Index.
Abraham, dear to Jehovah, [37].
Abstinence on Friday explained, [2].
Adoration and reverence compared, [202].
A'Kempis compared with Bunyan, [20].
A'Kempis' “Following of Christ” recommended, [20];
Protestant edition mutilated, [20].
Albertus Magnus on Faith quoted, [15].
American Independence and Catholic Church, [240].
Angel Raphael and young Tobias, [155].
Angels labor for man's salvation, [160].
Anglican Church began with Henry VIII., [44].
Anne, Queen, praised by Thomas Arundel, [92].
Apostolate of Sisterhoods—Consecrated Virgins, [23].
Appeals, a proof of Papal Supremacy, [109].
Apostles commissioned to teach, [29];
transmit infallibility to successors, [65];
not commanded to write, [80];
ordered to teach and to preach, [81];
received power to forgive sins, [342].
Apostolic teaching was infallible, [65];
weapons, [26];
missionaries sent by Popes, [115].
Apostolicity defined, [38];
a note of the true Church, [39];
claims of tested, [40], et seq.
Articles of Faith—consequences of denial of, [10].
Arian heresy and the Church, [53], et seq.
Arianism and Protestantism paralleled, [55], et seq.
Astolphus, King, threatens Rome, [140].
Attila and Pope Leo the Great, [139].
Attributes of Christ—objects of Church's teaching, [16].
Attributes or Notes of the Church imply infallibility, [65].
Authority of the Church derived from God, [65];
absence of, causes dissensions, [97];
authorized versus private interpretation, [81];
of the Book of Machabees, [214].
Barbarians attack Rome, [139].
Bancroft's History cited, [233].
Baptism essential for remission of original sin, [268];
necessary for all, [268];
must not be delayed, [273];
effects, [21];
remits all sin, [275];
makes us heirs of heaven, [276].
Baptism of desire or martyrdom substitutes for Baptism, [272].
Baptizing, modes of, [277].
Bartholomew, Archbishop of Braga, directs crusade, [27].
Becanus teaches value of religious liberty, [230].
Bede, Venerable, translated Bible into Saxon, [91].
Bible, venerated by the Jews, [77];
requires the living authority of the Church, [77];
interpreted by the Sanhedrim, [77];
expounded by the priests, [78];
a babel among reformers, [86];
itself unchanging, it causes ever-changing tenets, [87];
guardian and depository of, is the Catholic Church, [90];
translated into Saxon by Venerable Bede, [91];
in English, Sir Thomas More on, [92];
editions prior to Luther, [92];
early editions in English, [92];
use of, recommended by Pope Pius VI, [93];
in seminary, [93], et seq.;
basis of Papal Infallibility, [125], et seq.;
infallible, not sufficient, [133], et seq.;
not ordered to be multiplied, [78].
Biblical interpretation on
Deuteronomy, quoted, [78];
associations never converted nation, [80];
authorization claimed by Mormons, [88];
restrictions as to garbled versions, [92].
Bishops, priests and deacons among Protestants, [10];
first bishop of Rome, was St. Peter, [106];
of Rome, heirs to St. Peter's supremacy, [108];
convoked councils, [114];
presided at councils, [114].
Bishop Short on Anglicanism, [44].
Bond of Union—Catholic, compared to that of secret orders, [36].
Bond—Nuptial, ratified by God, [411].
Books of Piety adapted to wants, [19];
of Machabees, same authority as other Scriptures, [214].
Bride or Spouse of Christ, applied to the Church, [8].
Brownson, Dr., appreciates stand of Church on civil liberty, [231].
Bunyan compared with A'Kempis, [20].
Butler's “Lives of the Saints” and Foxe's “Book of Martyrs” compared, [20].
Byron, Lord, lauds St. Peter's Church in Rome, [381].
Caranza Bartholomew arrested by the Inquisition, [257].
Carroll, Charles, in American Independence, [240].
Carroll, Rev. John, in American Independence, [240].
Catacombs abound in sacred images, [196];
earliest churches, [137].
