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];

on Apostolicity, [49], [56];

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].