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CONTENTS
THE CATHOLIC RELIGION EXPOUNDED 17
The Creed Defined 17
The Second Article of the Creed 23
The Third Article of the Creed 29
The Fourth Article of the Creed 30
The Fifth Article of the Creed 32
The Sixth Article of the Creed 34
The Seventh Article of the Creed 35
The Eighth Article of the Creed 37
The Ninth Article of the Creed 40
The Tenth Article of the Creed 64
The Eleventh Article of the Creed 66
The Twelfth Article of the Creed 68
EXPLANATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 70
The First Commandment 70
The Second Commandment 81
The Third Commandment 82
The Fourth Commandment 83
The Fifth Commandment 85
The Sixth Commandment 87
The Seventh Commandment 88
The Eighth Commandment 91
The Ninth Commandment 95
The Tenth Commandment 95
COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH EXPOUNDED 97
SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL EXPOUNDED 106
Baptism Expounded no
Confirmation Expounded 113
The Eucharist Expounded 115
PENANCE EXPOUNDED 133
Extreme Unction Expounded 140
Holy Orders Expounded 141
Matrimony Expounded 144
EXPOUNDING OF SIN 148
The Seven Deadly Sins Expounded 151
The Three Theological Virtues Expounded 155
The Four Cardinal Virtues Expounded 160
Religion Expounded 162
Laws Expounded 162
SCRIPTURE, TRADITION, COUNCILS, AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH EXPOUNDED 164
The Four Last Things Expounded 170
The Lord's Prayer Expounded 174
The Hail Mary Expounded 176
Ceremonies in General Expounded 173
Particular Ceremonies Expounded 179
SHORTEST WAY TO END DISPUTES 191
CHAPTER I. — Section I. — Infallibility Promised by Christ to His Church 191
Section II. — The Means Promised by Christ, to Render His Church Infallible 194
Section III. — The Faith of the Ancient Church Relating to the Matter Under Debate 197
CHAPTER II. — Section I. — The Distinction between Fundamentals and Non-Fundamentals, Examined 200
Section II. — The First Part of the Distinction Renders the First Reformers and Their Respective Churches Inexcusable 203
Section III. — The Second Part of the Distinction Contradicts the Word of God 207
Section IV. — It Gives the Lie to the Nicene Creed 209
Section V. — It Destroys All Certainty in Matters of Faith 210
Section VI. — It Renders All Church Authority Precarious 213
CHAPTER III. — The Church in Communion with the See of Rome, Has Alone, a Just Title to Infallibility 216
CHAPTER IV. — The Church of Rome Vindicated 221
Section I. — The State of Religion in Christendom Before the Pretended Reformation 221
Section II. — The Antiquity of the Doctrine Called Popery Proved from Protestant Writers 224
CHAPTER V. — Popery as Ancient as Christianity 228
Section I. — No Christian Church Teaching a Doctrine Opposite to Popery, Ever Appeared in the World Before It 228
Section II. — Thfe Same Arguments Continued 232
Section III. — Objections Answered 237
Section IV. — The Adviser's System Concerning the First Establishment of Popery 241
CHAPTER VI.— The Character of the Capital Reformer Considered 246
Section I.— He Had No Ordinary Mission 246
Section II— Luther Had No Extraordinary Mission 251
Section III. — His Doctrine Concerning Free- Will, Repentence, and Good Works 253
Section IV. — His Doctrine Concerning the legislative Power 254
Section V.— Luther No Slave to Truth 254
The Declaration of the Duchess of York, Concerning the Occasion and Motives of Her Conversion 256
HOW TO SHUN EVIL ; OR, THE SINNER'S GUIDE 261
CHAPTER I. — Of the First Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue and the Service of God, Considering in Itself ; and of the Excellency of His Divine Perfections 261
CHAPTER II. — Of the Second Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue and the Service of God, Which Is, the Benefit of Our Creation 267
CHAPTER III.— Of the Third Motive that Obliges Us to Serve God, Which Is, the Benefit of Our Preservation and Direction 272
