A. Certainly not; for the Scripture would, in that case, teach superstition. Do not Protestant countries stand much higher, in modern times, as to education, comfort, and prosperity, than Catholic countries? What was the last General Council? No; nor can God himself give leave to commit what is of its own nature sinful. Does the Scripture allow the sanctifying or blessing of inanimate things? The conduct of those who adopted this delusion is its best refutation. Q. . Here we have a sacred rite performed by the Apostles themselves, by the imposition of hands, which certainly is not ordination, as some have dreamed; for, as is evident from a previous verse of the same chapter, there were women amongst those upon whom the Apostles imposed their hands. . No; they would only add sacrilege to blasphemy. since that time. "Take heed to yourselves," says the same Apostle to the pastors of the Church, "and to your whole flocks, wherein the Holy Ghost has placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God." "None but a fool," he says, "can imagine that the consecrated host loses its virtue immediately after consecration." The bread which I will give, is my flesh; but, in the Protestant sense, St. Paul's words would be nonsense; for if the sacrament be mere bread, then each receiver partakes of a different bread; and hence, as the bread upon which they feed is not one, so neither can they be cemented into one body. Did not even the Monasteries possess large libraries and men of learning? Q. The honor is given to the original not to the picture; so that in uncovering the head, or kneeling before a picture of Jesus Christ, we honor and adore Jesus Christ himself. In this, that through it they obtain the spirit of compunction and grace to repent of their sins. . Yes, because it was intended for the ignorant as well as the learned. Five; in the years 1123, 1139, 1179, 1215 and 1512. On the contrary, the Church called Catholic is strictly One in her faith, her government, her liturgy; Holy in her head, her doctrines, and her saints; Catholic as to time, place, and doctrine, Apostolical as to her society, doctrine, orders, and mission. give up their own opinion and follow his, then they are trusting their salvation Q. They say it is evident that belief or faith must precede baptism; but, they add, children or infants are not capable of believing; therefore neither are they capable of being baptized. What say you as to the books of Scripture which are lost, alluded to in Num. 1532 Q. The answer is: "The body and blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken, and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper." Q. No; for again the Scripture declares, that "the TWO FISHES he divided among THEM ALL)" and that "they filed twelve baskets of the fragments of the FIVE BARLEY LOAVES." A. Q. What say you to the words of Jeremiah, xxxii, 39, where God says of his Christian Church? i.) commandments, which he has never clearly abrogated, "Remember thou keep Q. v, 14 "Is any one sick among you, let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick man, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him." de Corona, cap. The Apostles. VERSIONS . Yes; learned Catholics, as well as Protestants, admit, that it represents our Lord as saying: "Take, eat, this is my body ITSELF;" thus clearly confirming the Catholic interpretation. The Protestants who drew up the Augsburg and Helvetic Confession, define it as sound Protestant doctrine "that relative and inferior veneration is due to the saints and angels." Q. Systema Theol., page 226: Paris, 1819. of the Church, and for her use, her members are not exposed to any error or Q. A. . Q. A. At the sound of her voice, the infant Baptist leaps in his mother's womb, and his mother is filled with the Holy Ghost. A. He is really and permanently present from and after the time the words of consecration are pronounced. For what end was the sacrament of Penance instituted? . Q. Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost." . Q. Q. nor Catholic, nor Apostolical, therefore, she is not, she cannot be, the true, infallible Church of Christ. A. What is the sensible sign in this sacrament? We know little of glorified bodies, or their qualities and perfection; but we know that they are not like mortal bodies. Because, in Scripture, heaven is proposed to us as a recompense, and a recompense or reward is due only to merit. 