The Faith of Our FathersDedication.Reading editionChapter navigation47 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterDedication.Preface To The Eleventh Edition.Preface To The Forty-Seventh Edition.Preface.Preface To Eighty-Third Revised Edition.Introduction.Chapter I · The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc.Chapter II · The Unity Of The Church.Chapter III · The Holiness Of The Church.Chapter IV · Catholicity.Chapter V · Apostolicity.Chapter VI · Perpetuity Of The Church.Chapter VII · Infallible Authority Of The Church.Chapter VIII · The Church And The Bible.Chapter IX · The Primacy Of Peter.Chapter X · The Supremacy Of The Popes.Chapter XI · Infallibility Of The Popes.Chapter XII · Temporal Power Of The Popes. I. How The Popes Acquired Temporal Power.II. The Validity And Justice Of Their Title.III. What The Popes Have Done For Rome.Chapter XIII · The Invocation Of Saints.Chapter XIV · Is It Lawful To Honor The Blessed Virgin Mary As A Saint, To Invoke Her As An Intercessor, And To Imitate Her As A Model. I. Is It Lawful To Honor Her?II. Is It Lawful To Invoke Her?III. Is It Lawful To Imitate Her As A Model?Chapter XV · Sacred Images.Chapter XVI · Purgatory And Prayers For The Dead.Chapter XVII · Civil And Religious Liberty.Chapter XVIII · Charges of Religious Persecution. I. The Spanish Inquisition.II. What About The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew?III. Mary, Queen of England.Chapter XIX · Grace—The Sacraments—Original Sin—Baptism—Its Necessity—Its Effects—Manner Of Baptizing.Chapter XX · The Sacrament Of Confirmation.Chapter XXI · The Holy Eucharist.Chapter XXII · Communion Under One Kind.Chapter XXIII · The Sacrifice Of The Mass.Chapter XXIV · The Use Of Religious Ceremonies Dictated By Right Reason.Chapter XXV · Ceremonials Of The Mass.Chapter XXVI · The Sacrament Of Penance. I. The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance.II. On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries.Chapter XXVII · Indulgences.Chapter XXVIII · Extreme Unction.Chapter XXIX · The Priesthood.Chapter XXX · Celibacy Of The Clergy.Chapter XXXI · Matrimony.Index.FootnotesPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →Preface To The Eleventh Edition.All chapters and sections (47)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsDedication.Preface To The Eleventh Edition.Preface To The Forty-Seventh Edition.Preface.Preface To Eighty-Third Revised Edition.Introduction.Chapters123456789101112Other sectionsII. The Validity And Justice Of Their Title.III. What The Popes Have Done For Rome.Chapters1314Other sectionsII. Is It Lawful To Invoke Her?III. Is It Lawful To Imitate Her As A Model?Chapters15161718Other sectionsII. What About The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew?III. Mary, Queen of England.Chapters1920212223242526Other sectionsII. On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries.Chapters2728293031Other sectionsIndex.FootnotesAffectionately Dedicated To The Clergy and Laity Of The Archdiocese And Province Of Baltimore.◇[pg v]◇← Front matterPreface To The Eleventh Edition. →