CHAPTER IV. — Of the Fourth Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Inestimable Benefit of Our Redemption 277
CHAPTER V.— Of the Fifth Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue, Which Is, the Benefit of Our Justification 283
CHAPTER VI. — Of the Sixth Motive that Obliges Us to the Love of Virtue, Which Is, the Benefit of Divine Predestination 290
CHAPTER VII.— Of the Seventh Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, Death, the First of the Four Last Things 293
CHAPTER VIII.— Of the Eighth Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Last Judgment, the Second of the Last Four Things 300
CHAPTER IX.— Of the Ninth Motive that Obliges Us to Virtue, Which Is, Heaven, the Third of the Four Last Things 304
CHAPTER X.— Of the Tenth Motive that Obliges Us to Love Virtue, Which Is, the Fourth of the Four Last Things, That Is, the Pains of Hell 311
CHAPTER XI.— Of the Eleventh Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Inestimable Advantages Promised It in This Life 319
CHAPTER XII.— Of the Twelfth Motive that Obliges Us to the Pursuit of Virtue, Which Is, the Particular Care the Divine Providence Takes of the Good, in Order to Make Them Happy, and the Severity with Which the Same Providence Punishes the Wicked. — The First Privilege 324
CHAPTER XIII. — Of the Second Privilege of Virtue, that is, the Grace of the Holy Ghost Bestowed upon Virtuous Men 332
CHAPTER XIV. — Of the Third Privilege of Virtue, Viz., Supernatural Light and Knowledge 334
CHAPTER XV. — Of the Fourth Privilege of Virtue, That Is, the Consolations Which Good Men Receive from the Holy Ghost 339
CHAPTER XVI. — Of the Fifth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the Peace of Conscience, Which the Just Enjoy and of the Inward Remorse that Torments the Wicked 347
CHAPTER XVII. — Of the Sixth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the Hopes the Just Have in God's Mercy, and of the Vain Confidence of the Wicked 352
CHAPTER XVIII. — Of the Seventh Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the True Liberty Which the Virtuous Enjoy, and of the Miserable and Unaccountable Slavery the Wicked Live in 358
CHAPTER XIX. — Of the Eighth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., the Inward Peace and Calm the Virtuous Enjoy, and of the Miserable Restlessness and Disturbance the Wicked Feel Within Themselves 369
CHAPTER XX. — Of the Ninth Privilege of Virtue, Viz., that God Hears the Prayers of the Just, and Rejects Those of the Wicked 376
CHAPTER XXI. — Of the Tenth Privilege of Virtue, Which Is, the Assistance Good Men Receive from God in Their Afflictions; and of the Impatience, on the Contrary, with Which the Wicked Suffer Theirs 380
CHAPTER XXII.— The Eleventh Privilege of Virtue, Which Consists in the Care God Takes to Supply the Temporal Necessities of the Just 385
CHAPTER XXIII.— The Twelfth Privilege of Virtue, Which Is, the Quiet and Happy Death of the Virtuous: and, on the Contrary, the Deplorable End of the Wicked 390
CHAPTER XXIV. — Against the First Excuse of Those Who Defer Changing Their Lives, and Advancing in Virtue, till Another Time 399
LIFE OF POPE LEO XIII AND IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING HIS PONTIFICATE 401
The Pope's Birthplace 403
At Benevento and Perugia 404
Archbishop Pecci at Perugia 405
Cardinal Pecci is Elected Pope 407
The Coronation 408
Encyclical on Socialism and Communism 410
Pope Leo's Homage to St. Thomas 415
Encyclical 011 Marriage and Divorce 415
His Success with European Governments 415
His Appointments in America 415
Letters of Condolence 416
The Holy Father's Love for Ireland 417
The Boston Committee to the Clergy and People of Ireland 418
Pope Leo's Private Mass 420
The Holy Father's Faitli in Ireland 423
The Plenary Council at Baltimore (1884) 424
Important Events 430
Pope Leo XIII Mediates between Germany and Spain 430
Pope Leo and Italy 431
Fiftieth Anniversary of Pope Leo's Priesthood 432
The Golden Rose 433
Pope Leo and the French Republic 433
Death of Cardinal Pecci 434
