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Le mystère de l'incarnation l'incarnation dans la création l'incarnation en Jésus-Christ l'incarnation dans le croyant, par Jésus Christ l'incarnation dans l'Eglise la sainte cène Eglise l'Eglise-Incarnation l'Eglise protestante unité de l'Eglise protestante vocation de l'Eglise protestante l'union des Eglises Eglise de l'apocalypse

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I. Saint Jean et les églises d'Asie à la fin du premier siècle. II. La première épitre. 1-Nature de cet écrit. 2-Son auteur... 3-Destinataires et objet de l'épitre. ... 4-Le texte de l'épitre (question du commı johanneum). 5-Le style de l'épitre. III. Deuxième et troisième épitres. 1- Auteur et authenticité. 2- Occasion et objet. IV. La théologie des épitres johanniques. 1- Dieu 2- Jésus-Christ. 3- L'Esprit saint. 4- Les fils de Dieu, la vie chrétienne La filiation divine. La communion avec Dieu. Participation à la vie. Participation à la vérité (la foi). Participation à l’Amour : amour pour Dieu, charité fraternelle. Le péché. 5- Les fils du diable : les antéchrists ; le monde La victoire sur les ennemis de Dieu 60 Conclusion : mysticisme et individualisme. V. Les commentaires. Première épître de saint Jean : commentaire. Deuxième épitre de saint Jean : commentaire. Troisième épître de saint Jean : commentaire. INDEX ALPHABÉTIQUE.