7.) God is here said to be faithful and just, because he promised to forgive us our sins on the condition that we confess them. as to the dignity of the Blessed Virgin? ii, 8 "Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the end of the earth for thy possession." "For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins." All, without exception. Do Catholics adore or worship relics? A. No; to be a certain rule of faith, it should also inform A. Q. ii, p. Bishop Tanner says: " The monasteries were schools of learning and education." we act without warrant of Scripture; and we might as well say, that we should The Catholic Church, then, is evidently Holy. "Neither shall there be cut off from the priests and Levites a man before my face, to offer holocausts, and to burn sacrifices, and to kill victims continually." Q. Can any thing be more absurd, than that an ignorant peasant should pretend to interpret the Inspired Volume better than all the pastors of the Church? A. . Tyndale's Pentateuch, . of all sorts of error, and this without the possibility of applying an antidote? . She who is made the mother of the King of kings? writes: "There is a great sacrament in the union of man and wife." But the infallibility of the Church is secured and asserted in other parts of the Scripture, as, "Go ye, teach;" "I am with you all days;" "He that hears you hears me." Does not Christ himself say, Mark, chap. God commands his people, whenever they find among them a hard and doubtful matter in judgment, "to come to the priests of the Levitical race, and to the judge that shall be at that time, (the High Priest,) and thou shalt ask of them," says the Lord, "and they shall show thee the truth of the judgment; and thou shalt do whatsoever they shall say.and what they shall teach thee; and he that will be proud, and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest who ministereth at that time,.that man shall die." . Why are not all permitted to interpret the Scripture as they will? Matth. Did God ever work miracles to testify the sanctity of a Catholic? her children shall be taught of the Lord, &c., &c. Now, what interpretation can be so clear as that which I gave these texts, that the Church of which they were spoken must be free from error; and what inference could be more forced and unnatural than this, which Protestants draw, that a Church, with these splendid and glorious attributes, a Church which has God as her teacher, his Spirit her guide, and his Word ever in her mouth, should be liable to teach error, or fall into idolatry? Q. xi, 11, his disciples again mistake him, and he instantly explains. v, 3.) . A. Q. Q. Give another Scriptural example that all doubt may be removed. Yes; addressing the Anabaptist preachers, he says: "If you are sent by man, show us your patent; if by God, let us see you working miracles." Q. To induce the Almighty to shower down his benedictions upon those who use them. Q. Most certainly, therefore, it is safer to follow the over whelming majority of Christians, than to risk our salvation upon a rule lately adopted by a handful of men, who have no claim to the title of Christian, since they deny one of the fundamental articles of Christianity the Divinity of Christ. Q. 4. . How can you distinguish true from false tradition? The 25th chap. From these passages, it is quite clear that the chalice contained what was shed for us; but what was shed for us, was the blood of Christ; therefore the chalice contained the blood of Christ. St. Paul, Acts xx, 28 says, the bishops are to rule the Church of God. xxiii, 1 "Upon Q. Q. Why do priests alone partake of the chalice have they more right to it than the people? What do you conclude from these? Q. Here, what is not written is called the Epistle of Christ, written with the Spirit of the living God upon the heart, which, though only tradition, most certainly must be as true as the written Word itself. Q. May not Protestants say, that that which entereth the mouth defileth not the man? Q. It certainly is not; and yet all Protestants consider the What can be the use of a pilgrimage to any particular place, since God is every where? Yes; addressing the Anabaptist preachers, he says: "If you are sent by man, show us your patent; if by God, let us see you working miracles." Q. this unity of faith. What say you then to the rule of the Socinian? What do you reply to those who say it was invented by the Council of Nice? Is the observance of Sunday, as the day of rest, a xix, 6, where it is said, "Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God joined together let no man put asunder." CHAPTER III. A. A. Q. . John was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, that is, Sunday; and is not this Q. Q. 353.) . . How did our Saviour's body pass through the stone with which his sepulchre was closed? Does it appear from Scripture, that It is vain for you to reply, that the Scripture is an infallible teacher; we admit it an infallible teacher, if your interpretation of it be infallibly right; but, until you are satisfied that you have it explained by an infallible interpreter, you must still be in doubt regarding its true meaning; and hence, though in itself the Bible be infallible with regard to you it is still a fallible rule. A. Were not the Christian Copts guilty of superstition in making the sign of the Cross with a hot iron on the foreheads of their children, and was not this the origin of the Catholic practice? A. . . In fine, the very rule of the Socinian