Catechism, Episcopal, treats of Absolution, [354], et seq.
Catholic bond of union and that of the secret orders compared, [36];
barons and Archbishop Langton, [233];
idea of infallibility reasonable and satisfactory, [135];
priest obliged to read Scriptures, [94];
priest preaches Christ and Him crucified, [18];
literature favored by Episcopal clergyman, [20];
missionaries wherever English is spoken, [35];
churches burned by Protestants, [251].
Catholics number three hundred millions, [10];
exhorted to study the Word of God in their homes, [19];
not all holy, [23];
sometimes are sources of scandal, [23];
and free will, [23];
consciences not forced, [23];
Washington addresses, [241];
persecuted by Henry VIII. and Elizabeth, [250],
by the Puritans, [251].
Catholicity—prominent attribute of the Church, [29];
evidences of, in Apostles' Creed, [29];
defined, [29];
foreshadowed by the Psalmist, [29];
foreseen by Prophet Malachy, [29];
not found in the separate sects, [32].
Ceremonial of the Mass, [328], et seq.
Ceremonies—religious, defined, [320];
described, [327];
prescribed by God, [332];
necessary, [322].
Christ's life portrayed, [17], et seq.;
teachings versus Book of Homilies, [67], et seq;
words and private interpretation, [79];
divinity not proved solely by Scripture, [79], et seq.;
honored virgins in a special manner, [400];
instituted matrimony, [409];
contained entire under each form, [300].
Christian—a title of nobility, [17];
obligations it imposes, [17];
defined as another Christ, [17];
communions claim perpetuity, [51];
unity endorsed, [119].
Church teaches one God, [1];
unity of, [5];
government requires unity, [6];
needs visible head, [6];
a kingdom, [6];
Christ founded only one, [6];
Christ's spiritual kingdom, [7];
government compared to that of state, [7];
of Christ, a sheepfold, [7];
likened to the sheepfold, [7];
one chief pastor, one chief shepherd, [7];
likened to human body, [7];
compared to a vine, [8];
bride or spouse of Christ, [8];
unity as taught by common sense, [8];
harmony, [8];
needs common doctrine, [9];
uniform government, [9];
of England ruled by sovereign, [9];
alone possesses unity, [10];
temple of faith, [10];
her creed identical with past ages, [11];
faith and government similar, [11];
does not meddle with political tenets, [10];
teaches one faith everywhere, [10];
explains and declares truths implicitly believed, [15];
authority to decide disputes, [15];
holiness an attribute of, [16];
a society, [16];
established for man's sanctification, [16];
only one founded by Christ, [6];
inculcates valuable lessons of divine perfection, [16];
invites to a holy life, [17];
enforces the inculcation of divine precepts, [18];
affords motives and means of sanctification, [20];
encourages communion with God, [20];
a watchful mother—supplies us at each step, [21];
fruitful in saints, [22];
still produces saints and apostles, [22];
has her martyrs in our day, [22];
still numbers confessors in her ranks, [22];
saves sinners, [24];
refuge of the poor, [24];
her inheritance—the afflicted, [25];
possesses means of reform, [27];
cosmopolitan, [30];
Catholic in name and reality, [34];
gaining numerically at present, [35];
apostolical, [38];
built upon foundation of the Apostles, [38];
derives her origin from the Apostles, [48];
indestructible, [51];
and the barbarous hordes, [53];
and Mohammedanism, [53];
and the Arian heresy, [53], et seq.;
and the Irish people, [54];
and state, [57];
her relation to other religious bodies, [58];
does not need temporal power for preservation, [58];
and modern progress, [59];
benefited by scientific appliances and inventions, [59];
fosters intellectual progress, [60];
encourages scientific investigation, [60];
science indebted to her—has no fear from human liberty, [61];
outlasts all other governments, [61], et seq.;
authority comes from God, [65];
her teaching directed by the Holy Ghost, [65];
her infallibility proved from Scripture, [66], et seq.;
Christ's promise in favor of the, [70], [73];
her doctrines incapable of reform, [73];
her doctrinal decrees irrevocable, [76];
divinely appointed teacher of revelation, [76], [77];
guardian and depository of the Bible, [90];
requires a head, [97];
unity maintained by supreme head, [77];
only one founded by Christ, [100];
built on Peter, [100];
revealed Word of God her Magna Charta, [124];
exhorts all to honor Mary, [187];
her practice proves existence of purgatory, [214], et seq.;
Fathers of the—unanimous in praying for the dead, [217];
has always promoted civil liberty, [226];
defends civil rights and liberties, [231];
conflict with state, [231];
and American Independence, [240];
desires no governmental aid, [246];
does not sanction persecution or bloodshed, [249];
disavows the excesses of the Spanish Inquisition, [258];
her practice and the procedure of the Supreme Court compared, [130];
organization—American system of, [246];
her doctrine on unbaptized infants, [273];
perpetuates Christ's work, [341];
grants indulgences, [376].