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I-THE PATRIARCHAL AGE CHAPTER I : The Prophetic Gift Bestowed The Marvelous Origin of Man The Beginning of Human History The tragic Entry of Sin The Banishment From Eden A Ray of Light and Hope Christ the Way Back to Paradise The Method of Communication CHAPTER II: Prophetic Terms Defined Operation of the Gift The call to the Prophetic office Meaning of the word prophet Many Aspects of Service God's Plan Designates Visions The place of Prophetic Dreams How the Gifts Operates Meaning and Operation of Inspiration Revelation the Ultimate Purpose CHAPTER III: The Gift in the Patriarchal Dispensation Instruction to Our First Parents First Manifestation of the Gift Abel's Understanding Enoch's Prophetic Vision Noah warned of God Message to Abraham in a Vision The irresistible Conclusion II- THE MOSAIC DISPENSATION Chapter IV: Manifest From Egypt To Canaan Holy Spirit's Relation to the Gift Appropriately called "spirit of Prophecy" Extraordinary Manifestation Through Moses Laws Given Through the Spirit Our Debt to the Gift of Prophecy CHAPTER V: From Joshua to Samuel Joshua Succeeds Moses as Leader In the Time of the Judges Deliverance Under Deborah the Prophetess Victory against Great Odds Deliverance through The gift Samuel Called to the Prophetic Office One of the Greatest Prophets of all Time Founded the schools of the Prophets CHAPTER VI: During the Revolt of Israel Israel Rejects God as King The People Warned by the Prophet God's Plan of Government The Gift of Prophecy Essential Samuel Established as Prophet Israel Rejects the Gift The Gift Continued A tribute to Samuel CHAPTER VII: Prophetic Guidance to Kings Saul's Wrong Course Reproved Samuel Anoints David King Nathan the Prophet Counsels David Nathan anoints Solomon King CHAPTER VIII: Ministry of Prophets to Israel Ahijah's Prophecy Fulfilled Prophetic counsel Rejected Ahijah Warns Jeroboam A prophecy of Doom Prophetic Messages Rejected Prophets Continue to Warn CHAPTER IX: In the Crises Over Heathenism Apostasy of Ahab Elijah Meets the Crisis A test os Gods Contest of Prophets on Carmel The God of Elijah Vindicated The Prophet's Prayer Answered Elijah Given New Commissions Another Prophetic Message to Ahab Elijah's Last Message to Ahab Inquiring of the Lord Micaiah Prophesies Voice of the Prophet Unheeded Elisha Succeeds Elijah A great Prophet in a great crisis The Gift Needed at all Times CHAPTER X: Prophetic Work of Elisha Received as Elijah's Successor Prophetic Method Adapted to Conditions The King saved by the Prophet Ministrations of love and Mercy The Healing's of Naaman Elijah's Charge Fulfilled by Elisha Changed Attitude Toward the Prophet Seventy-five years of Prophetic Service CHAPTER XI: The last Prophets of Israel Three Prophets on Duty Israel Doomed by Defying the Prophets Abundant Ministry Of Prophets Israel's Tragic End Ministry of Prophets to the End Kingdom of Israel Never Restored CHAPTER XII: The Prophets Of Judah A solemn Judgment and Warning Asa heed's the Prophet's Message In the Days of Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat believes the Prophets Not Heeding the Prophets Brings Captivity The Prophetess Huldah Relation of Prophet and King CHAPTER XIII: Seven Prophetic Writers Joel-"the Day of the Lord" Isaiah-the Messianic prophecies Counselor to Hezekiah Isaiah's Message to Hezekiah Micah-Messiah's Birthplace Nahum-His Message of Doom Zephaniah-"the day of the Lord" Jeremiah-the Millennial Desolation Habakkuk-the Triumph of Righteousness The Consummation CHAPTER XIV: PROPHETS DURING THE CAPTIVITY Daniel in Babylon Witness of the three hebrews A great Prophet and Statesman Ezekiel-Foreteller of strange things CHAPTER XV:PROPHETS AFTER THE CAPTIVITY Cyrus forenamed in Prophecy Exiles return to Jerusalem Rebuilding of the temple Hindered Haggai Railes the People to their Task Zechariah's Visions of the Last Days Rebuilding and restoration completed Malachi the Last National Prophet Inspired Men after Malachi III- THE APOSTOLIC PERIOD CHAPTER XVI:IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE The one infaillible Prophet Spiritual Gifts Renewed and Re-established To continue Till the End of Time To Characterize the Remnant Church Th Prophetic Gift a Channel Pentecost only the Beginning The Latter Day Gifts Enumerated Embraces the Last Days of Time CHAPTER XVII:THE WITNESS OF THE SECOND CENTURY The Church Needs the Gifts The Testimony of Gibbon The Testimony of Mosheim The Testimony of Eusebius Both true or False Concerning Spiritual Gifts Transferred From Jews to christians The Testimony of Iranaeus False appears With the True CHAPTER