A church history, or Christ in his church
Subtitle: for the use of the Catholic schools
Publisher: Benzinger Brothers
Published: 1881
Place of publication: New York; Cincinnati; St. Louis
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Preface. 5; title: Chapter I. — The Church and Her History.; title: 1. What the Church is 11; title: 2. Why the Church is the Pillar and Ground of Truth 16; title: 3. What is Church History? 21; title: 4. Whence are derived the Truthful and Genuine Recitals of Church History? 23; title: 5. False Church History 25; title: Chapter II. — History of the Christian Missions.; title: 6. The First Congregation at Jerusalem 27; title: 7. The Life and Mission of St. Peter 29; title: 8. The Conversion of St. Paul 32; title: 9. The Missionary Labors of St. Paul 34; title: 10. Imprisonment and Execution of St. Paul 38; title: 11. The Missionary Labors of the Other Apostles 41; title: 12. The Growth of the Church in Europe 45; title: 13. The History of the Church in Asia 55; title: 14 The History of the Church in Africa 60; title: 15. What America owes to the Catholic Church 62; title: 16. The Church planted in America — Its Growth 67; title: 17. The History of the Church in Australia 73; title: 18. The Catholic World 74; title: Chapter III. — The History of Catholic Worship.; title: 19. What is Catholic Worship? 78; title: 20. Places of Worship 79; title: 21. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 83; title: 22. The History of Baptism 87; title: 33. The History of Confirmation 89; title: 24 The History of the Holy Eucharist 90; title: 25. The History of the Sacrament of Penance 92; title: 26. The History of Extreme Unction 94; title: 27. The History of Matrimony 95; title: 28. The History of Holy Orders 98; title: 29. The History of Sunday 99; title: 30. The History of the Festivals of Our Lord 101; title: 31. The Festivals of the Blessed Virgin 106; title: 32. The Festivals of the Saints 109; title: Chapter TV — The History of the Teaching-Office in the Church.; title: 33. The Church Fathers 114; title: 34. The Four Great Fathers of the Western Church 119; title: 35. The Four Great Fathers of the Eastern Church 121; title: 36. The History of the Church Councils 123; title: 37. History of the Twenty General Councils 125; title: 38. The Infallibility of the Pope 128; title: Chapter V. — The History of the Hierarchy, of Church Rights, and of Church Penalties.; title: 39. The Kingly Office in the Church 132; title: 40. The Hierarchy. 133; title: 41. The History of Church Rights 137; title: 42. Selection and Appointment of the Clergy — Their Maintenance 142; title: 43. The History of Church Temporalities 145; title: 44 The Temporal Power of the Popes 147; title: Chapter VI. — The History of Religious Orders.; title: 45. Holiness in the Catholic Church 154; title: 46. History of Monastic Life in General 156; title: 47. History of the Benedictines 160; title: 48. History of the Crusades 162; title: 49. History of the Franciscans 168; title: 50. History of the Dominicans 171; title: 51. The Jesuits 172; title: 52. The Redemptorists 175; title: 53. History of the Religious Bodies dedicated to Schools, or to the Care of the Sick and Destitute 176; title: 54 Concluding Remarks on the History of Monastic Life 184; title: Chapter VII. — The History of the Saints.; title: 55. The Martyr Saints 187; title: 56. History of the Bishops 191; title: 57. History of the Priesthood 194; title: 58. The Saintly Hermits 195; title: 59. The Royal Saints 198; title: 60. The Saintly Workmen 202; title: 61. The Saintly Farmers and Shepherds 204; title: 62. The Saintly Matrons 207; title: 63. The Virgin Saints 210; title: Chapter VIII. — The History of Heresy and its Aggressions.; title: 64. Nature and Origin of Heresy 214; title: 65. Heresies concerning Creation 216; title: 66. Heresies against the Blessed Trinity 218; title: 67. Heresies against the Divine Person of Jesus Christ 220; title: 68. Heresies concerning Grace 221; title: 69. Iconoclasm 222; title: 70. The Greek Schism 223; title: 71. The Albigenses and Catherers 224; title: 72. The Hussites 226; title: 73. The So-called Reformation 228; title: 74 Catholic and Protestant Teachings 231; title: 75. Martin Luther 234; title: 76. Ulrich Zwingli 236; title: 77. John Calvin 237; title: 78. The Effects of the Reformation 238; title: 79. The False Liberalism of our Day 241; title: Chapter IX. — The History of the Persecutions.; title: 80. Persecutions from the Jews 245; title: 81. The Ten Roman Persecutions 249; title: 82. Persecutions by the Emperors of the East 251; title: 83. Persecutions in the Middle Ages 252; title: 84. Modern Persecutions 255; title: 85. The Church and the Governments in Modern Times 257; title: Chapter X. — The Triumph and Glory of the Catholic Church; title: 86. The Triumphant Existence of nearly Nineteen Hundred Years 262; title: 87. The Triumph of the Church in her Martyrs 265; title: 88. The Triumph of the Church over Heathen Powers 267; title: 89. Triumph of the Church over the Barbarians in the Days of the Northern Invasions 270; title: 90. Triumph of the Church in the Persons of her great Poniffs 271; title: 91. Triumphs of the Church over the Heresies 274; title: 92. Triumph of the Church in her Conversions — The Converts 276; title: 93. Triumph of the Church in the Arts and Sciences 278 Conclusion 281; title: 94. Retrospect of Church History, according to Ages and Centuries 285