Churches—earliest Christian were Catacombs, [137];
fallible—consequences, [70].
Clement of Alexandria bears witness to spread of Christianity, [31].
Clerical celibacy—necessity, [399];
propriety and advantages of, [402].
Clement VII, Pope, refused to sanction divorce of Henry VIII, [414].
Communion with God encouraged by Church, [20].
Communion under both forms given by Christ, [300].
Communion under form of bread, [303], et seq.
Communion of Saints—a comforting thought, [160].
Confession of sins obligatory, [345];
various views, [366];
sacramental, of divine institution, [346], et seq.
Confirmation—graces of, [21];
defined, [280];
signs that follow, [282];
described by St. Augustine, [282];
abolished by the Protestants, [285].
Constantine gives peace to the Church, [137].
Continence—voluntary, superior to matrimony, [399].
Cross—held in reverence, [3];
instrument of the crucifixion, [3];
adorns our sanctuaries, [3];
surmounts our Churches, [3];
emblem of salvation, [3].
Cross—sign of the, ancient and pious practice, [3];
how made, [3];
taught by tradition, [3];
profession of faith, [3];
salutary act of religion, [3].
D'Aubigne on Protestant Reformation, [264]—comments on divorce of Henry VIII.
David and Nathan, [376].
Deacons, priests and bishops in Protestant sects, [10].
Death does not dissever love among friends, [161].
Decrees in doctrinal matters irrevocable, [77].
De Maistre quoted on name Protestant, [55].
Deuteronomy quoted on Biblical interpretation, [78].
Devotion—true, is interior, [320];
manuals of, criticised, [366].
Divine perfections sources of valuable lessons, [16].
Divine power manifested on Easter Sunday, [3].
Divinity of Christ not proved solely by Scripture, [79], et seq.
Divorce never allowed—separation sometimes, [412].
Divorce prohibited by St. Paul, [413].
Divorced man may not marry during wife's lifetime, [414].
Divorce—legal, causes, [416];
cruel consequences of, [417].
Doctrinal decrees of the Church are irrevocable, [76].
Doctrines of the Church cannot be reformed, [73];
the same everywhere, [10];
new definitions do not impair unity of faith, [11], et seq.
Dogma of the Immaculate Conception formulated, [171].
Döllinger, Dr., anathematized, [10].
Duties to God—first lessons taught us, [18].
Eastern churches allow a married clergy, [402].
Ecumenical councils vindicate papal supremacy, [113];
defined, [114].
Elias dear to Jehovah, [37].
Elizabeth, Queen, and Henry VIII. persecuted Catholics, [250].
Elizabethan and Marian persecutions compared, [262], et seq.
Episcopal clergyman favors Catholic books, [20].
Evangelical Alliance failed—had no common platform, [119].
Exodus, Book of, and sacred images, [200].
Extreme Unction defined, [384];
effects, [21];
supported by ancient authority, [386].
Faith, hope and charity necessary for Catholics, [37].
Faith, temple of, the Church, [10];
Albertus Magnus quoted, [15].
Faith, unity of, required, [5];
progress in, does not change truth, [15].