XVIII:EVIDENCES IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES The Claims of the Montanists Pronouncement Against Prophecy Developement in the fourth century Establishment of the Papacy Perilous Changes foreknown and revealed Corruptions Brought In Popery the Consummation of Apostasy Attempts o restrain the Prophetic Gift Ecclesiastical Stand Against the Gift CHAPTER XIX:SEPARATIONS FROM THE CHURCH Withdrawal from the Main body Novatian's Separation From Rome Evils that Forced Separation The Novatian Doctrines Donatists Break With Rome Separation Inevitable The Waldensian Protestants Early Protesters against Rome Withstood Rome a Thousand Years Waldo-Bible Translation and Persecution Inquisition in Full Force Resist the Tyranny of Rome Paulicians Protest Eastern Apostasy CHAPTER XX:LIGHT PENETRATES THE DARKNESS The Prophetic Gift Through the Centuries Pre-Reformation Times Wycliffe's Work Appointed of God God's purpose and method CHAPTER XXI:REFORMATION AND POST REFORMATION Unbroken line of Reformers Guidance by the Spirit Men Divinely Prepared for crises Tracings Among the Huguenots Transforming Power of Huguenot Influence Huguenot Interest in Prophecy CHAPTER XXII:NEARING THE GREAT CONSUMMATION Nineteenth Century Begins new Era Identifying Marks of the Last Days Signs of Christ's Coming Prophetic Measuring Lines Terminate Beginning and End of Civil Supremacy The Church In Need of Special Help The Prophetic Gift Restored Divine Provision for the Remnant Need CHAPTER XXIII: THE AWAKENING ADVENT HOPE Tidal Wave of Prophetic Study Albury Park Prophetic Conference Advent Expectancy Reaches Its Culmination Revival of Hope Review of Prophetic Waymarks Satan's Attempt to Thwart Acceptance False Visions Bring Adverse Declarations Wild Move Repudiated Adverse Actions on "Visions" To be Distinguished From Seventh-day Adventists V-THE REMNANT HOUR CHAPTER XXIV: GIFT RENEWED IN THE REMNANT CHURCH Cross and Commission Misunderstood Slow Emergence From Mistaken Views Israel Tested by a Prophet God Chooses His Messenger Vison of Future Advent Experiences No ordinary Message Provided Answer to many Questions Welcomed as Messages From Heaven CHAPTER XXV: A SOUND BASIS FOR CONFIDENCE Evidence for Evaluating Claims Ellen Harmon White's Christian experience Distressed Over Problems and duties Her First Public Prayer Begins Public Labors for Christ Reluctance to Relate the vision Phenomena in vision Scriptural These Phenomena Not Conclusive Steadying Influence Amid Confusion Not a Substitute for Bible Study Light Revealed Little by Little CHAPTER XXVI: CLAIMS TESTED BY THE WORD Predictions Fulfilled and Fulfilling Harmony With the Word Imperative Sovereign Facts of the Gospel Teaching tested by ten Principles Exalts the word of God Affirms Creation, Denies Evolution Satanic Origins of Sin and Death The divine plan of redemption Redemption Solely Through Christ The Holy Spirit Makes Salvation Effectual Law of God Ever Exalted Abounding Grace the Basis of Salvation Gift of the Righteousness in Christ The Glorious Consummation Depicted Fullest Accord with Basic Truths CHAPTER XXVII CLAIMS TESTED BY THEIR FRUITS Summoned to Universal Action Relationship to the Church Emphasis Upon Gospel Evangelism World-wide Missionary Program Church order Remarkable Organization Fosters Christian Education Supporter of publishing Work Circulation of literature Publishing Direct of God Advocates Health and Temperance Education Principles of Right Living Health-Institutions and Health Education CHAPTER XXVIII: ESTABLISHING THE AUSTRALASIAN MISSIONARY COLLEGE Sweeping Missionary Projects Outlined Permanent school Plant Called for Guided in the Purchase of Cooranbong Remarkable case of Healing Misgivings confirmed by expert's Report Firm counsel in the Crisis Hour Finished by faith under difficulty Financial Difficulties Solved Time Vindicates the counsel of the gift Marvelous results follow Trades Provide Employment Following Counsel Brings Prosperity CHAPTER XXIX: MEETING A PUBLISHING WORK CRISIS Call for a Larger Plant Closing the plant Recommended Mrs. White's Acquiescence Brings Relief Divine Counsel Reverses Human Judgment Frank Acknowledgment of her Mistake Confidence in the Gift Confirmed CHAPTER XXX: DENOMINATION SAVED FROM PANTHEISTIC TEACHING A New Philosophy Health Book for Raising Funds Proposed Honeycombed with Pantheistic Teachings Confused Nature with God A Divine Interposition Crisis comes in 1903 Timely Messages From The Spirit Of Prophecy Light comes at the parting of the ways These Messages a Great Blessing Effective work of the Gift Warnings against a proposed college Blessing of the Gift

