Lectures on the Evidences of Catholicity

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LECTUEB IH. THE APOSTOLIC COMMISSION ? THE RULE OF FAITH ? THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF CATHOLICITY. The commission?Its general scope?Its objects most difficult of attainment? Its four distinctive characteristics ? It embraces two things-? The argument stated?Its positions evolved ? Division of the subject? The...
More Description

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LECTUEB IH. THE APOSTOLIC COMMISSION ? THE RULE OF FAITH ? THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF CATHOLICITY. The commission?Its general scope?Its objects most difficult of attainment? Its four distinctive characteristics ? It embraces two things-? The argument stated?Its positions evolved ? Division of the subject? The inquiry narrowed down to a simple question of fact ? The Eule of Faith?The Protestant and Catholic Eules stated ? Strong presumptive evidence against the former ? Its positive difficulties ? The scriptural arguments in its favor examined ? A popular theory exploded ? The inspiration, canon, version, and interpretation of the Bible ? What is faith Can an act of faith be made consistently with the Protestant Eule The vicious circle?Scriptural proofs of the Catholic Eule ? Both rules tested by the four great principles laid down in the previous Lecture ? Eecapitulation ? The conclusion reached ? The First EviDence Of Catholicity. And Jesue coming, spoke to them (the apostles) saying: all power is given to an in heaven, and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations; baptizing them m the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ohost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.?St. Math, xviii: 18, 19, 20. And He said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that beUeveth not, shall be condemned.?St. Mark, xvi: 15, 16. And He said to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I aleo send you.?St. John, xx: 21. Entering, my Beloved Brethren, on the investigation of that most important of all questions?which, among all the Christian deno...