y are still happily
observed by so large a portion of the Protestant community, the purity of
morals is in no small measure due to the presence among them of the
Catholic religion, which exercises a beneficial influence even over those
who are outside the pale of her communion, like the sun, whose benignant
light and heat are felt even in those secluded spots which his rays can
but obliquely and dimly penetrate.

INDEX.

Abraham, dear to Jehovah, 37.

Abstinence on Friday explained, 2.

Adoration and reverence compared, 202.

A'Kempis compared with Bunyan, 20.

A'Kempis' "Following of Christ" recommended, 20;
Protestant edition mutilated, 20.

Albertus Magnus on Faith quoted, 15.

American Independence and Catholic Church, 240.

Angel Raphael and young Tobias, 155.

Angels labor for man's salvation, 160.

Anglican Church began with Henry VIII., 44.

Anne, Queen, praised by Thomas Arundel, 92.

Apostolate of Sisterhoods--Consecrated Virgins, 23.

Appeals, a proof of Papal Supremacy, 109.

Apostles commissioned to teach, 29;
transmit infallibility to successors, 65;
not commanded to write, 80;
ordered to teach and to preach, 81;
received power to forgive sins, 342.

Apostolic teaching was infallible, 65;
weapons, 26;
missionaries sent by Popes, 115.

Apostolicity defined, 38;
a note of the true Church, 39;
claims of tested, 40, et seq.

Articles of Faith--consequences of denial of, 10.

Arian heresy and the Church, 53, et seq.

Arianism and Protestantism paralleled, 55, et seq.

Astolphus, King, threatens Rome, 140.

Attila and Pope Leo the Great, 139.

Attributes of Christ--objects of Church's teaching, 16.

Attributes or Notes of the Church imply infallibility, 65.

Authority of the Church derived from God, 65;
absence of, causes dissensions, 97;
authorized versus private interpretation, 81;
of the Book of Machabees, 214.

Barbarians attack Rome, 139.

Bancroft's History cited, 233.

Baptism essential for remission of original sin, 268;
necessary for all, 268;
must not be delayed, 273;
effects, 21;
remits all sin, 275;
makes us heirs of heaven, 276.

Baptism of desire or martyrdom substitutes for Baptism, 272.

Baptizing, modes of, 277.

Bartholomew, Archbishop of Braga, directs crusade, 27.

Becanus teaches value of religious liberty, 230.

Bede, Venerable, translated Bible into Saxon, 91.

Bible, venerated by the Jews, 77