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CHAPTER ONE In which I set out in the steps of St. Paul, see the Holy Land again, visit Jerusalem, mount the wall above the Gate of St. Stephen, receive permission from the Grand Mufti to climb the minaret overlooking the site of Solomon's Temple, and journey to Damascus. CHAPTER TWO Describes a journey to Damascus, the Street called Straight, and the scene of St. Paul's escape from his enemies. I leave Syria for Turkey, see Tarsus, discover tent-makers at work, explore the Cilician Gates, and, after a little difference with the police, con- sider it prudent to retire to Antioch. CHAPTER THREE I enjoy a brief glimpse of Aleppo and journey to Antioch. I visit the scenes of the first Gentile church and explore the city in which men were first called Christians."3 Lost among mulberry gardens, I find the port of Seleucia from which St. Paul, St. Barnabas, and St. Mark set sail for Cyprus. CHAPTER FOUR . Describes how I sailed to Cyprus in a cargo-boat, how I met a well disguised Pauline student, and visited the ruins of Salamis and the crusading town of Famagusta. I see the Paphian goddess in a museum at Nicosia, spend a night in the mountain monastery of Kykko, and stand amid the ruins of Paphos, where St. Paul addressed the Roman Governor and confounded his astrologer. CHAPTER FIVE I revisit Turkey, join forces with a Turk, go into the interior and stay at Iconium (which is now Konya), visit the empty Mosque of the Dancing Dervishes, hear and see something of the new régime, and dine in a modern Turkish home. CHAPTER SIX In which I describe the sites of Pisidian Antioch, Lystra and Derbe, 'travel into the mountains, where I see a lost city, and across the plain, where I find men leading a ram garlanded for sacrifice. In the silence of Iconium I read a letter to the Galatians. CHAPTER SEVEN Describes a journey to Izmir, a voyage to Mitylene and to the I see the place where St. Paul stepped coast of Macedonia. ashore in Europe, I go over the hills to walk among the ruing of Philippi and I see the stream in which Lydia was baptized Salonica I see a strange funeral, and in Berea, which is now called Verria, I am told something about St. Paul. CHAPTER EIGHT IN THE STEP8 OF ST. PAUL I stay in Athens and meet a man called Sophocles and another CHAPTER NINE called Byron. On the Acropolis and on the Areopagus I encounter the Athens of St. Paul. My friends introduce me to the life of modern Athens and, in the heat of afternoon, I bathe at Phaleron. CHAPTER TEN I follow the steps of St. Paul from Athens to Corinth, where American archæologists are revealing the city in which the Apostle preached. I climb to the summit of Acro-Corinth, meet a Greek who tells me something about peasant super- stition and, journeying to Cenchreæ, find that the once famous port is now a deserted bay. Describes a journey to Ephesus, the site of the Temple of Diana, and the theatre in which the silversmiths demonstrated against St. Paul. I voyage to Palestine, stay with Carmelite Fathers, and visit Cæsarea. I then take ship to Malta, where I see the bay of the shipwreck, travel on to Naples, and reach Rome. My journey ends at the tomb of St. Paul

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TABLE DES MATIÈRES LHTRE-PRtrACE.. AVANT-PROPOS. Vie d'enfance Vie d'adolescence.. Mariage et vie mondaine. Sur la voie qui ramène à la Parole de Dieu. A la Bible par l'Art.... A la Bible par la liturgie.. Ave: les Pères du désert... L'Encyclique Spiritus Paraclitus.. Avec les Peres de l'Ếglise. Devant la Contradiction !... Dernières expériences bibliques... Avec les mystiques. La Bible et les Cercles d'Ểtudes.. Rencontres bibliques... Les étapes d'une vie biblique. Av LRCIBUR.

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La nuit de Nazareth, le vieillard Siméon L'enfant au milieu des Docteurs, le jeune homme Jésus Fin de la vie cachée Le baptême de Jésus, le premier appel Cana, l'appel définitif Les changeurs chassés du temple, Nicodème Le samaritaine Tes péchés te sont remis. la vocation de Matthieu Judas Le sermon sur la montagne, le centurion Les disciples de Jean, le repas chez Simon Les démons de Marie-Madeleine. Paraboles. La tempête apaisée, chez les Géraséniens. la fille de Jaire et la houppe du manteau Hérode fait trancher la tête de Jean baptiste Guérison du paralytique à la piscine des Brebis. Multiplication des pains, Jésus marche sur les eaux, le pain de vie Sur le chemin de Césarée de Philippe, la transfiguration Départ pour Jérusalem, les villes maudites à Jérusalem La femme adultère, l'égal du Père L'aveugle-né, le bon Pasteur Le bon Samaritain, Béthanie, Pater noster. le péché contre l'esprit, il rassure des siens, soupirs d'impatience et d'angoisse, Bref séjour à Jérusalem Le Christ pleure sur Jérusalem, Prédilection pour les pécheurs, l'enfant prodigue, Mamôna, les dix lépreux, le royaume intérieure, le retour de Jésus Le mariage, le jeune homme riche, les ouvriers de la dernière heure Résurrection de lazare, la perte de Jésus décidée, demande des fils de Zébédée, traitée à Jericho, Guérison de Bartimée Zachée Le repas chez Simon, les rameaux, le lundi Saint, si le grain ne meurt, le mardi et le mercredi, les vignerons homicides rends à césar L'obole de la veuve, prophétie de la ruine du temple et de la fin du monde Le jeudi Saint, l'odeur d'une âme, l'aucharistie, la prière sacerdotale Gethsémani, trahison de Céphas, le désespoir de Judas, Pilate, Jésus devant Hérode, Barabbas? La flagellation, eccehomo, le chemin de croix, le crufiement, la mort, la mise au tombeau

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Leçon 1 Généralités PIan et sujets traités Les chapitres, les types et le sang Le péché Le péché (fin) Holocauste et offrande Sacrifices d'actions de grâces et expiation Les sacrifices et I ‘Evangile Le jour des expia{ions . Les récits L'hygiène L'hygiène (fin) Aaron et Christ Ordonnances sociales Les fêtes Bénédiction et malédiction La sainteté T a sainteté (suite) La sainteté (fin) La Personne de Dieu

