erty.
Chapter XVIII. Charges of Religious Persecution.
I. The Spanish Inquisition.
II. What About The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew?
III. Mary, Queen of England.
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 Kind.
Chapter 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.
I. The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance.
II. On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries.
Chapter XXVII. Indulgences.
Chapter XXVIII. Extreme Unction.
Chapter XXIX. The Priesthood.
Chapter XXX. Celibacy Of The Clergy.
Chapter XXXI. Matrimony.
Index.
Footnotes

DEDICATION.

_Affectionately Dedicated_
To The
Clergy and Laity
Of The
Archdiocese And Province Of Baltimore.

PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION.

The first edition of "The Faith of Our Fathers" was issued in December,
1876. From that time to the present fifty thousand copies of the work have
been disposed of in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland,
and in the British Colonies of Oceanica.

This gratifying result has surpassed the author's most sanguine
expectations, and is a consoling evidence that the investigation of
religious truths is not wholly neglected even in this iron age, so
engrossed by material considerations.

Besides carefully revising the book, the author has profited by the kind
suggestion of some friends, and inserted a chapter on the prerogatives and
sanctity of the Blessed Virgin, which, it is hoped, will be not less
acceptable to his readers than the other portions of the work.

He is also happy to announce that German editions have been published both
in this country and in Germany.

He takes this occasion to return his hearty thanks to the editors of the
Catholic periodicals, as well as of the secular press, for their favorable
notices, which have no doubt contributed much to the large circulation of
the book.

BALTIMORE,
_Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas_, 1879.

PREFACE TO THE FORTY-SEVENTH EDITION.

It is very gratifying to the au