is a contradiction to his reason. Q. If the Christians of these times had used these forbidden meats, would they have committed sin? Q. . . No; it is as ancient as revealed religion. chap. "But pious antiquity plainly enough declared, that the bread was changed into the body of Christ, the wine into his blood,.and this change the Latins have rightly called Transubstantiation.here the Scripture is to be explained by that tradition, which the Church, as its keeper, has transmitted to us." good a judge as any minister. A. THE END. Yes; we believe that what Christ or his Apostles spoke, is as true as what they wrote. xxii, 27 "All the ends of the earth shall remember and be converted to the Lord." Q. 24, 31. Hence we must conclude, that the Scripture, Q. What man will dare attempt to give these clear words even two probable explanations? . A. "Many Doctors," says David Kimchi, "expound this text, that there shall be made a CHANGE OF NATURE IN WHEAT in the times of our Redeemer Christ." In the same Exodus, chap. If he had meant, that what he was to give them was mere bread and mere wine, what should he, as a good and wise God, have done now that he saw the Jews would not believe him? Q. A. To what does she oblige those who enter into Holy Orders? A. Jesus Christ himself John xii, 26 says, "If any man serve me, him will my Father honor;" surely, then, even as God honors the Blessed Mary, for no one served his Divine Son with so great fidelity, our veneration for her cannot be misplaced. Q. Can Protestants be certain that the Jewish Rabbins did nor corrupt the original Scripture? A. This as inflicted by his Church is accepted by God, either as the whole or a part of what his justice demands; for what ever his true Church does, is done by himself "As my Father sent me. Is there any spiritual advantage to be derived from religious pilgrimages? words "The Father is greater than I." . They say it is evident that belief or faith must precede baptism; but, they add, children or infants are not capable of believing; therefore neither are they capable of being baptized. 1467 A. v, 3.) 1526 The Levites are ordered to read it to the people, and this only once in the seven years. i, 20,) that certain parts of St. Paul's Epistles "are HARD to be understood which the UNLEARNED and UNSTABLE wrest, as also the rest of the Scriptures, to THEIR OWN PERDITION." A. i, 12. "St. Peter first occupied the See of Rome, to him Linus succeeded, and after Linus, Clement." They boast that the Scripture is evidently for Baptist practice, that other Protestants hold traditional doctrines, like the Catholics, they quote Matth. If you ask any; where, even in Protestant countries, for the Catholic Church, no one will point to a Protestant Church. In John, chap, xv, where he says he is the vine, he explains himself instantly, by calling us the branches; showing, that we must live by his grace, as the vine-branch lives by the sap of the vine, that we must be united to him by love and obedience, as he was by these united to his Father. Q. "Are not they that eat of the sacrifice, partakers of the altar?" The Popes, Nicholas V. and Sixtus IV., with the Princes and Kings of most European countries, were the munificent patrons of the arts and sciences, (Recherches sur les Bibliotheques, pp. CHAPTER III. Q. What do we find in Deut., chap. A. Q. A. 12: "Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him; neither in this world, neither in the world to come." That is just what we say with regard to the reception of both kinds. Q. How is it, then, that Protestants reproach Catholics with placing too much confidence in their good works? Q. It will be of no use (Chillingworth, p 69, No. . . . What reason does the Council give for this ordinance? Q. Besides, it is How do you prove this? This is quite in accordance with our doctrine; we are certainly unprofitable servants to God, whatever good we do; for nothing which we can do, either adds to, or takes from, his essential glory. Why do you say that a general Council is infallible? A. . 1898. Has marriage all the necessary constituents of a sacrament? Yes; all parties admit this, even those who look upon it as merely bread and wine. Q. A. Did Christ require unity in his Church? What says St. Epiphanius?Con. ON JUSTIFICATION xix, 6, where it is said, "Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God joined together let no man put asunder." Have you any other remark to make on this passage? Various things which he learned from the devil, as he himself declares. St. Jerom wrote a whole book against Vigilantius, who was the first to deny honor to holy relies. A. Q. They have never agreed Q. Q. What do you mean by the soul of the Church? which we still have; if the former, then the rule is incomplete; if the latter, Chap. A. A. Is the Protestant Church holy in her doctrines? (Deut. Q. A. A. CHAPTER VI They certainly attempted to seize the king, and overturn the constitution of his dominions, (Maimb. You