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Préface Chapitre Premier.- La La pensée occidentale et la pensée indienne Chapitre II.- Apparition de la négation du monde dans la pensée indienne Chapitre III.- La doctrine des Upanishads Chapitre IV.- La doctrine du samakhya Chapitre V.- La jaïnisme Chapitre VI.- Bouddha et sa doctrine Chapitre VII.- Les detinées ulte*érieures du bouddhisme dans l'Inde Chapitre VIII.- Le bouddhisme en In Tibet et en Mongolie Chapitre IX.- Le bouddhisme au Japon Chapitre X.- La doctrine brahmanique ultérieure Chapitre XI.- La conception brahmanique du monde dans les Lois du Manou Chapitre XII.- L'hindouisme et la mystique de la bhakti Chapitre XIII.- La Bhagavad-Gita Chapitre XIV.- De la Bhagavad-Gita a l'époque moderne Chapitre XV.- La pensée indienne moderne Chapitre XVI.- Coup d'oeil rétrospectif. Perspectives d'avenir Index alphabétique

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DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOUS QUI ETES VENUS à LUI DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST ET VOUS TROUVEZ LE REPOS DE VOS AMES DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOUS CONFIANT à LUI POUR VOUS GARDER DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST COMME LE SAARMENT EST UNI AU CEP DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST COMME VOUS ETES VENUS à LUI PAR LA FOI DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST CAR DIEU LUI-MEME VOUS A UNIS à LUI DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOTRE SAGESSE DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOTRE JUSTICE DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOTRE SANCTIFICATION DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOTRE REDEMPTION DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST CRUCIFIE DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST DANS UNE COMMUNION DE TOUS LES INSTANTS DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST JOUR APRES JOUR DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST MAINTENANT DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST RENONCANT à TOUT POUR LUI DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST PAR LA PUISSANCE DU SANT-ESPRIT DEMEUREZ EN CHRISTEN VOUS TENAT EN REPOS DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST DANS L'AFFLICTION ET DANS L'EPREUVE DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST ET VOUS SEREZ PUISSANT DANS LA PRIERE DEMEUREZ EN CHRISTCOMME CHRIST DEMEURE DANS LE PERE DEMEUREZ EN CHRISTAFIN QUE VOTRE JOIE SOIT PARFAIT DEMEUREZ EN CHRISTVOUS AIMANT LES UNS LES AUTRES DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST AFIN QUE VOUS NE PECHIEZ PAS DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST VOTRE FORCE DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST ET NON EN VOUS MEME DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST LE GARANT DE L'ALLIANCE DEMEUREZ EN CHRIST GLORIFIE

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AVANT-PROPOS Les pourquoi sans réponse Joie des hommes et joies des anges Souffrances veines, souffrances fécondes Le Christ devant le mystère de sa souffrance Le Paradox chrétien de la joie

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AVANT-PROPOS CONTENU CROYANCES RELIGIEUSES DES SCIENTIFIQUES AMÉRICAINS ORGUEIL ET MÉTHODE SCIENTIFIQUE FONT AVANCER LES SCEPTIQUES SKEPTICIS M, LE FRUIT DE L'ÉVOLUTION LES LEADERS RELIGIEUX NE PARVIENNENT PAS À HARMONISER DARWIN ET Moïse PANTALON ATHEIS M RAM RAFFINÉ AUJOURD'HUI. L'évolution mine toute doctrine chrétienne Évolution sous les mines Missions chrétiennes PREUVES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES DE L'EFFONDREMENT DES MISSIONS ÉTRANGÈRES PAGANIS M MODERNE ET MORALES MODERNES L'HISTOIRE DE LA CRÉATION FOURNIT UNE VISION CORRECTE DE DIEU LE MÉMORIAL D'UNE CRÉATION ACCOMPLIE NOS ÉCOLES, UN REMPART SOLIDE PROCLAMEZ PLUS PLEINEMENT LA VÉRITÉ DU SABBAT L'apostasie moderne et le message du premier ange L'apostasie moderne et le message du deuxième ange UN MOPERNISTE CONFESSE - PLUS DE FAITS SUR LE MESSAGE DU DEUXIÈME ANGE L'apostasie moderne et le message du troisième ange L'Arostasia moderne et le nouveau calendrier proposé 112

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Planche I. SAINT SUAIRE de Turin. (Photo Enrie, Turin. Reproduction interdite. Obligeamment communiquée par les Tertiaires du Carmel de l'Action de Grâces, II7, rue N.-D. des Champs, Paris.) Planche II. CHRIST d'Alep (Photo Giraudon.) Planche III. SAINTE FACE dite du Voile de Véronique Planche IV. CHRIST, École flamande. Musée de Lyon. (Photo Sylvestre. ) Planche V. CHRIST, Grünewald. Musée de Colmnar. (Photo Bulloz.) Planche VI. LE DÉVOT CHRIST, Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Perpignan. (Extrait de l'album de photographies de MM. Raymond Gid et Pierre Planche VII, Planche VIII. DESCENTE DE CROIX, Quentin Metsys (?) . Collection Lazzaro. Tahan. Édirions 0. E. T.)