Encyclical on the Labor Question 435
The Pope's Golden Jubilee — Sixty Thousand Persons Crowd the Great Cathedral 436
Ireland's Congratulations 437
England's Congratulations 437
America to the Pope 437
Pope Leo on "Americanism" 437
The Underlying Principle 438
All Things to all Men 438
Teaching and Governing 438
Differences Pointed Out 439
Liberty not License 439
No Thought of Wrong or Guile 440
Law of God's Providence 440
Those Liable to Stray 440
Virtue, Nature and Grace 441
No Merely Passive Virtue 441
Contempt of Religious Life 442
A Fuller and Freer Liberty 442
No Difference of Praise 442
Let Those be Set Apart 442
The Question of Americanism 443
Pope Leo and the Spanish-American Difficulty 444
Rome in the Holy Year 1900 444
How the Pontiff Spends the Day 445
The Pope's Body Servant 445
The Pope's Personality 446
Where He Seeks Solitude 446
Our Holy Father's Great Endurance 447
THE CATHOLIC RELIGION DEFINED 453
Preliminary Chapter. — General Idea of Religion 453
CHAPTER I. — ON GOD 456
Section I. — On the Existence of God 456
Section II. — On the Nature of God and His Perfections 457
Section III.— On the Unity of God 458
Section IV. — On the Trinity of Persons in God 459
CHAPTER II.— ON THE WORKS OF GOD 460
Section I. — On the Creation of the World 460
Section II. — On the Creation of Angels 461
Section III. — On the Creation of Man 462
Section IV. — On the'Terrestrial Paradise and the State of Innocence 463
CHAPTER III. — ON THE SIN OF MAN, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 464
Section I. — On the Sin of Our First Parents 464
Section II. — On the Punishment of the First Sin of Man, and on Original Sin 465
Section III. — On the Necessity and the Promise of a Redeemer 466
CHAPTER IV. — ABRIDGED HISTORY OF RELIGION FROM THE FALL OF MAN TILL THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH 467
Section I. — In What Way Men Were to be Sanctified Before the Coming of the Messiah 467
Section II.— The Lives of Adam, Eve, and Their Children, After the Fall 468
Section III. — On the Corruption of the Human Race, and the General Deluge 469
Section IV. — On the State of the World, from the Deluge to the Vocation of Abraham 470
Section V. — On the Promises of God to Abraham, and on the Posterity of that Holy Man 471
Section VI. — On Isaac and Jacob, from Whom All the Jews Have Descended 472
Section VII. — The Servitude of the Israelites in Egypt, and Its Cause 473
Section VIII. — The Deliverance of the Israelites by Moses, the Paschal Lamb, and Passage of the Red Sea 474
Section IX. — The Journey of the Israelites to Mount Sinai; the Bitter Waters; the Manna, etc 476
Section X. — The Law Given to the Israelites, and the Blood of the Covenant 478
Section XI. — Moses on Mount Sinai 479
Section XII. — The Golden Calf, the Punishment Whiclr Followed; the Veil; the Choice of Aaron and the Levites 480
Section XIII. — The Spies ; Murmur and Sedition of the Israelites ; Their Punishment ; Reward of Caleb and Josue 481
Section XIV. — The Waters of Contradiction ; the Brazen Serpent ; Prediction of Baalam; and Death of Moses 482
Section XV. — Conquest and Distribution of the Land of Promise, Under the Guidance of Josue, and
STATE OF THE ISRAELITES UNDER THE JUDGES 483
Section XVI. — The State of the Israelites Under the Kings, and on Saul and David 484
Section XVII. — On Solomon and the Temple of Jerusalem 485
Section XVIII. — Division of the Tribes Under Jeroboam, and State of the People of God Under the Kings of Juda and Israel 486
Section XIX. — On the Prophets and Their Prophecies 487
Section XX. — Dispersion of the Ten Tribes — Babylonish Captivity — Return and Re-Establishment of the Jews 489
Section XXI. — State of the Jews, from the Babylonish Captivity till Their Total Ruin by the Romans 490
Section XXII. — The Morality and Religion of the Jews, from the Babylonish Captivity till the Coming of the Messiah 492
Section XXIII. — On the State of the Gentile People, from the Vocation of Abraham to the Coming of the Messiah 493
