The Faith of Our Fathers
Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
By
James Cardinal Gibbons
Archbishop of Baltimore
Contents
- Preface To The Eleventh Edition
- Preface To The Forty-Seventh Edition
- Preface
- Preface To Eighty-Third Revised Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter I. The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc.
- Chapter II. The Unity Of The Church
- Chapter III. The Holiness Of The Church
- Chapter IV. Catholicity
- Chapter V. Apostolicity
- Chapter VI. Perpetuity Of The Church
- Chapter VII. Infallible Authority Of The Church
- Chapter VIII. The Church And The Bible
- Chapter IX. The Primacy Of Peter
- Chapter X. The Supremacy Of The Popes
- Chapter XI. Infallibility Of The Popes
- Chapter XII. Temporal Power Of The Popes
- Chapter XIII. The Invocation Of Saints
- Chapter XIV. The Blessed Virgin Mary
- Chapter XV. Sacred Images
- Chapter XVI. Purgatory And Prayers For The Dead
- Chapter XVII. Civil And Religious Liberty
- Chapter XVIII. Charges of Religious Persecution
- 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
- Chapter XXVII. Indulgences
- Chapter XXVIII. Extreme Unction
- Chapter XXIX. The Priesthood
- Chapter XXX. Celibacy Of The Clergy
- Chapter XXXI. Matrimony