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1869
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Catholicity, protestantism and infidelity.: An appeal to candid Americans.
1861, O'Shea
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE V
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER I.
THE CHARACTER OF PROTESTANTISM 5
SECTION I
CONTROVERTED DOGMAS COMPARED.
The Primitive Condition of Man and the Fall 7
The Redemption 13
The Church 17
The Means of Salvation 31
Baptism 34
Confirmation 35
The Eucharist 37
Penance — Indulgences 49
Extreme Unction 58
Holy Orders 62
Matrimony 66
Good Works 68
Purgatory 72
The Communion of Saints 76
SECTION II.
CONSEQUENCES, 80
Ulterior Consequences 88
CHAPTER II
THE PRINCIPLE OF PROTESTANTISM 104
SECTION I
STRENGTH OF THE CATHOLIC PRINCIPLE, WHICH IS, THAT THE TEACHING OF THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS THE TRUE RULE OF FAITH 104
UNANSWERABLE PROOF, FOUNDED ON THE MARK OF APOSTOLICITY, THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST 106
THE OTHER MARKS OF THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST BELONG ONLY TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 122
Unity 124
Holiness 131
Universality 139
Indestructibility 143
CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AS THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST — HER INFALLIBILITY IS THR RULE OF FAITH 153
SECTION II
THR WEAKNESS AND ABSURDITY OF THR PROTESTANT RULE OF FAITH 163
THE PRIVATE INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE HAS NONE OF THE REQUISITES OF A TRUE RULE OF FAITH 165
The Rule of Faith must be Clear 166
Complete 169
As old as the Faith itself 171
Universal 173
Accessible to every one, and Final 174
THE PROTESTANT RULE OF FAITH LACKS ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS — THE CATHOLIC RULE OF FAITH POSSESSES THEM ALL 177
CHAPTER III.
PROTESTANT PREJUDICES 181
SECTION I
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES 191
The Pope 191
The Clergy 194
Confession 198
Indulgences 203
The Bible 204
Saints 294
Mary 212
Celibacy 216
Holy Mass 220
Communion 221
Use of the Latin Language 221
Ceremonies 226
Abstinence 229
Exclusive Salvation 230
SECTION II
Political Prejudices 234
Allegiance 244
The Inquisition 244
Despotism 249
Civilization 250
Morality 254
The Sabbath 256
The Sovereignty of the Pope and his Civil Government 257
Republicanism 261
Freedom of Discussion 265
CHAPTER IV.
Infidelity the Ultimate Consequence of Protestantism 278
SECTION I
Infidelity Refuted. Seven Conclusive Arguments against Infidelity 280
The Undeniable Existence of God 280
The Undeniable Immortality of the Soul 288
The Undeniable Necessity of Religion 287
The Undeniable Necessity of a Divinely Revealed Religion 288
The Undeniably Divine Mission of Christ 291
The Undeniable Superhuman Character of the Church of Christ 304
The Undeniable Axiom “Where Peter is, there is the Church" 306
SECTION II
Objections Answered 309
The Incomprehensibility of Mysteries 309
Everlasting Punishment, 315
The Supposed Contradiction of Revelation with Geology and History,
CONCLUSION, 388
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