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Title: The Faith of Our Fathers

Author: James Cardinal Gibbons

Release Date: December 7, 2008 [Ebook #27435]

Language: English

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The Faith of Our Fathers

Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the

Church Founded by Our Lord

Jesus Christ

By

James Cardinal Gibbons

Archbishop of Baltimore

Ninety-third Carefully Revised and Enlarged Edition

John Murphy Company

Publishers

Baltimore, MD. New York

R. & T. Washbourne, Ltd.

10 Paternoster Row, London, and at Manchester.

Birmingham and Glasgow

1917

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 Popes.
I. How The Popes Acquired Temporal Power.
II. The Validity And Justice Of Their Title.
III. What The Popes Have Done For Rome.
Chapter XIII. The Invocation Of Saints.
Chapter XIV. The Blessed Virgin Mary.
I. Is It Lawful To Honor Her?
II. Is It Lawful To Invoke Her?
III. Is It Lawful To Imitate Her As A Model?
Chapter XV. Sacred Images.
Chapter XVI. Purgatory And Prayers For The Dead.
Chapter XVII. Civil And Religious Lib