Some thoughts on Catholic apologetics
Subtitle: a plea for interpretation.
Series: The Catholic library, 17
Publisher: Manresa Press
Published: 1915
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Apologetic works.
Description: Catholic Library series #17
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Need and Place of a General Outlook i; title: SECTION II; title: Flood of Infidelity in the Immediate Past Signs of Better Things to Come 3; title: SECTION III; title: Pressing Need to Interpret the Catholic Faith to the Modern World 9; title: SECTION IV; title: Instances of Interpretation 18; title: SECTION V; title: Beneficial Effects of Interpretation on Catholicism and on Catholic Theology 20; title: SECTION VI; title: The Argument from Analogy . . . . .24; title: SECTION VII; title: Difficulties of Revelation illustrated by Difficulties arising out of the Natural Order. Further Illustrations from Analogy 25; title: SECTION VIII; title: Some Further Analogies 28; title: SECTION IX; title: The Argument from Analogy illustrated by the Analogy between Human and Divine Love 31; title: SECTION X; title: Apologetic from the Nature and History of the Church 41; title: SECTION XI; title: Apologetic from Comparative Religion .... 42; title: SECTION XII; title: A Discussion of Difficulties against Christian Theism derived from the Phenomena of (Nature and Human History : i.e. Suffering and Evil 44; title: SECTION XIII; title: Seven Leading Tendencies of Modern Thought hostile to Catholicism. Their Treatment by Apologetic . . 51; title: SECTION XIV; title: These Tendencies are mutually Inconsistent, being often Contradictory Exaggerations 54; title: SECTION XV; title: A. First Tendency. Modern Thought is Dynamic and Particular : Catholic Thought is Static and Universal. . 56; title: SECTION XVI; title: B. Second Tendency. Modern Thought is Vague : Catholic Thought is Exact and Definite 65; title: SECTION XVII; title: C. Third Tendency. Modern Thought is Relative and Phenomenal : Catholic Teaching is Absolute and Noumenal 74; title: SECTION XVIII; title: D. Fourth Tendency. Modern Thought is dominated by the Concept of Necessity : Catholicism teaches Miracles and Freewill 77; title: SECTION XIX; title: E. Fifth Tendency. Modern Thought Unifies Excessively, Catholicism recognises, where necessary, a Plurality of Causes 83; title: SECTION XX; title: F. Sixth Tendency. Modern Thought Exaggerates Liberty : Catholicism is Authoritarian 87; title: SECTION XXI; title: G. Seventh Tendency. Modern Thought is Anti-ascetic : Catholicism Ascetic 93; title: SECTION XXII; title: Catholic Dogma prevents the Narrowing of Truth to Partial Aspects . . . . , . . . . 103; title: SECTION XXIII; title: Pantheism or Spiritualistic Monism the Rival and Direct Enemy of Catholicism 106; title: SECTION XXIV; title: Pantheism or Monism appeals to the Seven Tendencies of Modern Thought discussed above . . . .110; title: SECTION XXV; title: The Exaggerations and One-sidedness of Pantheism are more Superficially Attractive than the Completeness of Catholicism 117; title: SECTION XXVI; title: Two Difficulties raised by Catholicism which are absent from Pantheism : (1) Free Creation out of Nothing ; (2) The Existence of Finite Beings essentially Distinct from the Infinite 119; title: SECTION XXVII; title: The Especial Attraction of Pantheistic Unification . . Z2Z; title: SECTION XXVIII; title: Pantheism presents an Inadequate and degraded Conception of the Deity, and fails to satisfy the Religious Needs and Aspirations of Humanity 122; title: SECTION XXIX; title: Need to oppose to Pantheism the Mystical Element of Catholicism X25; title: SECTION XXX; title: Renewed Appeal for Interpretation 128; title: SECTION XXXI; title: Remarks on External Means of Apologetical Propaganda: Journalism, Lectures, the Novel .129; title: SECTION XXXII; title: The Apologetic of the Drama 130; title: SECTION XXXIII; title: The "Drama of Redemption" the Liturgy . .132; title: SECTION XXXIV; title: The Apologetic of the Opera . . . . . . 134; title: SECTION XXXV; title: Scientific Apologetic : Catholic Institutes at Universities . 136; title: SECTION XXXVI; title: The Outlook : Fears and Hopes 137