The faith of our fathers /

Gibbons, James,

The faith of our fathers / James Gibbons. - 1 online resource (437 pages)

"From a 1917 edition"--Title page verso.

Title; Contents; 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 PopesChapter 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; Chapter XV -- Sacred Images; Chapter XVI -- Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead; Chapter XVII -- Civil and Religious Liberty; Chapter XVIII -- Charges of Religious Persecution; 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 KindChapter 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; Chapter XXVII -- Indulgences; Chapter XXVIII -- Extreme Unction; Chapter XXIX -- The Priesthood; Chapter XXX -- Celibacy of the Clergy; Chapter XXXI -- Matrimony; Endnotes.

James Gibbons was a popular, inclusive figure in the American Catholic Church, rising through the ranks as a bishop, archbishop, and cardinal over the course of his service. In the abidingly popular volume The Faith of Our Fathers, Gibbons sets forth the chief tenets, beliefs, doctrines, and practices of Catholicism in a clear and straightforward manner.

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