A Manual Of Catholic Theology
Subtitle: Based On Scheeben's "Dogmatik"
Publisher: London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.; New York : Benziger Bros.
Published: 1906
Place of publication: London, England
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS OF VOL. I.; title: Preface v; title: Introduction.; title: I. Definition and Division of Theology xvii; title: II. A Short Sketch of the History of Theology xviii; title: III. The Special Task of Theology at the Present Time — The Plan 1; title: BOOK I.; title: THE SOURCES OF THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.; title: THE OBJECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.; title: Chap. I. — Divine Revelation.; title: § 1. Notion of Revelation — Three Degrees of Revelation 3; title: § 2. The Nature and Subject-matter of Natural Revelation 4; title: § 3. The Object and Necessity of a Positive Revelation — Its Supernatural Character 6; title: § 4. The Subject-matter of Supernatural Revelation — Mysteries 8; title: § 5. The Province of Revelation 11; title: § 6. Progress of Revelation 13; title: Chap. II. — The Transmission of Revelation.; title: § 7. The Protestant Theory and the Catholic Theory concerning the Mode of transmitting and enforcing Revelation 16; title: § 8. Further Explanation of the Catholic Theory 18; title: PART I.; title: § 9. Demonstration of the Catholic Theory 20; title: § 10. Organization of the Teaching Apostolate — Its Relations with the Two Powers and the Two Hierarchical Orders instituted by Christ 32; title: § 11. Organization of the Apostolate (continued) — Organization of the Teaching Body 35; title: § 12. Organization of the Apostolate (continued) — The Auxiliary Members of the Teaching Body 40; title: § 13. Organization of the Apostolate (continued) — Organic Union between the Teaching Body and the Body of the Faithful 43; title: § 14. Organization of the Apostolate (concluded) — External and Internal Indefectibility of Doctrine and Faith in the Church — Recapitulation 45; title: § 15. Gradual Progress in the Transmission of Revelation — Apostolic Deposit : Ecclesiastical Tradition : Rule of Faith 47; title: Chap. III. — The Apostolic Deposit of Revelation.; title: § 16. Holy Scripture the Written Word of God 50; title: § 17. Holy Scripture as a Source of Theological Knowledge 56; title: § 18. The False and Self-contradictory Position of Holy Scripture in the Protestant System 58; title: § 19. The Position and Functions of Holy Scripture in the Catholic System 61; title: § 20. Decisions of the Church on the Text and Interpretation of Holy Scripture 63; title: § 21. The Oral Apostolic Deposit— Tradition, in the Narrower Sense of the Word 66; title: Chap. IV. — Ecclesiastical Tradition.; title: § 22. Origin and Growth of Ecclesiastical Tradition 71; title: § 23. The Various Modes in which Traditional Testimony is given in the Church 73; title: § 24. Documentary Tradition, the Expression of the Living Tradition 76; title: § 25. Rules for demonstrating Revealed Truth from Ecclesiastical Tradition 77; title: § 26. The Writings of the Fathers 79; title: § 27. The Writings of Theologians 81; title: Chap. V. — The Rule of Faith.; title: § 28. The Rule of Faith considered generally ; and also specially in its Active Sense 85; title: § 29. Dogmas and Matters of Opinion 88; title: § 30. Definitions and Judicial Decisions considered generally 91; title: § 31. Papal Judgments and their Infallibility 94; title: § 32. General Councils 97; title: § 33. The Roman Congregations — Local or Particular Councils 101; title: § 34. Dogmatic Censures 103; title: § 35. Development of Dogma 105; title: § 36. The Chief Dogmatic Documents — Creeds and Decrees 108; title: PART II.; title: THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, OR SUBJECTIVELY.; title: Chap. I. — Faith.; title: § 37. Etymology of the various words used for Faith — The true Notion of Faith 112; title: § 38. Nature of Theological Faith 115; title: § 39. The Formal Object or Motive of Faith 118; title: § 40. The Subject-matter of Faith 119; title: § 41. The Motives of Credibility 122; title: § 42. Faith and Grace 128; title: § 43. Man's Co-operation in the Act of Faith — Faith a Free Act 131; title: § 44. The Supreme Certitude of Faith 132; title: § 45. Necessity of Faith 135; title: Chap. II. — Faith and Understanding.; title: § 46. Doctrine of the Vatican Council on the Understanding of Faith 138; title: § 47. Theological Knowledge 140; title: § 48. Scientific Character of Theology 141; title: § 49. The Rank of Theology among the Sciences 142; title: § 50. The three great branches of Theology : Fundamental, Positive, and Speculative 143; title: § 51. Relation between Reason and Faith 146; title: § 52. Theology as a Sacred Science 150; title: § 53. Progress of Theological Science 151; title: BOOK II.; title: GOD.; title: PART I.; title: GOD CONSIDERED AS ONE IN SUBSTANCE.; title: Chap. I. — Our Knowledge of God.; title: A. — Natural Knowledge of God.; title: § 54. Natural Knowledge of God considered generally 158; title: § 55. The Demonstration of the Existence of God 161; title: § 56. Out Conception of the Divine Essence and the Divine Attributes 164; title: § 57. Contents and Limits of our Natural Knowledge of God 168; title: B. — Supernatural Knowledge of God.; title: § 58. Revealed Names of God 169; title: § 59. The Doctrine concerning God as defined by the Church, especially in the Vatican Council 172; title: Chap. II. — The Essence And Attributes Of God, Considered Generally.; title: § 60. Fundamental Conception of God's Essence and Nature 175; title: § 61. The Perfection of the Divine Being 177; title: § 62. Our Conception of the Divine Attributes — Classification 179; title: Chap. III. — The Negative Attributes of God.; title: § 63. The Simplicity of God 182; title: § 64. The Infinity of God 185; title: § 65. The Immutability of God 188; title: § 66. The Inconfusibility of God 191; title: § 67. The Immensity of God 193; title: § 68. The Eternity of God 195; title: § 69. The Invisibility of God 197; title: § 70. The Incomprehensibility of God 200; title: § 71. The Ineffability of God 201; title: Chap. IV. — The Positive Attributes of God.; title: A. — Internal Attributes.; title: § 72. The Unity of God 203; title: § 73. God, the Objective Truth 204; title: § 74. God, the Objective Goodness 205; title: § 75. God, the Absolute Beauty 206; title: B. — External Attributes.; title: § 76. The Omnipotence of God 208; title: § 77. The Omnipresence of God 211; title: Chap. V. — The Divine Life.; title: § 78. The Divine Life in general — Its Absolute Perfection 214; title: § 79. The Divine Knowledge in general 215; title: § 80. God's Knowledge of the Free Actions of His Creatures 219; title: § 81. The Divine Wisdom in relation to its External Activity — The Divine Ideas 225; title: §82. The Nature and Attributes of the Divine Will considered generally 227; title: § 83. The Absolute Freedom of God's Will 230; title: § 84. The Affections (Affectus) of the Divine Will, especially Love 233; title: § 85. The Moral Perfection of the Divine Will 238; title: § 86. The Justice of God 241; title: § 87. God's Mercy and Veracity 246; title: § 88. Efficacy of the Divine Will — Its Dominion over Created Wills 248; title: § 89. The Divine Will as Living Goodness and Holiness — God the Substantial Holiness 253; title: § 90. The Beatitude and Glory of the Divine Life 254; title: PART II.; title: THE DIVINE TRINITY.; title: Chap. I. — The Dogma.; title: § 91. The Dogma of the Trinity as formulated by the Church 259; title: Chap. II. — The Trinity in Scripture.; title: § 92. The Trinity in the New Testament 265; title: § 93. The Doctrine of the New Testament on God the Son 269; title: § 94. The Doctrine of the New Testament on the Holy Ghost 277; title: § 95. The Doctrine of the Old Testament on the Trinity 283; title: Chap. III. — The Trinity in Tradition.; title: § 96. The Ante-Nicene Tradition on the Divine Trinity and Unity 287; title: § 97. The Consubstantiality of the Son defined by the Council of Nicsea 290; title: § 98. The Tradition of East and West on the Consubstantiality of the Holy Ghost with the Father and the Son 294; title: § 99. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Divine Hypostases and Persons — Definition of Hypostasis and Person as applied to God 308; title: § 100. The Distinction of the Divine Persons in particular, and their Distinctive Marks 312; title: Chap. IV. — The Evolution of the Trinity from the Fecundity of the Divine Life.; title: § 101. The Origins in God resulting from the Fecundity of the Divine Life as Absolute Wisdom 316; title: § 102. The Productions in God are True Productions of an Inner Manifestation (1) of the Divine Knowledge through Word and Image ; and (2) of the Divine Love through Aspiration, Pledge, and Gift 320; title: § 103. The Perfect Immanence of the Divine Productions ; the Substantiality of their Products as Internal Expression of the Substantial Truth and Internal Effusion of the Substantial Sanctity 323; title: § 104. The Divine Productions as Communications of Essence and Nature ; the Divine Products as Hypostases or Persons 325; title: § 105. The Special Names of the Divine Productions as Communications of Life in analogy with Generation