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The Faith of Our Fathers

by James GIBBONS (1834 - 1921)

19 - Chapter 18 - Charges of Religious Persecution

The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by archbishop James Gibbons, which became a best-selling conversion manual in the United States, and by 1980 was in its 111th printing. (From the preface) “The object of this little volume is to present in a plain and practical form an exposition and vindication of the principal tenets of the Catholic Church. It was thought sufficient to devote but a brief space to such Catholic doctrines and practices as are happily admitted by Protestants, while those that are controverted by them are more elaborately elucidated......As his chief aim has been to bring home the truths of the Catholic faith to our separated brethren, who generally accept the Scripture as the only source of authority in religious matters, he has endeavored to fortify his statements by abundant reference to the sacred text. He has thought proper, however, to add frequent quotations from the early Fathers, whose testimony, at least as witnesses of the faith of their times, must be accepted even by those who call in question their personal authority.” (Summary from Wikipedia with quotes from the preface of this volume.)

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Listen next episodes of The Faith of Our Fathers:
20 - Chapter 19 - Grace-The Sacraments-Original Sin-Baptism-Its Neccesity-Its Effects-Manner of Baptizing , 21 - Chapter 20 - The Sacrament of Confirmation , 22 - Chapter 21 - The Holy Eucharist , 23 - Chapter 22 - Communion Under One Kind , 24 - Chapter 23 - The Sacrifice of the Mass , 25 - Chapter 24 - The Use of Religious Ceremonies Dictated by Right Reason , 26 - Chapter 25 - Ceremonials of the Mass , 27 - Chapter 26, Part 1 - The Sacrament of Penance: The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance , 28 - Chapter 26, Part 2 - The Sacrament of Penance: On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries , 29 - Chapter 27 - Indulgences , 30 - Chapter 28 - Extreme Unction , 31 - Chapter 29 - The Priesthood , 32 - Chapter 30 - Celibacy of the Clergy , 33 - Chapter 31 - Matrimony