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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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;

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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;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.