The Catholic Scripturist
Subtitle: or The plea of the Roman Catholics
Publisher: Burns & Lambert
Published: 1863
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: A TABLE OF THE POINTS CONTAINED IN THIS TREATISE.; title: The Preface 1; title: POINT; title: I. That Scripture alone cannot be a rule sufficient to direct us in all necessary controversies 7; title: II. Tradition, besides Scripture, must direct us in many necessary controversies 15; title: III. Of the never failing of the Church, which, being perpetual, can preserve perpetual traditions. Also of succession of true pastors and professors 21; title: IV. Of the universality and vast extent of this perpetual Church, which also must be the converter of Gentiles. This no Church differing from the Roman ever was 30; title: V. Of the infallibility of the Church, and consequently of her fitness to be judge of controversies 38; title: VI. That the Roman Church is this infallible Church, and our judge in all points of controversy 53; title: VII. That the chief pastor of this Church is the successor of St. Peter 54; title: VIII. That this our chief pastor or pope is not Antichrist 60; title: IX. Of the sacraments of the Church, and of the ceremonies which the Church useth in administering these sacraments, as also in other occasions 64; title: X. Of baptism, which is the first sacrament 68; title: XI. Of confirmation 69; title: XII. Of the holy Eucharist 71; title: XIII. Of communion under one kind 83; title: XIV. Of the Mass, or of the holy Eucharist, as it is a sacrifice 85; title: XV. Of saying Masses, and other public prayers, in the Latin tongue 92; title: XVI. Of the sacrament of penance, or confession 100; title: XVII. Of the sacrament of extreme unction 103; title: XVIII. Of file sacrament of holy order 105; title: Of the sacrament of matrimony 106; title: Of the single life of priests 108; title: Of the single life of such as have vowed perpetual chastity 114; title: Of the works of counsel and supererogation 118; title: Of voluntary austerity of life 121; title: XXIV. Of satisfactory good works 125; title: XXV. Of purgatory, and prayer for the dead 131; title: XXVI. Of indulgences 143; title: XXVII. That faith alone doth not justify 148; title: XXVIII. Whether our justification be any thing inherent in us 151; title: XXIX. Whether our justification may not be lost 154; title: XXX. To justification it is necessary to keep the commandments. This is possible 157; title: XXXI. How still we have free will to do good or evil 160; title: XXXII. How this free will is still helped with sufficient grace 163; title: XXXIII. This sufficient grace is denied to none, Christ dying even for reprobates 166; title: XXXIV. How our good works done in grace, and by the help of Christ's grace, are meritorious, and merit life everlasting 169; title: XXXV. It is laudable to do good works for reward 175; title: XXXVI. We laudably worship angels and saints 177; title: XXXVII. The angels and saints can hear our prayers 185; title: XXXVIII. That saints can and will help us, and therefore it is laudable to pray to them 191; title: XXXIX. That among the saints it is most laudable to pray to our Lady : and of the beads said to her honour 199; title: XL. It is laudable to worship the images of saints 207; title: XLI. It is laudable to worship the relics of saints 219; title: XLII. Some places are more holy than others : we therefore laudably make pilgrimages and processions to such holy places 224; title: XLIII. That we laudably keep feasts in the honour of saints 231; title: XLIV. That we laudably observe fasts, saints' eves, and other days 235; title: XLV. That we laudably in our fasts abstain from certain meats 239