Fathers of the Church on Confirmation, [283];
echo the words of St. Paul on the Eucharist, [297];
they are unanimous on praying for the dead, [217].
Fenelon favors liberty of conscience, [228].
Founders of various religious denominations, [46].
Foxe's Book of Martyrs and the Lives of the Saints contrasted, [20].
Free-will—Catholics enjoy, [23].
Garbled versions of the Bible restricted, [92].
Gibbon quoted on triumphs of the Church, [53].
God—infinite in knowledge, power and goodness, [1];
governs by His Providence, [1];
created all things by His Omnipotence, [1];
three persons in One, [1];
persons equal, [1].
God commands the making of images, [301].
God requires that His ministers be respected, [388].
God works through his representatives, [341], et seq.
God's judgment impressed on the child mind, [19].
Gospel ministers are ordained and commissioned, [39].
Government—state and church compared, [7].
Governmental aid not desired for Church, [246].
Grace defined, [265];
necessary for sanctification, [265].
Graces imparted by Holy Orders and Matrimony, [21].
Graces needed by married couple, special, [408].
Great Spirit worshiped by American Indians, [309].
Gregory II, Pope, writes about images, [140].
Habeas Corpus, [223].
Hail Mary explained, [174], et seq.
Hamlet, Shakespeare's, advised by the dead, [221].
Hebrews believed in intercessory prayer, [159].
Henry VIII. excommunicated, [10];
divorce refused, [44].
Henry VIII and Elizabeth persecuted Catholics, [250].
Heresy and schism opposed to unity, [5];
likened to murder and idolatry, [5];
heresy defined, [5];
and the Church, [54];
a crime against church and state, [255].
Holy Eucharist—St. Paul's testimony on, [295].
Holiness a mark of the Church, [16].
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, praises Mary, [179].
Holy Ghost sent by Christ, [3];
on Pentecost, [3];
guides the Church's teaching, [65].
Holy Scripture—depository of God's Word, [77].
Holy Orders and Matrimony—graces of, [21].
Image—Making commanded by God, [201].
Images, Sacred—advantages of, [204], et seq.;
and the Reformers, [198];
and the Council of Trent, [198], et seq.;
and the Book of Exodus, [200];
veneration of, [196];
Catacombs abound in, [196].
Immaculate Conception implied in Scripture, [171];
in our earliest history, [173];
dogma formulated in 1854, [171].
Indestructibility of the Church due to finger of God, [57].
Infallible Bible not sufficient [133], et seq.
Infallibility a special guidance of the Holy Ghost, [65];
implied in the attributes of the Church, [65];
of Apostolic teaching, [65];
proved from Scripture, [66], et seq.;
transmitted by Apostles to successors, [65];
blessings attendant on—for the faithful, [72];
Catholic idea of, reasonable and satisfactory, [135];
misapprehended, [121];
what it does not mean, [121], et seq.;
what it is, [123];
founded on Bible, [125], et seq.;
not a new doctrine, [130].
Incense, its use, [334].
Indians, American—worshiped the Great Spirit, [309].
Indulgence defined, [375];
granted by the Church, [376];
elements required, [377];
classes, [378];
does not exempt from doing penance, [379];
abused, [380].
Infant Baptism proved from early Doctors, [270];
and the Council of Carthage, [270];
not to be delayed, [273].
Inquisition, Spanish—cruelties, [248];
its true character, [254];
explained, [254];
excesses disavowed by the Church, [258].
Inventions and scientific appliances beneficial to Church, [59].
Invocation of the Saints defined, [152].
Ireland and the Ancient Church, [54].
Irish clergy persecuted by Cromwell, [250].
Jeremiah, after death, prays for Jewish people, [159].
