The Catholic Church Alone
Subtitle: the one true Church of Christ : sumptuously illustrated with famous paintings by the great masters : six volumes in one
Publisher: Catholic Educational Co.
Published: 1903
Place of publication: New York, USA
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: THE CATHOLIC RELIGION EXPOUNDED 17; title: The Creed Defined 17; title: The Second Article of the Creed 23; title: The Third Article of the Creed 29; title: The Fourth Article of the Creed 30; title: The Fifth Article of the Creed 32; title: The Sixth Article of the Creed 34; title: The Seventh Article of the Creed 35; title: The Eighth Article of the Creed 37; title: The Ninth Article of the Creed 40; title: The Tenth Article of the Creed 64; title: The Eleventh Article of the Creed 66; title: The Twelfth Article of the Creed 68; title: EXPLANATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 70; title: The First Commandment 70; title: The Second Commandment 81; title: The Third Commandment 82; title: The Fourth Commandment 83; title: The Fifth Commandment 85; title: The Sixth Commandment 87; title: The Seventh Commandment 88; title: The Eighth Commandment 91; title: The Ninth Commandment 95; title: The Tenth Commandment 95; title: COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH EXPOUNDED 97; title: SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL EXPOUNDED 106; title: Baptism Expounded no; title: Confirmation Expounded 113; title: The Eucharist Expounded 115; title: PENANCE EXPOUNDED 133; title: Extreme Unction Expounded 140; title: Holy Orders Expounded 141; title: Matrimony Expounded 144; title: EXPOUNDING OF SIN 148; title: The Seven Deadly Sins Expounded 151; title: The Three Theological Virtues Expounded 155; title: The Four Cardinal Virtues Expounded 160; title: Religion Expounded 162; title: Laws Expounded 162; title: SCRIPTURE, TRADITION, COUNCILS, AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH EXPOUNDED 164; title: The Four Last Things Expounded 170; title: The Lord's Prayer Expounded 174; title: The Hail Mary Expounded 176; title: Ceremonies in General Expounded 173; title: Particular Ceremonies Expounded 179; title: SHORTEST WAY TO END DISPUTES 191; title: CHAPTER I. — Section I. — Infallibility Promised by Christ to His Church 191; title: Section II. — The Means Promised by Christ, to Render His Church Infallible 194; title: Section III. — The Faith of the Ancient Church Relating to the Matter Under Debate 197; title: CHAPTER II. — Section I. — The Distinction between Fundamentals and Non-Fundamentals, Examined 200; title: Section II. — The First Part of the Distinction Renders the First Reformers and Their Respective Churches Inexcusable 203; title: Section III. — The Second Part of the Distinction Contradicts the Word of God 207; title: Section IV. — It Gives the Lie to the Nicene Creed 209; title: Section V. — It Destroys All Certainty in Matters of Faith 210; title: Section VI. — It Renders All Church Authority Precarious 213; title: CHAPTER III. — The Church in Communion with the See of Rome, Has Alone, a Just Title to Infallibility 216; title: CHAPTER IV. — The Church of Rome Vindicated 221; title: Section I. — The State of Religion in Christendom Before the Pretended Reformation 221; title: Section II. — The Antiquity of the Doctrine Called Popery Proved from Protestant Writers   224; title: CHAPTER V. — Popery as Ancient as Christianity 228; title: Section I. — No Christian Church Teaching a Doctrine Opposite to Popery, Ever Appeared in the World Before It 228; title: Section II. — Thfe Same Arguments Continued 232; title: Section III. — Objections Answered 237; title: Section IV. — The Adviser's System Concerning the First Establishment of Popery 241; title: CHAPTER VI.— The Character of the Capital Reformer Considered 246; title: Section I.— He Had No Ordinary Mission 246; title: Section II— Luther Had No Extraordinary Mission 251; title: Section III. — His Doctrine Concerning Free- Will, Repentence, and Good Works 253; title: Section IV. — His Doctrine Concerning the legislative Power 254; title: Section V.— Luther No Slave to Truth 254; title: The Declaration of the Duchess of York, Concerning the Occasion and Motives of Her Conversion 256; title: HOW TO SHUN EVIL ; OR, THE SINNER'S GUIDE 261; title: CHAPTER I. — Of the First Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue and the Service of God, Considering in Itself ; and of the Excellency of His Divine Perfections 261; title: CHAPTER II. — Of the Second Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue and the Service of God, Which Is, the Benefit of Our Creation 267; title: CHAPTER III.