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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.

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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;

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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.

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