotion to the B. V. Mary 198; title: XLII. The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 200; title: XLIII. Reverence to Belies and other Religious Objects 208; title: XLIV. On the Use of the Latin Language 212; title: XLV. Some Things that Catholics do not believe 216; title: XLVI. Conclusion and a Prayer for Light 222; title: PART II.; title: PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS TO A PROTESTANT BEFORE AND AFTER BEING RECEIVED INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.; title: 1. Answers to some Difficulties, and to some Questions, that a person earnestly seeking the True Religion might wish to ask 225; title: 2. Apostles' Creed — Creed of Pope Pius IV., and other Shorter Professions of Faith 239; title: 3. Conversion of Victorinus 247; title: 4. Some distinguished Converts of North America 254; title: 5. Earnest Appeal to Protestants 255; title: 6. Addresses of some of the Clergy, in and near London, and Abroad 257; title: 7. Choice of Prayers 260; title: 8. Prayer for a Good Death 266; title: 9. Stations of the Cross, and other special Prayers 268; title: 10. Veni Creator Spiritus, Hymn to the Holy Ghost 279; title: Adeste, fideles 280; title: The Stabat Mater 281; title: 11. Te Deum Laudamus (or Ambrosian Hymn) 282; title: 12. Observations on Faith, by Cardinal Newman 284; title: 13. Acts of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Contrition 285; title: 14. The Mass not a mere Form of Words. By Cardinal Newman 286; title: 15. A Short Method of Hearing Mass 288; title: 16. Method of Confession 293; title: 17. Commandments of God and of the Church 304; title: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Opposite Virtues 305; title: The Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy 305; title: The Seven Corporal Works of Mercy 306; title: The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit 306; title: The Eight Beatitudes 306; title: PART III.; title: Miscellaneous Subjects.; title: 1. St. Peter in Rome 307; title: 2. Cusa, Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler 322; title: 3. The Transmission of the Sin of Adam to his Children considered 329; title: 4. "Communion in one kind" 334; title: 5. Predestination  352; title: 6. "Justification by Faith Alone," considered 358; title: 7. List of the Fathers of the Church 379; title: 8. Canonised Founders of Orders and Congregations in the Church 385; title: 9. Chief Heresies 386; title: 10. England never rejected, of her own accord, the Catholic Faith 390; title: 11. Cardinal Manning on Total Abstinence 394; title: 12. Lines on the Blessed Virgin, by the American Poet Longfellow 39; title: 13. Census of Religions in the World 397; title: 14. Census of Catholics in the World 398; title: 15. Census of Catholics and Protestants in Europe 399; title: 16. Difficulties of Private Interpretation 400; title: 17. List of 180 Protestant Sects in England and Wales 404; title: 18. List of Protestant Sects in the United States 406; title: 19. Religious Statistics in Ireland 406; title: 20. Dawn of a remarkable Conversion in Rome 407; title: 21. Mr. Orby Shipley's Conversion 403; title: 22. Converts to Catholicity not Unhappy 410; title: 23. Extract from Lord Macau] ay's Essay on Ranke's "History of the Popes" 413; title: 24. Parting words to one who feels convinced of the Truth of the Roman Catholic Religion, and who does not join the Church 415; title: Alphabetical General Index 419