Jesus Christ, second person of Blessed Trinity, [1];
perfect God and perfect man, [1];
assumes human nature, [1];
born on Christmas Day, [1];
led a life of obscurity at Nazareth, [1];
commences public career, [1];
associates with his Apostles, [2];
doing good, [2];
preaches new gospel, [2];
crucified on Mount Calvary, [2];
purchases our redemption, [2];
is our Saviour and Redeemer, [2];
example to be imitated, [2];
manifested Divine power on Easter Sunday, [3];
raised Himself to life, [3];
ascended into heaven, [3];
spends forty days on earth, [3];
sends Holy Ghost, [3];
requires unity of faith, [5];
prays for unity, [5];
mission evidenced in unity of Church, [5];
speaks of His Church, not churches, [6];
our model, [17];
wrote no line of Scripture, [80];
established supreme head of the Church, [98], et seq.;
founded but one Church, [100];
the one Mediator, [161];
came on earth to wash away sins, [268];
our Victim in the Mass, [317];
a Physician and Savior, [340].
Jesus' prayer is always heard, [126];
name implies His mission, [339];
example a means of sanctification, [16];
moral lessons tend to sanctification, [16].
Jews ordered by Christ to obey constituted teachers, [79];
pray for their dead, [220];
venerate the Bible, [77];
were released from religious persecution by St. Bernard, [228];
appealed to the Sanhedrim for the settlement of disputes, [77];
their priests expounded Bible, [78];
their High Priest and the Roman Pontiff compared, [95].
Job intercedes for his friends, [157].
John, Abbot of Constantinople, appeals to Pope Gregory I, [112].
Judea a hallowed soil, [164].
Jurisdiction of God's ministers unlimited, [388].
Laity contain many Saints, [23].
Langton, Archbishop, and Catholic barons, [233].
Leibnitz taught that Christ is entire under each species, [302].
Leo the Great, Pope, and Attila, [139].
Leo the Isaurian desires spiritual jurisdiction, [139];
destroys paintings, [140];
wars on images, [197].
Lepanto—victory of 1571, [53].
Liberty, religious, explained, [226];
ever promoted by the Catholic Church, [226];
taught by Becanus, [230];
favored by Fenelon, [228];
and civil rights defended by the Church, [231];
human not feared, [61].
Lights on the altar—meaning, [333].
Literature, Catholic, favored by Episcopal clergyman, [20].
Llorente, historian of Spanish Inquisition, [253];
who he was, [253], et seq.
Longfellow refers to Mary's influence and intercession, [189].
Loyalty to Christ implies veneration of His representative, [106].
Luther advocated Communion under one form, [301];
accused John Tetzel, [382].
Lutheranism founded by Luther, [44];
rise and progress of, [54].
Magna Charta—great bulwark of liberty, [233].
Magna Charta, the Church's—the revealed Word of God, [124].
Marriage law violated by Henry VIII, [10];
indissoluble, [410];
contract—most inviolable and irrevocable, [410];
forbidden to priests after ordination, [400].
Married couple need special graces, [408].
Mary singularly honored by Jesus Christ, [165];
Mother of God—meaning, [166];
not mother of divinity—Mother of God, [167];
truly and really Mother of God, [167];
of surpassing dignity and excellence, [168];
always a virgin, [168];
loves men, [190];
exempted from original sin, [267].
Mary's soul never subject to sin, [171];
her soul needed a redeemer, [171];
prerogatives, [174];
honor redounds to God, [181];
honor founded on Scriptural sanction, [186];
honor encouraged by the Church, [187];
intercession superior to that of the Angels and the Saints, [188];
influence and intercession referred to by Longfellow, [189-193];
invoked by Edgar Allan Poe, [191].
Mary Magdalen experienced the mercy of Jesus, [340].
Maryland—cradle of civil and religious liberty, [233];
land of the Sanctuary, [233];
religious toleration explained, [234], et seq.;
changes effected by Puritans, [237];
tolerations—three, [238], et seq.
Mass is identical with the Sacrifice of the Cross, [311];
instituted, [312];
a perpetual oblation, [313], et seq.;
of Apostolic origin, [314];
its ceremonial, [328], et seq.;
why said in Latin, [329], et seq.
Matrimony defined, [408];
instituted by Christ, [409];
imparts ample and suitable graces, [21].