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Analytical Contents CHAPTER I Introductory An investigation into the fundamental nature of an infinitely various yet unitary thing. Not to be achieved without genuine sympathy and Catholic experience. Re markable present-day interest in Catholicism. Two reasons for it: the imposing fact of the Church, the moral and in- tellectual needs of the modern man. Influential Protestant writers plead for a better understanding of Catholicism. Aim of this book to promote this understanding, in all truthfulness and charity. 31 CHAPTER II Christ in the Church Intimate union of the Church with Christ. Manifested in her dogma which centres round Christ, in heI moral teaching which aims at making men like to Christ, in her worship which is performed through Christ. The sacra- ments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar, a working of Christ among His people. The same union of the Church with Christ shown in her pastoral and teaching office, in her sacramental doctrine, in her disciplinary authority. The whole structure permeated and bound together by Christ. CHAPTER III The Church the Body of Christ an not Church merely invisible kingdom, The but also a importance visible community. Fundamental of he com solidarity. of function. munity idea. The solidarity of mankind in sin and i demption a basic conception of ism of the Church represents and enforces that A unitary organism with inner differentiation of fune. Christianity. The organ. visible a of And possessing, necessity, expression of its character a unity, visible head. Essential of papal and epis- copal authority. Objections to it on the ground that it i inconsistent with our Lord's teaching. In reality a serice of the community in His name. CHAPTER IV Through the Church to Christ The genesis of Catholic faith. Three cardinal points: God, Christ, the Church. The existence of God discerm. ible by natural reason, but His love to be learnt only from revelation. Full faith in God attained by faith in Christ. How is faith in Christ attained? The apostles attained it preparatorily by. His personal teaching, fulfllingly by the pentecostal gift of the Holy Spirit. So we also: prepara- torily by the teaching of His living, apostolic Church, fulfllingly by the operation of His grace. Not from lifeless records, but from the living witness of a living organism sustained and animated by Him, from immediate contact with Christ living in His Church. Christianity more than a system of thought: a living stream of divine life lowing out fromn Christ and bearing His truth and His life, pure and uncontaminated, down the centuries. ANALYTICAL CONTENTS CLArTER V The Foundation of the Church in the Light of the Teaching of Jesus Church, Was the Church founded by Christ Himself, or is it the creation of His disciples? The objection, that our Lord's attitude towards Jewish religion and ecclesiastical author- ity is inconsistent with His foundation of a scientifically untenable. The obiections of the escha- tological school. Examination of our Lord's teaching con- cerning the coming of the Kingdom and concerning the end of the world. Chronological misconceptions of some of His disciples. The plain teaching of His parables. The foundation of the Church in the direct line of His thought: a Church in gradual process towards perfection and ever ordinated towards a supernatural and other- worldly goal. 99 CHAPTER VI The Church and Peter Special position of St. Peter among the twelve attested not only by the history of the primitive community, but by the witness of St. Paul. Unsatisfactory theories ad- vanced in explanation of this pre-eminence. The all. suficient explanation to be found in Matthew XVI. 13-19. This passage no Roman forgery or anti-Pauline in- terpolation. Significance of its details, especially of Si- mon's new name with its immediate and universal success. Certain that he was given a special authority by Christ Himself. But does this appertain to his successors? The di- vine intentions of our Lord, the witness of history. The Church based on Peter the only guardian of genuine faith in Christ and the only hope for our civilisation. lALYTICAL CoNTENh CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (i) the of doctrine, The three-fold The meaning Church; Church Church the Militant, the Suffering and the doc. trine of Purgatory, the Church Triumphant. The life of the saints in heaven one of ininite variehy and fruitfulness. They co-operate effectively with the Head in the organic life of the Body of Christ. Variety of type and of glory. The special privilege and incomparable tity of Mary the Mother of God. Sanc 133 CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (iü) Three vital movements within the Communion of Saints. (1) The communion of the Church Triumphant and Militant: veneration of the saints, their intercession for us and application of their merits to us, the doctrine of indulgences. (2) Communion of the Church Suffering and Militant: prayerS and masses for the dead. (3) Commun- ion of the members of the Church Militant among them- selves: in the priesthood of Christ, in prayer, in faith (and the influence of this communion on the development of doctrine ), in love. 159 CHAPTER IX The Catholicity of the Church The catholicity of the Church follows from her essential nature, and is based not only on the express injunction of Our Lord but on the universal spirit which is manifest in His teaching. Falsity of the view which maintains that He had mo unrrsl aim, The Church of her nature interna- tronal and supranational, llcr cxtcrmal catholicity bscd uon heT mternal catholicity which is manifcsted in two wa3; m a complcte acccptance of the full revelation of Knphire and tradition, and in a complcte acceptance and derstandıng of human nature. Reverencing the body and dcfecndng human rcason, she pIovides for the whole man. Finally, she treasures all genuine values wherever they are to be found. 177 CHAPTER X The Church Necessary for Salvation Exclusivencss of the Church inevitable and a primitive conviction crystallized in St. Cyprian's sentence: Outside the Church no salvation. Necessity of this exclusivencss to protect her being. The sentence not aimed at non- Catholic individuals, nor an unqualiied denunciation of non-Catholic communions. Church's belief in the validity of non-Catholic baptism and schismatical orders. Her be- lief also in non-Catholic piety and even sanctity. Pagans and the baptism of desire. No bounds to the operation of the grace of Christ. True meaning of the sentence, from the theological standpoint and the psychological. Persecu- tion of heretics not to be attributed to the Church as such, but to the political temper and mental outlook of an age, and now forbidden by the canon law. Bona-fide non. Catholic a member of the soul of the Church. The invisi- ble union of all true Christians must some day be a visible union. 195 CHAPTER XI The Sacramental Action of the Church Purpose of the Church the sanctiication of men. This the work of grace, and therefore her chief duty the sacra- ANALYTCAt COTE 4 Man not purely passive, b Mi justification co must operate with gce. His at the sane product the and sanctification, his time the new charity, He has to grow continually supematurat in grace, sental mediation of gnice. man he may still fall from grace. This sible for the malady of scrupulosity. "The seven sacrament the Catholic a eal and immediate Eive experience of God's action. Deep influence Catholic in piety of the doctrine not Tespon Mass, of the Real Presence, of the practice of Confession Sll with which the Church employs these sacramental realities, especially in associating them with the regular course of human life. Extends her sanctifying action to the whole framework of human life and pursues a constant effort to bring God down to men. 213 CHAPTER XII The Educative Action of the Church The Church has to raise mnen to God by her teaching and moral discipline. Fundamental means to this end is her divine authority. Relation of authority to the individ- ual conscience. Possibility of serious conflict. Paramount rights of conscience, in and through which authority must work. Second great means the other-worldliness of her teaching. Produces a special Catholic temper, detachment from the world and asceticism, yet no denial of natural values. True meaning of asceticism. Celibacy and the mo- nastic life. The comprehensive ideal of the Church the man of perfect love. Effects of her work on her children. CHAPTER XIII ANAL.YTICAL CONTENTS medieval Inquisition, the persecution of witches, corrup- tion in head and members. In the second place there is the conflict betwveen authority and human liberty, and be- tween the claims of pcrsonality and the claims of the com- munity. Thirdly there is the conflict between piety and formalism. These difficulties ind their solution in Catho- lic eschatology. The Church of this world necessarily im- perfect, yet the gates of hell will not prevail against it and truth will always ultimately triumph. The Church too has to struggle for the crown. God permits so much weakness out of His very goodness. Love of the Catholic for his Church. 249 FOOTNOTES Catholicism in Its Actuality The reality at variance with the ideal. In the first place man cannot adequately conceive and represent God, and the divine must necessarily suffer in its incarnation