shall be gratified, as far as our brief space will allow. A. Q. What wise man, therefore, would be weak enough to abandon the Scripture, constant tradition, and Church authority, and deliver his soul to the guidance of such self-sent, foolish, and wicked pretenders to inspiration? Yes; even the learned Mr. Johnson, a Protestant, in his "Unbloody Sacrifice," shows, at large that the Primitive Fathers understood the sixth chapter of St. John as referring to the Eucharist. Q. A. ancient scriptural authority for the observance of the first day of the week? the only rule of faith. . The word spiritual explains the whole, and does away with the figure. Will it blasphemously tell God, that it will believe nothing but what it can understand that it will believe nothing on God's word, unless he condescend to explain its nature? (Reasons for Abrogating the Test, p. 13, anno 1688.) Q. Repeat some of Luther's improvements upon the religion of Christ. According to these tests, either the Church is perpetual, pure, and infallible, or God is a false prophet. Q. 8.) i, 10, we are told: "Wherefore, brethren, labor the more, that by GOOD WORKS you make sure your calling and election." VI. Yes, they may, and do advance many absurdities, and this is one of them, which does not bring them out of their difficulties; for Christ says, his Church cannot fail, that the gates of hell shall never prevail against her, that his holy spirit shall teach her all truth FOR EVER, that he will abide with her ALL DAYS, even to the consummation of the world. How do Catholics prove that infants ought to be baptized? A rock is the foundation; and Christ declare that even all the power of hell shall never prevail against her. ON PILGRIMAGES John v, 39 A. See also Bourke's Hibernia Dominicana, where the number of Irish martyrs, and the dreadful deaths they died, are given in detail. i. iv, 11?supply us with a very strong argument: "He gave some Apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, until we all meet in the unity of faith?" If, as Protestants pretend, the Church became idolatrous, surely she must have been put to shame, and, in this case, the words of the Almighty are supposed False, which is evident blasphemy. "to teach." In Num. xvi, 6; Jerem. Q. Where is the great city that is not adorned with some Catholic cathedral, university, or monastic institution magnificent even in its ruins? CHAPTER X. itself endless divisions and schisms. ANDESITE Press, Aug 8, 2015 - History - 408 pages. No, not at all; though on the force of this text Zwinglius became so bold as to deny transubstantiation, declaring, that he was in a dream reminded of this text by some "white or black monitor." Yes; many for those out of the Church. What follows from this? The Christian rule is much more rational. first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul I will build my Church upon a rock the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, I will be with her all days, even to the consummation of the world, she is the pillar and ground of truth, my Holy Spirit will teach her all truth for ever. cannot even prove that itself is the Word of God, and this Protestants admit. "By what praises; O sacred Virgin, I may extol thee I know not, since thou hast been deemed worthy to bear in thy womb Him whom the heavens are unable to contain." Were we destitute of every other argument, the following would be sufficient. Does not Christ call his Apostles the light of the world? A. These advantages of the unmarried priest over the married Protestant minister, were acknowledged, even by Protestants, during the prevalence of that terrible pestilence, the Cholera, and are still openly visible to all, when typhus fever and other contagious diseases scourge our population. What can he reply to this dilemma? This is not a command to all but a blessing by which God accords fecundity to all that shall marry. Baptists, who have never been able to see this truth clearly laid down in We find she is chosen of all the daughters of Eve to be the Mother of Jesus, the CHOICE is made by the ADORABLE TRINITY, and an ARCHANGEL announces the wonderful tidings to her. In the imposition of the bishop's hands, the delivery of the necessary instruments, and prayer. What does Mr. Laing, Notes of a Traveller, pp. We pity them, we tremble for them. These heretics mingled with the Catholics, and, concealing their heretical principles, approached to communion with them. She never was so diffused throughout the world as that she deserved to be styled the Church of all nations. Is it a great sin to refuse submission to a general Council? Q. No, this would be idolatry; but Catholics honor her pre-eminent prerogatives with a degree of veneration infinitely inferior to that which is due to God, but much superior to that which is due to the angels and saints. Q. Does the Church of England teach any thing on this subject? A. Origen says the same thing Select. de Bap. Catholic