Missionaries, Catholic, wherever English is spoken, [35];
Apostolic—sent by Popes, [115].
Mohammedanism, rise and conquests, [53];
and the Church, [53].
Monica, St., requests prayers for the repose of her soul, [216].
Morality of Catholic and Protestant countries contrasted, [369];
lax among Catholics—accusation answered, [364];
Christ's lessons tend to sanctification, [16];
inculcated by the Church, [18];
moral law standard of perfection, [18].
More, Sir Thomas, quoted on Bible in English, [92].
Mormons claim Biblical authorization for polygamy, [88].
Mormonism at variance with Gospel, [410].
Mysteries, principal, incentive to holiness, [17];
proposed by the Church, [17];
surround us everywhere, [293].
Naaman the Syrian cured, [361].
Napoleon's demands on Pope Pius VII, [242], et seq.
Nathan and David, [376].
Nuptial bond ratified by God, [411].
Onias, after death, prays for the people of God, [159].
Oracles, rashness of following discordant, [72].
Origen bears witness to the spread of Christianity, [31].
Original sin, all men born in, [267];
Blessed Virgin alone exempted, [267];
universal, [272].
Pagans retained primitive traditions about sacrifices, [309].
Papal Jurisdiction—examples, [109], et seq.
Papal states a convenience for the Holy Father, [145].
Paul, St. on heresy and schism, [5], et seq.;
asks intercession, [158].
Penance—effects of Sacrament, [21].
Pentecost—Christ sends Holy Ghost, [3].
Perpetuity of the Church, [50];
defined, [50];
foretold in the Scriptures, [50].
Persecutions lasted 280 years, [52].
Persecution and bloodshed not sanctioned by the Church, [249].
Persecutions by Queen Mary of England, [261];
compared with those under Elizabeth, [262], et seq.
Pepin, King of the Franks, defeats Lombards, [141].
Peter, St., primacy of, [95];
foundation of the Church, [100];
first Bishop of Rome, [106];
supremacy handed down, [108];
and Washington compared, [108];
oracle of the Apostles, [126], et seq.
Photius appeals to Pope Nicholas I to confirm his election to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, [112].
Plebescitum, Roman, explained, [146].
Plutarch declares: “No nations without priests and altars,” [309].
Poe, Edgar Allan, invokes Mary, [191].
Pontiff, Supreme, is commander-in-chief of the Church, [117].
Pope is Vicar of Christ, [129];
father and doctor of Christians, chief pastor of the Church, [130];
confirms or rejects decrees of councils, [131];
a prisoner in his own house, [145].
Popes succeed to Peter's supremacy, [108];
send Apostolic missionaries, [115];
go to confession regularly, [122];
oracles of the early Church, [128], et seq.,
recognized in all ages as infallible teachers, [132].
Prayer for unity, [5];
and Sacraments—means of sanctification, [20];
a duty binding in conscience [20];
of Jesus Christ, always heard [126];
for the dead, consoling, [225].
Priest, Catholic obliged to read word of God, [94];
ambassador of God, [387];
dispenser of God's graces, [390];
titles, [391];
physician of souls, [396];
must be man of prayer, [398].
Priestly obligations, [395];
stands before God, intercessor for his people, [396];
experience in sacred ministry, [367], et seq.
Primacy of St. Peter, [95];
promised, [98], et seq.;
and supremacy similarly demonstrated, [109].
Progress, Modern, and the Church, [59];
intellectual fostered by the Church, [60];
cannot destroy the Church, [59].
Prophecies of Christ fulfilled by spread of Christianity, [30].
Protestant sects make no claim to Catholicity, [32];
Episcopalians sometimes usurp the title of Catholic, [33];
inconsistency between teaching and practice, [82], et seq.
Protestantism not traceable to Apostolic times, [47];
and Arianism paralleled, [55], et seq.
Protestants differ in belief among themselves, [9];
sects do not possess unity, [9];
combat the perpetual virginity of Mary, [169], et seq.;
their objections answered, [169], et seq.;
burned Catholic churches, [251];
abolished confirmation, [285].
