ey baptized persons in the Episcopalians, and even
received the Holy Sacrament of they do not recognize
Ghost."(88) Confirmation, by which Confirmation as a
they receive the Holy Sacrament.
Ghost.

6. Our Savior and His The Catholic Church The Protestant churches
Apostles taught that teaches, with our Lord (except, perhaps, a few
the Eucharist contains and His Apostles, that Ritualists) condemn the
the Body and Blood of the Eucharist contains doctrine of the Real
Christ: "Take ye, and really and indeed the Presence as idolatrous,
eat; this is My Body and Blood of Jesus and say that, in
Body.... Drink ye all Christ under the partaking of the
of this, for this is my appearance of bread and communion, we receive a
Blood."(89) "The wine. memorial of Christ.
chalice of benediction
which we bless, is it
not the communion of
the Blood of Christ;
and the bread which we
break, is it not the
participation of the
Body of the Lord?"(90)

7. The Apostles were The Bishops and Priests Protestants affirm, on
empowered by our Savior of the Catholic Church, the contrary, that God
to forgive sins:--"Whose as the inheritors of delegates to no man the
sins ye shall forgive, Apostolic prerogatives, power of pardoning sin.
they are forgiven."(91) profess to exercise the
"God," says St. Paul, ministry of
"hath given to us the reconciliation, and to
ministry of forgive sins in the
reconciliation."(92) name of Christ.

8. Regarding the sick, One of the most No such ceremony as
St. James gives this ordinary duties of a that of anointing the
instruction: "Is any Catholic Priest is to sick is practised by
man sick among you, let anoint the sick in the any Protestant
him bring in the Sacrament of Extreme denomination,
priests of the Church, Unction. If a man is notwithstanding the
and let them pray over sick among us he is Apostle's injunction.
him, anointing him with careful to call in the
oil in the name of the Priest of the Church,
Lord."(93) that he may anoint him
with oil in the name of
the Lord.

9. Of marriage our Literally following the The P