THE TRUTH OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION.
Subject.
The Christian Church is founded on Peter and established and spread by Peter, Paul,, and the other Apostles, and that in such a manner that nothing can overcome her; therefore she must necessarily be founded by God, and cannot be false.-Preached on the Feast of the Apostles SS. Peter and Paid.
Text.
Super fume Petram cedificabo ecclesiam meant et jwriw infere nonprcevalebunt adversus earn.-Matth. xvi. 18.
" Upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Introduction,
Is Peter, then, he on whom the Church of Christ is built? Are Paul and the other Apostles those who have spread the Church throughout the whole world and established her so firmly that no power, not even the gates of hell, can prevail against her? This is a matter, dear brethren, that deserves our greatest admiration; it is one which, in itself alone, if we had no other proofs, would show the infallible truth of our Christian
Table of Contents
Translator's Preface, 7; ON TUB DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS IN GENERAL; SERMON; i On the Tnith of the Catholic Religion, - - II it On the great Benefit of the Divine Vocation to the; Ciitholic Faith, - 24; in On the Dignity of Christians who are Children of God, 33; iv On the Life Becoming the Children of God, 42; v On the Dignity and Obligation of Men who have An-; gels as their Guardians, 52; vi On the Necessary Occupation of Christians, - - 63; vii On the False and True Happiness of Christians, - 74; vm On the Sins of Christians, 85; ix On the Necessity of Hearing the Word of God in Sermons, 95; x How One should Go to Sermons, - 108 xr How One should Hear Sermons, - - - - 119; xn How One should Act after Hearing a Sermon, - - 132; ON THE PARTICULAR DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS IN DIFFERENT STATES OF LIFE; xin On the Duties of the Young to God, 146; xiv Our After Life D
Subject.
The Christian Church is founded on Peter and established and spread by Peter, Paul,, and the other Apostles, and that in such a manner that nothing can overcome her; therefore she must necessarily be founded by God, and cannot be false.-Preached on the Feast of the Apostles SS. Peter and Paid.
Text.
Super fume Petram cedificabo ecclesiam meant et jwriw infere nonprcevalebunt adversus earn.-Matth. xvi. 18.
" Upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Introduction,
Is Peter, then, he on whom the Church of Christ is built? Are Paul and the other Apostles those who have spread the Church throughout the whole world and established her so firmly that no power, not even the gates of hell, can prevail against her? This is a matter, dear brethren, that deserves our greatest admiration; it is one which, in itself alone, if we had no other proofs, would show the infallible truth of our Christian
Table of Contents
Translator's Preface, 7; ON TUB DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS IN GENERAL; SERMON; i On the Tnith of the Catholic Religion, - - II it On the great Benefit of the Divine Vocation to the; Ciitholic Faith, - 24; in On the Dignity of Christians who are Children of God, 33; iv On the Life Becoming the Children of God, 42; v On the Dignity and Obligation of Men who have An-; gels as their Guardians, 52; vi On the Necessary Occupation of Christians, - - 63; vii On the False and True Happiness of Christians, - 74; vm On the Sins of Christians, 85; ix On the Necessity of Hearing the Word of God in Sermons, 95; x How One should Go to Sermons, - 108 xr How One should Hear Sermons, - - - - 119; xn How One should Act after Hearing a Sermon, - - 132; ON THE PARTICULAR DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS IN DIFFERENT STATES OF LIFE; xin On the Duties of the Young to God, 146; xiv Our After Life D