— Of the Third Motive that Obliges Us to Serve God, Which Is, the Benefit of Our Preservation and Direction 272; title: CHAPTER IV. — Of the Fourth Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Inestimable Benefit of Our Redemption 277; title: CHAPTER V.— Of the Fifth Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue, Which Is, the Benefit of Our Justification  283; title: CHAPTER VI. — Of the Sixth Motive that Obliges Us to the Love of Virtue, Which Is, the Benefit of Divine Predestination 290; title: CHAPTER VII.— Of the Seventh Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, Death, the First of the Four Last Things 293; title: CHAPTER VIII.— Of the Eighth Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Last Judgment, the Second of the Last Four Things 300; title: CHAPTER IX.— Of the Ninth Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue, Which Is, Heaven, the Third of the Four Last Things 304; title: CHAPTER X.— Of the Tenth Motive that Obliges Us to Love Virtue, Which Is, the Fourth of the Four Last Things, That Is, the Pains of Hell 311; title: CHAPTER XI.— Of the Eleventh Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Inestimable Advantages Promised It in This Life 319; title: CHAPTER XII.— Of the Twelfth Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Particular Care the Divine Providence Takes of the Good, in Order to Make Them Happy, and the Severity with Which the Same Providence Punishes the Wicked. — The First Privilege 324; title: CHAPTER XIII. — Of the Second Privilege of Virtue, that is, the Grace of the Holy Ghost Bestowed upon Virtuous Men 332; title: CHAPTER XIV. — Of the Third Privilege of Virtue, Viz., Supernatural Light and Knowledge 334; title: CHAPTER XV. — Of the Fourth Privilege of Virtue, That Is, the Consolations Which Good Men Receive from the Holy Ghost 339; title: CHAPTER XVI. — Of the Fifth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the Peace of Conscience, Which the Just Enjoy and of the Inward Remorse that Torments the Wicked 347; title: CHAPTER XVII. — Of the Sixth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the Hopes the Just Have in God's Mercy, and of the Vain Confidence of the Wicked 352; title: CHAPTER XVIII. — Of the Seventh Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the True Liberty Which the Virtuous Enjoy, and of the Miserable and Unaccountable Slavery the Wicked Live in 358; title: CHAPTER XIX. — Of the Eighth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the Inward Peace and Calm the Virtuous Enjoy, and of the Miserable Restlessness and Disturbance the Wicked Feel Within Themselves 369; title: CHAPTER XX. — Of the Ninth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., that God Hears the Prayers of the Just, and Rejects Those of the Wicked 376; title: CHAPTER XXI. — Of the Tenth Privilege of Virtue, Which Is, the Assistance Good Men Receive from God in Their Afflictions; and of the Impatience, on the Contrary, with Which the Wicked Suffer Theirs 380; title: CHAPTER XXII.— The Eleventh Privilege of Virtue, Which Consists in the Care God Takes to Supply the Temporal Necessities of the Just 385; title: CHAPTER XXIII.— The Twelfth Privilege of Virtue, Which Is, the Quiet and Happy Death of the Virtuous: and, on the Contrary, the Deplorable End of the Wicked 390; title: CHAPTER XXIV. — Against the First Excuse of Those Who Defer Changing Their Lives, and Advancing in Virtue, till Another Time 399; title: LIFE OF POPE LEO XIII AND IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING HIS PONTIFICATE 401; title: The Pope's Birthplace 403; title: At Benevento and Perugia 404; title: Archbishop Pecci at Perugia 405; title: Cardinal Pecci is Elected Pope 407; title: The Coronation   408; title: Encyclical on Socialism and Communism 410; title: Pope Leo's Homage to St. Thomas 415; title: Encyclical 011 Marriage and Divorce 415; title: His Success with European Governments 415; title: His Appointments in America 415; title: Letters of Condolence 416; title: The Holy Father's Love for Ireland 417; title: The Boston Committee to the Clergy and People of Ireland 418; title: Pope Leo's Private Mass 420; title: The Holy Father's Faitli in Ireland 423; title: The Plenary Council at Baltimore (1884)   424; title: Important Events 430; title: Pope Leo XIII Mediates between Germany and Spain 430; title: Pope Leo and Italy 431; title: Fiftieth Anniversary of Pope Leo's Priesthood 432; title: The Golden Rose 433; title: Pope Leo and the French Republic 433; title: Death of Cardinal