and Spiration in the Animal Kingdom — The Personal Names Father, Son, and Holy Ghost — The Economy (olicovofila) of the Divine Persons 331; title: § 106. Complete Unity of the Produced Persons with their Principle, resulting from their Immanent Origin : Similarity, Equality, Identity, Inseparability, and Co-inherence {xepixvpyvis) 336; title: § 107. The Appropriation of the Common Names, Attributes, and Operations to Particular Persons 340; title: § 108. The Temporal Mission of the Divine Persons 343; title: § 109. The Trinity a Mystery but not a Contradiction 349; title: § 110. The Position and Importance of the Mystery of the Trinity in Revelation 351; title: BOOK III.; title: CREATION AND THE SUPERNATURAL ORDER.; title: PART I.; title: CREATION.; title: Chap. I. — The Universe Created by God.; title: § 111. The Origin of all Things by Creation out of Nothing 358; title: § 112. Simultaneous Beginning of the World and of Time 361; title: § 113. God the Conservator of all Things 363; title: § 114. God the Principle of all Created Action 365; title: Chap. II. — The Universe Created for God.; title: § 115. Essential Relation of Creatures to God as the Final Object of their Being, Activity, and Tendencies 369; title: § 116. The Providence of God 372; title: § 117. The World the Realization of the Divine Ideal 374; title: Chap. III. — The Angels.; title: § 118. The Nature, Existence, and Origin of the Angels 376; title: § 119. Attributes of the Angels — Incorruptibility and Relation to Space 378; title: § 120. The Natural Life and Work of the Angels 379; title: § 121. Number and Hierarchy of the Angels 382; title: Chap. IV. — The Material Universe.; title: § 122. Theological Doctrines concerning the Material World generally 383; title: § 123. The Doctrinal Portions of the Mosaic Hexahemeron 384; title: Chap. V. — Man.; title: § 124. Interpretation of Gen. i. 26: "Let Us make man to Our image and likeness " 389; title: § 125. Man the Image of God 392; title: § 126. The Likeness to God in Man and Woman 395; title: § 127. Essential Constitution of Man 397; title: § 128. Production of the First Woman — The Essence of Marriage 400; title: § 129. Reproduction of Human Nature 404; title: § 130. Descent of all Mankind from One Pair of Progenitors, and the consequent Unity of the Human Race 410; title: § 131. Division and Order of the Vital Forces in Man 412; title: § 132. The Spiritual Side of Human Nature 413; title: § 133. The Animal Side of Human Nature 418; title: § 134. Natural Imperfections, or the Animal Character of the Spiritual Life (ratio inferior) in Man, and its Consequences 421; title: § 135. Natural Destiny of Rational Creatures — Their Position in the Universe 425; title: PART II.; title: THE SUPERNATURAL ORDER.; title: Chap. I. — General Theory of the Supernatural and of Grace.; title: § 136. Notion of the Supernatural and of Supernature 430; title: § 137. General Notion of Divine Grace 434; title: § 138. The Chief Errors concerning the Supernatural 437; title: Chap. II. — Theory of the Absolutely Supernatural.; title: § 139. Doctrine of Holy Scripture on the Supernatural Communion with God, considered especially as Communion by Adoptive Sonship 443; title: § 140. The Teaching of Tradition on Supernatural Union with God: especially on the "Deification" of the Creature 452; title: § 141. Eternal Life in the Beatific Vision 456; title: § 142. The Supernatural in our Life on Earth (in statu via) 459; title: § 143. The Elevating Grace necessary for Salutary Acts 463; title: § 144. Elevating Grace considered as a Supernatural Habit of the Mental Faculties — The Theological Virtues 465; title: § 145. The State of Grace the Nobility of the Children of God 468; title: § 146. The State of Grace (continued)— The Holy Ghost the Substantial Complement of Accidental Grace 472; title: § 147. The State of Grace (concluded) — Its Character of New Creation — Grace and Free Will 479; title: § 148. Relation of Nature and Natural Free Will to Grace — The "Obediential" Faculty — The Absolute Gratuity of Grace 483; title: § 149. Relation of Nature to Grace (continued) — The Process by which Nature is raised to the State of Grace 486; title: § 150. Nature's Vocation to Grace by a Law of the Creator 490; title: § 151. Function of the Supernatural Order in the Divine Plan of the Universe 493; title: Chap. III. — Theory of the Relatively Supernatural.; title: § 152. The Supernatural Endowment of Man's Nature as distinct from the Angels 496; title: Chap. IV. — Concrete Realization of the Supernatural Order.; title: § 153. The Supernatural in the Angelic World 501; title: § 154. The Supernatural in Mankind 505