rule of faith proved from the Old Testament, p. 362. Q. xi? . They fixed advertisements to the church doors in London, declaring that they had raised one hundred thousand men, to combat those who did not agree to their opinions, (Walsing. Q. Q. on Tradition,) interpreted, not by the ignorant, A. Besides, the word which St. Paul uses to express communion, is koinonia, not metoche, a word which expresses, not any ordinary union, but the closest union of what we receive with our own substance. That those pretended lovers of charitable doctrine must be very blind who look for such in any Protestant Communion. Not that in these meats there is anything unclean, but to chastise and mortify the body. . chap. Did any one ascend to heaven before our Saviour? Can you draw any argument against the Reformed rule, That Antichrist will mark on the right hand or forehead all his followers; but the Pope has not done so; therefore he is not Antichrist. Perhaps, then, Christ created new loaves and fishes? A. Basil (in Qust. But the solution of the whole difficulty is found in the fact, that he works the very miracle requested by Mary immediately after. iv de Sacra. That, as these blasphemous suppositions cannot for a moment be entertained, so it is clear, beyond all doubt, that Christ spoke in the literal sense, in that he intended to be understood, and in that sense, and no other, his language is perfectly intelligible. THE CHURCH CALLED CATHOLIC IS THE TRUEINFALLIBLE CHURCH OF CHRIST Thirdly, Our interpretation should be admitted if I can prove that the Protestant mode of interpretation ought to be rejected: truth lies between us; the one must be right, the other wrong. Q. She does not seem hurt by the apparent refusal of Jesus. Q. Yes; in every country where the Reformed doctrines were received, Catholics were persecuted. by Bibles? Did God ever use an image for miraculous purposes? A. "The Pope considered Charles's act, as a necessary act of self-defence against the infamous, treasonable, and bloody plot of the Calvinists, Coligni, &c., against his life and government." Q. A. To be saved we must be members of the true Church the true Church is that which was established eighteen hundred years ago, and has existed unceasingly since that time, Why does he now, when he ought to be plain and clear, call bread, the body, and wine, the blood of Christ? Wherever Jesus Christ is, there he is to be received and adored with sovereign honors. ii, 9 "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporally." But may not the learned aid the ignorant in this inquiry? Did Elizabeth, filled thus with the Holy Ghost, and bearing in her womb the Baptist, than who none greater was ever born of woman, did Elizabeth, who was made by God miraculously fruitful, who knew, though not present at the angelic interview, what had passed between the Angel and Mary, did this honored, exalted, and inspired Elizabeth agree with Presbyterians in thinking the Blessed Virgin an ordinary woman? Was the Church of Christ to be so universal, that all its children might be within reach of its teaching? . Q. What do you conclude from these passages? Is it necessary that all the people should understand every word used in the Liturgy? May not the ministers restrain these sects by forcing Fourthly, That mode of interpretation must be the correct one, which is sanctioned by the example of the Apostles, and practised by the primitive Church. is a unity of affection not of nature, and this he will say is evident from the The Believer will be hereby instructed and confirmed in his Faith, and the sincere Searcher after Truth will here find a lucid path opened to conduct him to its sanctuary. But St. Paul cannot allude to those in hell, for he knew well that they would not bow the knee to Jesus, therefore he may allude to souls in some other place; which is not heaven, or earth, or the hell of the damned; therefore that place exists, and it is that which Catholics call Purgatory. Q. Q. vii, p. Q. Q. Q. Q. A. Yes; both for the living and the dead. Yes; there the Almighty makes a covenant with his Church, which places her infallibility beyond all doubt. Does not the Apostle say, In same chapter verse 2, "But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband?" Their spirit told them to murder the Scripture says "Thou shalt not kill." Q. A. Why did they allow nearly one hundred years to pass before the Are we then to observe this particular Does the Scripture authorize this dependence on traditional doctrine? She is Universal too. Yes, St. Paul first baptized and then confirmed the Ephesians, Acts, chap. "Let no one say, I sin secretly; I do it before God, he knows my heart and will pardon me. II. Guyards des Moulins, French, . . chap. Q. The priest acts in the person of Christ, and does only what Christ would do for the sincere penitent. In James, chap. (Maimbourg, Thuanus, Hist. Q. Three other marks. 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