Pecci 434; title: Encyclical on the Labor Question 435; title: The Pope's Golden Jubilee — Sixty Thousand Persons Crowd the Great Cathedral 436; title: Ireland's Congratulations 437; title: England's Congratulations 437; title: America to the Pope 437; title: Pope Leo on "Americanism" 437; title: The Underlying Principle 438; title: All Things to all Men 438; title: Teaching and Governing 438; title: Differences Pointed Out 439; title: Liberty not License 439; title: No Thought of Wrong or Guile 440; title: Law of God's Providence 440; title: Those Liable to Stray 440; title: Virtue, Nature and Grace 441; title: No Merely Passive Virtue 441; title: Contempt of Religious Life 442; title: A Fuller and Freer Liberty 442; title: No Difference of Praise 442; title: Let Those be Set Apart 442; title: The Question of Americanism 443; title: Pope Leo and the Spanish-American Difficulty 444; title: Rome in the Holy Year 1900 444; title: How the Pontiff Spends the Day 445; title: The Pope's Body Servant  445; title: The Pope's Personality 446; title: Where He Seeks Solitude 446; title: Our Holy Father's Great Endurance 447; title: THE CATHOLIC RELIGION DEFINED 453; title: Preliminary Chapter. — General Idea of Religion 453; title: CHAPTER I. — ON GOD 456; title: Section I. — On the Existence of God 456; title: Section II. — On the Nature of God and His Perfections 457; title: Section III.— On the Unity of God 458; title: Section IV. — On the Trinity of Persons in God 459; title: CHAPTER II.— ON THE WORKS OF GOD 460; title: Section I. — On the Creation of the World 460; title: Section II. — On the Creation of Angels 461; title: Section III. — On the Creation of Man 462; title: Section IV. — On the'Terrestrial Paradise and the State of Innocence 463; title: CHAPTER III. — ON THE SIN OF MAN, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 464; title: Section I. — On the Sin of Our First Parents 464; title: Section II. — On the Punishment of the First Sin of Man, and on Original Sin 465; title: Section III. — On the Necessity and the Promise of a Redeemer 466; title: CHAPTER IV. — ABRIDGED HISTORY OF RELIGION FROM THE FALL OF MAN TILL THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH 467; title: Section I. — In What Way Men Were to be Sanctified Before the Coming of the Messiah 467; title: Section II.— The Lives of Adam, Eve, and Their Children, After the Fall 468; title: Section III. — On the Corruption of the Human Race, and the General Deluge 469; title: Section IV. — On the State of the World, from the Deluge to the Vocation of Abraham 470; title: Section V. — On the Promises of God to Abraham, and on the Posterity of that Holy Man 471; title: Section VI. — On Isaac and Jacob, from Whom All the Jews Have Descended 472; title: Section VII. — The Servitude of the Israelites in Egypt, and Its Cause 473; title: Section VIII. — The Deliverance of the Israelites by Moses, the Paschal Lamb, and Passage of the Red Sea 474; title: Section IX. — The Journey of the Israelites to Mount Sinai; the Bitter Waters; the Manna, etc 476; title: Section X. — The Law Given to the Israelites, and the Blood of the Covenant 478; title: Section XI. — Moses on Mount Sinai 479; title: Section XII. — The Golden Calf, the Punishment Whiclr Followed; the Veil; the Choice of Aaron and the Levites 480; title: Section XIII. — The Spies ; Murmur and Sedition of the Israelites ; Their Punishment ; Reward of Caleb and Josue 481; title: Section XIV. — The Waters of Contradiction ; the Brazen Serpent ; Prediction of Baalam; and Death of Moses 482; title: Section XV. — Conquest and Distribution of the Land of Promise, Under the Guidance of Josue, and; title: STATE OF THE ISRAELITES UNDER THE JUDGES 483; title: Section XVI. — The State of the Israelites Under the Kings, and on Saul and David 484; title: Section XVII. — On Solomon and the Temple of Jerusalem 485; title: Section XVIII. — Division of the Tribes Under Jeroboam, and State of the People of God Under the Kings of Juda and Israel 486; title: Section XIX. — On the Prophets and Their Prophecies 487; title: Section XX. — Dispersion of the Ten Tribes — Babylonish Captivity — Return and Re-Establishment of the Jews 489; title: Section XXI. — State of the Jews, from the Babylonish Captivity till Their Total Ruin by the Romans 490; title: Section XXII. — The Morality and Religion of the Jews, from the Babylonish Captivity till the Coming of the Messiah 492; title: Section XXIII. — On the State of the Gentile People, from the Vocation of Abraham to the Coming of the Messiah 493; title: CHAPTER V. — ON THE STATE OF RELIGION AFTER THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH 494; title: Section I. — On Jesus Christ. Proofs of the Coming of the Messiah, by the Accomplishment of the Prophecies in the Person of Christ 494; title: Section II. — On Jesus Christ, or the Messiah 498; title: Section III. — History of the Incarnation 499; title: Section IV. — History of Jesus Christ, from His Temporal Birth till His Retirement into Egypt 500; title: Section V. — Life of Christ till His Baptism, and the Life of St. John the Baptist 502; title: Section VI. — Continuation of the Life of Christ till the End of the First Year of His Preaching 503; title: Section VII. — The Second Year of Christ's Mission 504; title: Section VIII. — Continuation of the Life of Christ 505; title: Section IX. — Transfiguration of Jesus Christ 506; title: Section X. — Life of Christ Continued till the End of the Third Year of His Mission 507; title: Section XI. — Life of Christ Continued till After the Institution of the Holy Eucharist 508; title: Section XII. — On the Discourse Delivered by Jesus After His Last Supper 509; title: Section XIII. — Jesus in the Garden of Olives 509; title: Section XIV. — Jesus Before Caiphas 510; title: Section XV. — Jesus Condemned to Death by Pilate 511; title: Section XVI. — On the Prophecies Which Regard the Death of Jesus 512; title: Section XVII.— Why and for Whom Did Christ Die, and How Did He Satisfy for Sin — the Descent into Hell 513; title: Section XVIII. — The Resurrection of Christ, His Appearances Afterwards, and His Life till His Ascension 514; title: Section XIX. — The Ascension — A General Notion of the Qualities of Christ in Heaven 515; title: Section XX. — The Qualities of Jesus with Relation to His Father and with Relation to His Creatures 516; title: Section XXI. — The Qualities of Jesus with Relation Men 517; title: Section XXII.— Descent of the Holy Ghost 519; title: Section XXIII. — The Preaching of the Gospel to the Samaritans and the Gentiles 520; title: Section XXIV. — List of the First Persecutions 521; title: CHAPTER VI. — ON THE CHURCH 523; title: Section I. — The Church of Chrisc; Her Visibility; General Idea of Her Distinguishing Marks 523; title: Section II.— The Unity of the Church 524; title: Section III. — The Union of the Members of the Church; the Communion of Saints 525; title: Section IV.— The Sanctity of the Church 526; title: Section V.— The Catholicity of the Church 528; title: Section VI. — On the Title of Apostolicity Given to -the Church 528; title: Section VII.— The Church, Called Roman and Catholic, Is the Only True Church of Christ   529; title: Section VII. — On the Combats and Struggles of the Church Against Her Enemies 532; title: Section IX. — Combats of the Church Against Infidels, Jews, Heretics, etc 533; title: Section X.— The Principal Sects, the Fathers Who Refuted Their Errors, and the Councils Which Condemned Them 534; title: Section XI. — The Struggles of the Church Against Bad Christians 541; title: Section XII. — On the Advantages We Derive from the Church 541; title: Life And Labors Of Saint De La Salle 543; title: Protestantism Up To Date 5S5; title: Headless Churches 559; title: The First Priest Of America 562; title: Pledges And Performances 570; title: The Holy Catholic Church 575; title: The Groupings Of Calvary 588; title: Christ On Calvary 598; title: The Madonna of the Scapular.; title: Our Lady of the Rosary.; title: The Queen of Heaven.; title: Guardian Angel.; title: St. Charles Borromeo.; title: St. Anthony of Padua.; title: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.; title: The Immaculate Conception of Mary.; title: The Immaculate Heart of Mary.; title: The Sacred Heart of Jesus.; title: The Tomb of the Blessed Virgin.; title: The Tomb of Christ.; title: The Holy Way of the Cross.; title: St. De La Salle.; title: St. Teresa.; title: St. Cecilia.; title: Pope Leo XIII.; title: The Holy Family.; title: Faith, Hope, Charity.; title: The Good Shepherd.; title: The Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes.; title: Christ Blessing Little Children.; title: The Queen of the Rosary.; title: The Blessed Eucharist.; title: The Descent from the Cross.; title: Vision of Our Lord to St. Francis of Assisi.; title: St. Dionysius, Bishop of Paris.; title: St. Dominic.; title: The Resurrection.; title: The Crucifixion.; title: The Last Supper.; title: Purgatory.; title: TYPOGRAVURES.; title: The Holy Father.; title: Dedication.; title: The Plenary Council.; title: The Holy Face.; title: The Prayer to St. Peter.; title: St. De La Salle.; title: Life of Christ in 48 pictures.