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The Faith of Our Fathers

by James Gibbons

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  1. 00 - Preface and Introduction

    14:40

  2. 01 - Chapter 1 - The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc.

    7:12

  3. 02 - Chapter 2 - The Unity of the Church

    20:44

  4. 03 - Chapter 3 - The Holiness of the Church

    23:09

  5. 04 - Chapter 4 - Catholicity

    16:14

  6. 05 - Chapter 5 - Apostolicity

    25:14

  7. 06 - Chapter 6 - Perpetuity of the Church

    24:27

  8. 07 - Chapter 7 - Infallible Authority of the Church

    21:06

  9. 08 - Chapter 8 -The Church and the Bible

    32:29

  10. 09 - Chapter 9 - The Primacy of Peter

    22:54

  11. 10 - Chapter 10 - The Supremacy of the Popes

    22:07

  12. 11 - Chapter 11 - Infallibility of the Popes

    26:48

  13. 12 - Chapter 12 - Temporal Power of the Popes

    26:23

  14. 13 - Chapter 13 - The Invocation of Saints

    20:46

  15. 14 - Chapter 14, Part 1: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is It Lawful to Honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as a Saint

    47:50

  16. 15 - Chapter 14, Part 2: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is it Lawful to Invoke Her? Is it Lawful to Imitate Her as a Model

    16:09

  17. 16 - Chapter 15 - Sacred Images

    24:29

  18. 17 - Chapter 16 - Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead

    28:26

  19. 18 - Chapter 17 - Civil and Religious Liberty

    41:39

  20. 19 - Chapter 18 - Charges of Religious Persecution

    30:40

  21. 20 - Chapter 19 - Grace-The Sacraments-Original Sin-Baptism-Its Neccesity-Its Effects-Manner of Baptizing

    20:18

  22. 21 - Chapter 20 - The Sacrament of Confirmation

    11:14

  23. 22 - Chapter 21 - The Holy Eucharist

    23:17

  24. 23 - Chapter 22 - Communion Under One Kind

    13:15

  25. 24 - Chapter 23 - The Sacrifice of the Mass

    24:21

  26. 25 - Chapter 24 - The Use of Religious Ceremonies Dictated by Right Reason

    12:08

  27. 26 - Chapter 25 - Ceremonials of the Mass

    19:19

  28. 27 - Chapter 26, Part 1 - The Sacrament of Penance: The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance

    57:51

  29. 28 - Chapter 26, Part 2 - The Sacrament of Penance: On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries

    10:48

  30. 29 - Chapter 27 - Indulgences

    17:13

  31. 30 - Chapter 28 - Extreme Unction

    5:56

  32. 31 - Chapter 29 - The Priesthood

    23:22

  33. 32 - Chapter 30 - Celibacy of the Clergy

    16:13

  34. 33 - Chapter 31 - Matrimony

    20:03

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Written in 1876 by a Catholic missionary bishop who later became Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore, this book sets out the main teachings of the Catholic Church in plain language for readers outside it. James Gibbons built it from instructions and talks he gave to mixed congregations in Virginia and North Carolina.

Each chapter takes up one doctrine or practice, from the unity and authority of the Church and the place of the popes to the saints, the Virgin Mary, prayers for the dead, the sacraments and the Mass, ending with chapters on the priesthood, clerical celibacy and marriage. Because his readers were mostly Protestants who looked to the Bible first, Gibbons supports almost every point with Scripture and then with the early Church Fathers. Later chapters answer charges of religious persecution, such as the Spanish Inquisition.

This is the revised and enlarged ninety-third edition of 1917, whose prefaces count fourteen hundred thousand copies printed. It remains a clear record of how American Catholics explained and defended their faith in the late nineteenth century.

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First published
1876
Reading time
About 9 hours
Pages
311
Language
English
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Phil Chenevert, dave7, AVG and others