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Analytical Contents CHAPTER I Introductory An investigation into the fundamental nature of an infinitely various yet unitary thing. Not to be achieved without genuine sympathy and Catholic experience. Re markable present-day interest in Catholicism. Two reasons for it: the imposing fact of the Church, the moral and in- tellectual needs of the modern man. Influential Protestant writers plead for a better understanding of Catholicism. Aim of this book to promote this understanding, in all truthfulness and charity. 31 CHAPTER II Christ in the Church Intimate union of the Church with Christ. Manifested in her dogma which centres round Christ, in heI moral teaching which aims at making men like to Christ, in her worship which is performed through Christ. The sacra- ments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar, a working of Christ among His people. The same union of the Church with Christ shown in her pastoral and teaching office, in her sacramental doctrine, in her disciplinary authority. The whole structure permeated and bound together by Christ. CHAPTER III The Church the Body of Christ an not Church merely invisible kingdom, The but also a importance visible community. Fundamental of he com solidarity. of function. munity idea. The solidarity of mankind in sin and i demption a basic conception of ism of the Church represents and enforces that A unitary organism with inner differentiation of fune. Christianity. The organ. visible a of And possessing, necessity, expression of its character a unity, visible head. Essential of papal and epis- copal authority. Objections to it on the ground that it i inconsistent with our Lord's teaching. In reality a serice of the community in His name. CHAPTER IV Through the Church to Christ The genesis of Catholic faith. Three cardinal points: God, Christ, the Church. The existence of God discerm. ible by natural reason, but His love to be learnt only from revelation. Full faith in God attained by faith in Christ. How is faith in Christ attained? The apostles attained it preparatorily by. His personal teaching, fulfllingly by the pentecostal gift of the Holy Spirit. So we also: prepara- torily by the teaching of His living, apostolic Church, fulfllingly by the operation of His grace. Not from lifeless records, but from the living witness of a living organism sustained and animated by Him, from immediate contact with Christ living in His Church. Christianity more than a system of thought: a living stream of divine life lowing out fromn Christ and bearing His truth and His life, pure and uncontaminated, down the centuries. ANALYTICAL CONTENTS CLArTER V The Foundation of the Church in the Light of the Teaching of Jesus Church, Was the Church founded by Christ Himself, or is it the creation of His disciples? The objection, that our Lord's attitude towards Jewish religion and ecclesiastical author- ity is inconsistent with His foundation of a scientifically untenable. The obiections of the escha- tological school. Examination of our Lord's teaching con- cerning the coming of the Kingdom and concerning the end of the world. Chronological misconceptions of some of His disciples. The plain teaching of His parables. The foundation of the Church in the direct line of His thought: a Church in gradual process towards perfection and ever ordinated towards a supernatural and other- worldly goal. 99 CHAPTER VI The Church and Peter Special position of St. Peter among the twelve attested not only by the history of the primitive community, but by the witness of St. Paul. Unsatisfactory theories ad- vanced in explanation of this pre-eminence. The all. suficient explanation to be found in Matthew XVI. 13-19. This passage no Roman forgery or anti-Pauline in- terpolation. Significance of its details, especially of Si- mon's new name with its immediate and universal success. Certain that he was given a special authority by Christ Himself. But does this appertain to his successors? The di- vine intentions of our Lord, the witness of history. The Church based on Peter the only guardian of genuine faith in Christ and the only hope for our civilisation. lALYTICAL CoNTENh CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (i) the of doctrine, The three-fold The meaning Church; Church Church the Militant, the Suffering and the doc. trine of Purgatory, the Church Triumphant. The life of the saints in heaven one of ininite variehy and fruitfulness. They co-operate effectively with the Head in the organic life of the Body of Christ. Variety of type and of glory. The special privilege and incomparable tity of Mary the Mother of God. Sanc 133 CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (iü) Three vital movements within the Communion of Saints. (1) The communion of the Church Triumphant and Militant: veneration of the saints, their intercession for us and application of their merits to us, the doctrine of indulgences. (2) Communion of the Church Suffering and Militant: prayerS and masses for the dead. (3) Commun- ion of the members of the Church Militant among them- selves: in the priesthood of Christ, in prayer, in faith (and the influence of this communion on the development of doctrine ), in love. 159 CHAPTER IX The Catholicity of the Church The catholicity of the Church follows from her essential nature, and is based not only on the express injunction of Our Lord but on the universal spirit which is manifest in His teaching. Falsity of the view which maintains that He had mo unrrsl aim, The Church of her nature interna- tronal and supranational, llcr cxtcrmal catholicity bscd uon heT mternal catholicity which is manifcsted in two wa3; m a complcte acccptance of the full revelation of Knphire and tradition, and in a complcte acceptance and derstandıng of human nature. Reverencing the body and dcfecndng human rcason, she pIovides for the whole man. Finally, she treasures all genuine values wherever they are to be found. 177 CHAPTER X The Church Necessary for Salvation Exclusivencss of the Church inevitable and a primitive conviction crystallized in St. Cyprian's sentence: Outside the Church no salvation. Necessity of this exclusivencss to protect her being. The sentence not aimed at non- Catholic individuals, nor an unqualiied denunciation of non-Catholic communions. Church's belief in the validity of non-Catholic baptism and schismatical orders. Her be- lief also in non-Catholic piety and even sanctity. Pagans and the baptism of desire. No bounds to the operation of the grace of Christ. True meaning of the sentence, from the theological standpoint and the psychological. Persecu- tion of heretics not to be attributed to the Church as such, but to the political temper and mental outlook of an age, and now forbidden by the canon law. Bona-fide non. Catholic a member of the soul of the Church. The invisi- ble union of all true Christians must some day be a visible union. 195 CHAPTER XI The Sacramental Action of the Church Purpose of the Church the sanctiication of men. This the work of grace, and therefore her chief duty the sacra- ANALYTCAt COTE 4 Man not purely passive, b Mi justification co must operate with gce. His at the sane product the and sanctification, his time the new charity, He has to grow continually supematurat in grace, sental mediation of gnice. man he may still fall from grace. This sible for the malady of scrupulosity. "The seven sacrament the Catholic a eal and immediate Eive experience of God's action. Deep influence Catholic in piety of the doctrine not Tespon Mass, of the Real Presence, of the practice of Confession Sll with which the Church employs these sacramental realities, especially in associating them with the regular course of human life. Extends her sanctifying action to the whole framework of human life and pursues a constant effort to bring God down to men. 213 CHAPTER XII The Educative Action of the Church The Church has to raise mnen to God by her teaching and moral discipline. Fundamental means to this end is her divine authority. Relation of authority to the individ- ual conscience. Possibility of serious conflict. Paramount rights of conscience, in and through which authority must work. Second great means the other-worldliness of her teaching. Produces a special Catholic temper, detachment from the world and asceticism, yet no denial of natural values. True meaning of asceticism. Celibacy and the mo- nastic life. The comprehensive ideal of the Church the man of perfect love. Effects of her work on her children. CHAPTER XIII ANAL.YTICAL CONTENTS medieval Inquisition, the persecution of witches, corrup- tion in head and members. In the second place there is the conflict betwveen authority and human liberty, and be- tween the claims of pcrsonality and the claims of the com- munity. Thirdly there is the conflict between piety and formalism. These difficulties ind their solution in Catho- lic eschatology. The Church of this world necessarily im- perfect, yet the gates of hell will not prevail against it and truth will always ultimately triumph. The Church too has to struggle for the crown. God permits so much weakness out of His very goodness. Love of the Catholic for his Church. 249 FOOTNOTES Catholicism in Its Actuality The reality at variance with the ideal. In the first place man cannot adequately conceive and represent God, and the divine must necessarily suffer in its incarnation