Puritans effected changes in Maryland, [237];
persecuted others for conscience's sake, [251].
Ranke quoted on Spanish Inquisition, [256].
Raphael Archangel and young Tobias, [155].
Real presence founded on scripture, [288];
proved from the New Testament, [288], et seq.
Reformation of morals effected, [26].
Reformers made a babel of the Bible, [86];
and sacred images, [198];
guilty of violence towards others, [250].
Regeneration, necessary to all, [272].
Religious denominations and their founders, [46].
Repentance—Catholic and Protestant systems contrasted, [362].
Revelation—church divinely appointed teacher of, [76].
Reverence for the Cross, [3];
and adoration compared, [202].
Rites and ceremonies prescribed by God, [322].
Ritual described in Revelation, [324].
Rodriguez, “Christian Perfection” recommended, [20].
Roman Pontiff and Jewish High Priest, compared, [95].
Roman Plebescitum explained, [146].
Rome, St. Peter, first Bishop of, [106].
Rome, St. Peter's residence in, proved, [107];
testified by eminent writers, [107].
Sacramental confession of divine institution, [346], et seq.
Sacraments and prayers are means of grace, [265];
defined, [265];
constituent elements, [265];
seven, instituted by Christ, [266].
Sacred images—advantages, [204], et seq.;
and the Reformers, [198];
and the council of Trent, [198], et seq.
Sacrifices, defined, [307];
offered by all peoples, [307];
early, [307], et seq.;
various, in Old Law, [317].
St. Alphonsus, a distinguished reformer, [27].
St. Ambrose describes Mary's life, [194];
confronts the Emperor Theodosius, the Great, [232];
on the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Ghost, [284].
St. Athanasius appeals to Pope Julius I against a Decree of the Eastern Bishops, [111].
St. Augustine quoted about truth, [12];
on false claims to Catholicity, [33];
describes confirmation, [282];
on Chrism ointment, [285];
on secret confession, [360].
St. Basil of Cæserea has recourse to Pope Damasus, [111].
St. Bartholomew's Day—massacre, [259];
church not interested in, [259];
facts stated, [259], et seq.
St. Bernard released Jews from religious persecution, [228].
St. Charles Borromeo, the reformer, [27].
St. Cyril appeals to Pope Celestine, [111].
St. Francis de Sales' writings recommended, [20].
St. Hilary of Arles and papal supremacy, [111].
St. Ignatius Loyola, conspicuous reformer, [27].
St. Irenæus bears witness to the spread of Christianity, [31].
St. Jerome's edition of the Scriptures, [91];
edits the vulgate, [91].
St. John Chrysostom appeals to Pope Innocent I, [111].
St. Justin, martyr, witness of Catholicity in second century, [31].
St. Paul invokes intercession of the Ephesians, [158];
testimony on the Holy Eucharist, [295];
granted indulgences, [376];
prohibited divorce, [413].
St. Peter's primacy, [95];
first bishop of Rome, [106];
residence in Rome proved, [107];
supremacy handed down, [108];
Oracle of the Apostles, [126], et seq.
St. Philip Neri, apostle of modern Rome, [27].
St. Vincent of Lerins on doctrine and practice, [15].
Saints—many among laity, [23].
Sanctity—examples witnessed, [23].
Sanhedrim settled disputes for the Jews, [77];
explained Bible, [77].
Scandals do not invalidate Church's claims to sanctify, [26].
Schism and heresy oppose unity, [5];
schism defined, [5].
Schismatic Churches have no claims to Catholicity, [32].
Scripture, Holy, depository of, God's Word, [77];
no line of, written by Christ, [80];
does not contain all truth, [89];
alone, not sufficient guide and rule of faith, [89];
perpetuated by the Church, [91], et seq.;
St. Jerome translates, [91].
Sects—conflicting in North Carolina, [9];
Protestant do not possess unity, [9].
Sign of the Cross—ancient and pious practice, [3];
how made, [3];
Tertullian quoted on, [3];
taught by tradition, [3];
profession of faith, [3];
salutary act of religion, [3].