CHAPTER V. — ON THE STATE OF RELIGION AFTER THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH 494
Section I. — On Jesus Christ. Proofs of the Coming of the Messiah, by the Accomplishment of the Prophecies in the Person of Christ 494
Section II. — On Jesus Christ, or the Messiah 498
Section III. — History of the Incarnation 499
Section IV. — History of Jesus Christ, from His Temporal Birth till His Retirement into Egypt 500
Section V. — Life of Christ till His Baptism, and the Life of St. John the Baptist 502
Section VI. — Continuation of the Life of Christ till the End of the First Year of His Preaching 503
Section VII. — The Second Year of Christ's Mission 504
Section VIII. — Continuation of the Life of Christ 505
Section IX. — Transfiguration of Jesus Christ 506
Section X. — Life of Christ Continued till the End of the Third Year of His Mission 507
Section XI. — Life of Christ Continued till After the Institution of the Holy Eucharist 508
Section XII. — On the Discourse Delivered by Jesus After His Last Supper 509
Section XIII. — Jesus in the Garden of Olives 509
Section XIV. — Jesus Before Caiphas 510
Section XV. — Jesus Condemned to Death by Pilate 511
Section XVI. — On the Prophecies Which Regard the Death of Jesus 512
Section XVII.— Why and for Whom Did Christ Die, and How Did He Satisfy for Sin — the Descent into Hell 513
Section XVIII. — The Resurrection of Christ, His Appearances Afterwards, and His Life till His Ascension 514
Section XIX. — The Ascension — A General Notion of the Qualities of Christ in Heaven 515
Section XX. — The Qualities of Jesus with Relation to His Father and with Relation to His Creatures 516
Section XXI. — The Qualities of Jesus with Relation Men 517
Section XXII.— Descent of the Holy Ghost 519
Section XXIII. — The Preaching of the Gospel to the Samaritans and the Gentiles 520
Section XXIV. — List of the First Persecutions 521
CHAPTER VI. — ON THE CHURCH 523
Section I. — The Church of Chrisc; Her Visibility; General Idea of Her Distinguishing Marks 523
Section II.— The Unity of the Church 524
Section III. — The Union of the Members of the Church; the Communion of Saints 525
Section IV.— The Sanctity of the Church 526
Section V.— The Catholicity of the Church 528
Section VI. — On the Title of Apostolicity Given to -the Church 528
Section VII.— The Church, Called Roman and Catholic, Is the Only True Church of Christ 529
Section VII. — On the Combats and Struggles of the Church Against Her Enemies 532
Section IX. — Combats of the Church Against Infidels, Jews, Heretics, etc 533
Section X.— The Principal Sects, the Fathers Who Refuted Their Errors, and the Councils Which Condemned Them 534
Section XI. — The Struggles of the Church Against Bad Christians 541
Section XII. — On the Advantages We Derive from the Church 541
Life And Labors Of Saint De La Salle 543
Protestantism Up To Date 5S5
Headless Churches 559
The First Priest Of America 562
Pledges And Performances 570
The Holy Catholic Church 575
The Groupings Of Calvary 588
Christ On Calvary 598
The Madonna of the Scapular.
Our Lady of the Rosary.
The Queen of Heaven.
Guardian Angel.
St. Charles Borromeo.
St. Anthony of Padua.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Immaculate Conception of Mary.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Tomb of the Blessed Virgin.
The Tomb of Christ.
The Holy Way of the Cross.
St. De La Salle.
St. Teresa.
St. Cecilia.
Pope Leo XIII.
The Holy Family.
Faith, Hope, Charity.
The Good Shepherd.
The Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Christ Blessing Little Children.
The Queen of the Rosary.
The Blessed Eucharist.
The Descent from the Cross.
Vision of Our Lord to St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Dionysius, Bishop of Paris.
St. Dominic.
The Resurrection.
The Crucifixion.
The Last Supper.
Purgatory.
TYPOGRAVURES.
The Holy Father.
Dedication.
The Plenary Council.
The Holy Face.
The Prayer to St. Peter.
St. De La Salle.
Life of Christ in 48 pictures.

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