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CONTENTS RISE AND PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM 13 Chap. I. Nature and author of Protestantism 13 Chap. II. Causes of Luther's new Creed 14 Chap. III. Luther required to retract by Cardinal Cajetan 15 Chap. IV. Luther judged by the Universities of Paris 16 Chap. V. Luther cited by the secular power 17 Chap. VI. Luther's mode of supplying his Church with priests 18 LUTHER'S REFORMATION NOT THE WORK OF GOD 20 Chap. I. God not the author of the change of religion 20 Chap. II. Luther's language to the Emperor and the Pope 21 Chap. III. Luther's doctrine not of God 22 Chap. IV. Luther's schism not brought about by God 23 Chap. V. Means used by Luther not from God 24 Chap. VI. What then are Luther's followers obliged to? 25 THE TRUE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 26 Chap. I. To be saved we must be members of the true Church-the true Church is that which was established eighteen hundred years ago, and has existed unceasingly since that time 26 Chap. II. In what Church do we find these two marks of truth? 27 Chap. III. Can Protestants tell where and what was the true Church before Luther's time? 29 Chap. IV. What of the Hussites and Vaudois? 30 Chap. V. Chief marks of the true Church-its Unity 31 Chap. VI. Holiness 33 Chap. VII. Catholicity 35 Chap VIII. Apostolicity 39 RULE OF FAITH 42 Chap. I. Divine faith-its qualities and necessity 42 Chap. II. Faith of Protestants, not firm, but full of doubt 43 Chap. III. They are not certain that their Bible is free of error 44 Chap. IV. They are not certain as to the sense of the Bible 46 Chap. V. Qualities of the Catholic rule of faith 48 Chap. VI. Tradition as connected with the rule of faith 49 PROTESTANTS DO NOT ADHERE TO THE BIBLE ALONE 50 Chap. I. They do not adhere to it in the matter of God's commandments 50 Chap. II. Neither do they on the subject of faith 51 Chap. III. Nor do they on assurance 52 Chap. IV. They abide not by it as regards the Church 53 Chap. V. Nor on the subject of Scripture 54 Chap. VI. Additional proofs that they are not guided by Scripture alone 56 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE SAINTS 57 Chap. I. Second Person of the Blessed Trinity 57 Chap. II. What we owe to Jesus Christ 57 Chap. III. Catholics glorify Christ more than Protestants do 59 Chap. IV. Catholics do not abandon Christ by asking the prayers of the saints 59 Chap. V. The invocation of saints is Scriptural 60 Chap. VI. The antiquity of this practice 61 COMMUNION UNDER ONE KIND 62 Chap. I. Reception of both kinds not necessary 62 Chap. II. Salvation promised to the reception of one kind 62 Chap. III. The early and pure Church often administered under one kind only 63 Chap. IV. Text, Matth xvi.-"Drink ye all of this," answered 64 Chap. V. Additional reply to an obstinate Protestant 65 SACRIFICE OF THE MASS 66 Chap. I. Essentials of the Mass instituted by Christ 66 Chap. II. Sacrifices of the Old Law 69 Chap. III. Mass a true propitiatory sacrifice 70 PURGATORY 71 Chap. I. General proofs of the existence of a middle state 71 Chap. II. Proofs from the New Testament 72 Chap. III. Proofs from Tradition 74 JUSTIFICATION 75 Chap. I. What is it?-How is the sinner justified? 75 Chap. II. What part has faith in justification? 76 Chap. III. Can one in mortal sin merit heaven? 77 Chap. IV. What gives their value to good works? 78 Chap. V. Can man satisfy for his own sins? 79 INDULGENCES 81 What is an Indulgence?-the arguments for Indulgences from Scripture, Fathers, and Councils 81 AND MORE! 206 Pages with Imprimatur. Catholic Catechism.