Signs following confirmation, [17].
Sin includes guilt and punishment, [375];
original—all men born in, [267];
Most Blessed Virgin alone excepted, [267].
Smithfield and Tyburn compared, [264].
Socrates quoted on papal supremacy, [111].
Solomon and Judas as warnings, [19].
Spain—condition of, during the Inquisition, [255].
Spanish Inquisition—cruelties, [248];
Llorente, historian, [253];
excesses disavowed by the Church, [258].
"Spiritual Combat" recommended, [20].
Supremacy of St. Peter—Popes succeed to, [108];
Socrates quoted on, [111];
and Primacy similarly demonstrated, [109].
Supreme Court procedure and Church practice compared, [130].
Supreme Head of the Church maintains unity, [98];
established by Christ, [98];
is commander-in-chief of the Church, [117].
Teachers—constituted, to be obeyed, [79].
Teaching of Christ versus Book of Homilies, [67], et seq.
Teaching of Apostles infallible, [65].
Teaching of the Church guided by the Holy Ghost, [65].
Temporal power—end and aim, [144];
not necessary to Church's preservation, [58].
Tennyson's Sir Belvidere asks prayers for his soul, [225].
Testament, Old—teaches existence of Purgatory, [211], et seq.
Testimony of St. Paul on the Holy Eucharist, [295].
Tertullian bears witness to the spread of Christianity, [31];
treats of the Apostolicity of the Church, [49].
Tetzel, John, accused by Luther, [382].
Theodoret appeals to St. Leo, Pope, [112].
Theodosius the Great confronted by St. Ambrose, [232].
Thomas Arundel praised Queen Anne, [92].
Titles of the Catholic priest, [391].
Tobias, Young, and the Archangel Raphael, [155].
Toleration, Religious, in Maryland, [234], et seq.
Transubstantiation a mystery, [292].
Triumphs of the Church according to Gibbon, [53].
Trent, Council of—great reformatory tribunal, [27];
on sacred images, [198], et seq.;
asserts doctrine of Purgatory, [210].
Truth unchangeable, [12].
Tyburn and Smithfield compared, [264].
Tyndall on debt of science to the Church, [60].
Unity of the Church, [5];
heresy and schism opposed to, [5];
required by Jesus Christ, [5];
of faith required, [5];
Jesus Christ prays for it, [5];
prayer of Christ for, [5];
an evidence of Christ's mission, [5];
in government it is essential, [6];
not found in Protestant sects, [9];
found in Catholic Church alone, [10];
Catholic, in what it consists, [10];
of government and faith, [11];
safeguard of government, [11];
of faith not impaired by new doctrinal definitions, [11];
of the Church maintained by supreme head, [98];
Christian, endorsed, [119];
implies recognition of pope's headship, [119].
Unbaptized Infants—Church's teaching regarding, [273].
Validity of the Pope's title to the papal states, [141].
Variation in Biblical interpretation, [87].
Vatican Council assembled from all nations, [332];
Ecumenical, [34];
all countries represented, [34];
all systems represented, [34].
Veneration of images, [196].
Vestments—their meaning, [335];
their colors symbolical, [337].
Vicar of Christ is the Pope, [129].
Victim in the Mass is Jesus Christ, [317].
Victor Emmanuel, the modern Achab, [144].
Virgins, Consecrated—Apostolate of Sisterhoods, [23].
Virgins especially honored by Christ, [400].
Virginity, Perpetual—of Mary, combated by Protestants, [169], et seq.
Voltaire bears testimony to the good use of Church temporalities, [138].
Vulgate—edited by St. Jerome, [91].
Warfare on Church—foreign and domestic, [51].
Washington and St. Peter compared, [108].
Washington's Address to the Catholics, [241].
Wesley, John, founds Methodist Church, [44].
Westminster Abbey has many statues of heroes, [201].
Wordsworth on “Mother's Love and Maiden Purity,” [168], [180];
tribute to Mary, [175].