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Analytical Contents CHAPTER I Introductory An investigation into the fundamental nature of an infinitely various yet unitary thing. Not to be achieved without genuine sympathy and Catholic experience. Re markable present-day interest in Catholicism. Two reasons for it: the imposing fact of the Church, the moral and in- tellectual needs of the modern man. Influential Protestant writers plead for a better understanding of Catholicism. Aim of this book to promote this understanding, in all truthfulness and charity. 31 CHAPTER II Christ in the Church Intimate union of the Church with Christ. Manifested in her dogma which centres round Christ, in heI moral teaching which aims at making men like to Christ, in her worship which is performed through Christ. The sacra- ments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar, a working of Christ among His people. The same union of the Church with Christ shown in her pastoral and teaching office, in her sacramental doctrine, in her disciplinary authority. The whole structure permeated and bound together by Christ. CHAPTER III The Church the Body of Christ an not Church merely invisible kingdom, The but also a importance visible community. Fundamental of he com solidarity. of function. munity idea. The solidarity of mankind in sin and i demption a basic conception of ism of the Church represents and enforces that A unitary organism with inner differentiation of fune. Christianity. The organ. visible a of And possessing, necessity, expression of its character a unity, visible head. Essential of papal and epis- copal authority. Objections to it on the ground that it i inconsistent with our Lord's teaching. In reality a serice of the community in His name. CHAPTER IV Through the Church to Christ The genesis of Catholic faith. Three cardinal points: God, Christ, the Church. The existence of God discerm. ible by natural reason, but His love to be learnt only from revelation. Full faith in God attained by faith in Christ. How is faith in Christ attained? The apostles attained it preparatorily by. His personal teaching, fulfllingly by the pentecostal gift of the Holy Spirit. So we also: prepara- torily by the teaching of His living, apostolic Church, fulfllingly by the operation of His grace. Not from lifeless records, but from the living witness of a living organism sustained and animated by Him, from immediate contact with Christ living in His Church. Christianity more than a system of thought: a living stream of divine life lowing out fromn Christ and bearing His truth and His life, pure and uncontaminated, down the centuries. ANALYTICAL CONTENTS CLArTER V The Foundation of the Church in the Light of the Teaching of Jesus Church, Was the Church founded by Christ Himself, or is it the creation of His disciples? The objection, that our Lord's attitude towards Jewish religion and ecclesiastical author- ity is inconsistent with His foundation of a scientifically untenable. The obiections of the escha- tological school. Examination of our Lord's teaching con- cerning the coming of the Kingdom and concerning the end of the world. Chronological misconceptions of some of His disciples. The plain teaching of His parables. The foundation of the Church in the direct line of His thought: a Church in gradual process towards perfection and ever ordinated towards a supernatural and other- worldly goal. 99 CHAPTER VI The Church and Peter Special position of St. Peter among the twelve attested not only by the history of the primitive community, but by the witness of St. Paul. Unsatisfactory theories ad- vanced in explanation of this pre-eminence. The all. suficient explanation to be found in Matthew XVI. 13-19. This passage no Roman forgery or anti-Pauline in- terpolation. Significance of its details, especially of Si- mon's new name with its immediate and universal success. Certain that he was given a special authority by Christ Himself. But does this appertain to his successors? The di- vine intentions of our Lord, the witness of history. The Church based on Peter the only guardian of genuine faith in Christ and the only hope for our civilisation. lALYTICAL CoNTENh CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (i) the of doctrine, The three-fold The meaning Church; Church Church the Militant, the Suffering and the doc. trine of Purgatory, the Church Triumphant. The life of the saints in heaven one of ininite variehy and fruitfulness. They co-operate effectively with the Head in the organic life of the Body of Christ. Variety of type and of glory. The special privilege and incomparable tity of Mary the Mother of God. Sanc 133 CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (iü) Three vital movements within the Communion of Saints. (1) The communion of the Church Triumphant and Militant: veneration of the saints, their intercession for us and application of their merits to us, the doctrine of indulgences. (2) Communion of the Church Suffering and Militant: prayerS and masses for the dead. (3) Commun- ion of the members of the Church Militant among them- selves: in the priesthood of Christ, in prayer, in faith (and the influence of this communion on the development of doctrine ), in love. 159 CHAPTER IX The Catholicity of the Church The catholicity of the Church follows from her essential nature, and is based not only on the express injunction of Our Lord but on the universal spirit which is manifest in His teaching. Falsity of the view which maintains that He had mo unrrsl aim, The Church of her nature interna- tronal and supranational, llcr cxtcrmal catholicity bscd uon heT mternal catholicity which is manifcsted in two wa3; m a complcte acccptance of the full revelation of Knphire and tradition, and in a complcte acceptance and derstandıng of human nature. Reverencing the body and dcfecndng human rcason, she pIovides for the whole man. Finally, she treasures all genuine values wherever they are to be found. 177 CHAPTER X The Church Necessary for Salvation Exclusivencss of the Church inevitable and a primitive conviction crystallized in St. Cyprian's sentence: Outside the Church no salvation. Necessity of this exclusivencss to protect her being. The sentence not aimed at non- Catholic individuals, nor an unqualiied denunciation of non-Catholic communions. Church's belief in the validity of non-Catholic baptism and schismatical orders. Her be- lief also in non-Catholic piety and even sanctity. Pagans and the baptism of desire. No bounds to the operation of the grace of Christ. True meaning of the sentence, from the theological standpoint and the psychological. Persecu- tion of heretics not to be attributed to the Church as such, but to the political temper and mental outlook of an age, and now forbidden by the canon law. Bona-fide non. Catholic a member of the soul of the Church. The invisi- ble union of all true Christians must some day be a visible union. 195 CHAPTER XI The Sacramental Action of the Church Purpose of the Church the sanctiication of men. This the work of grace, and therefore her chief duty the sacra- ANALYTCAt COTE 4 Man not purely passive, b Mi justification co must operate with gce. His at the sane product the and sanctification, his time the new charity, He has to grow continually supematurat in grace, sental mediation of gnice. man he may still fall from grace. This sible for the malady of scrupulosity. "The seven sacrament the Catholic a eal and immediate Eive experience of God's action. Deep influence Catholic in piety of the doctrine not Tespon Mass, of the Real Presence, of the practice of Confession Sll with which the Church employs these sacramental realities, especially in associating them with the regular course of human life. Extends her sanctifying action to the whole framework of human life and pursues a constant effort to bring God down to men. 213 CHAPTER XII The Educative Action of the Church The Church has to raise mnen to God by her teaching and moral discipline. Fundamental means to this end is her divine authority. Relation of authority to the individ- ual conscience. Possibility of serious conflict. Paramount rights of conscience, in and through which authority must work. Second great means the other-worldliness of her teaching. Produces a special Catholic temper, detachment from the world and asceticism, yet no denial of natural values. True meaning of asceticism. Celibacy and the mo- nastic life. The comprehensive ideal of the Church the man of perfect love. Effects of her work on her children. CHAPTER XIII ANAL.YTICAL CONTENTS medieval Inquisition, the persecution of witches, corrup- tion in head and members. In the second place there is the conflict betwveen authority and human liberty, and be- tween the claims of pcrsonality and the claims of the com- munity. Thirdly there is the conflict between piety and formalism. These difficulties ind their solution in Catho- lic eschatology. The Church of this world necessarily im- perfect, yet the gates of hell will not prevail against it and truth will always ultimately triumph. The Church too has to struggle for the crown. God permits so much weakness out of His very goodness. Love of the Catholic for his Church. 249 FOOTNOTES Catholicism in Its Actuality The reality at variance with the ideal. In the first place man cannot adequately conceive and represent God, and the divine must necessarily suffer in its incarnation

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Analytical Contents CHAPTER I Introductory An investigation into the fundamental nature of an infinitely various yet unitary thing. Not to be achieved without genuine sympathy and Catholic experience. Re markable present-day interest in Catholicism. Two reasons for it: the imposing fact of the Church, the moral and in- tellectual needs of the modern man. Influential Protestant writers plead for a better understanding of Catholicism. Aim of this book to promote this understanding, in all truthfulness and charity. 31 CHAPTER II Christ in the Church Intimate union of the Church with Christ. Manifested in her dogma which centres round Christ, in heI moral teaching which aims at making men like to Christ, in her worship which is performed through Christ. The sacra- ments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar, a working of Christ among His people. The same union of the Church with Christ shown in her pastoral and teaching office, in her sacramental doctrine, in her disciplinary authority. The whole structure permeated and bound together by Christ. CHAPTER III The Church the Body of Christ an not Church merely invisible kingdom, The but also a importance visible community. Fundamental of he com solidarity. of function. munity idea. The solidarity of mankind in sin and i demption a basic conception of ism of the Church represents and enforces that A unitary organism with inner differentiation of fune. Christianity. The organ. visible a of And possessing, necessity, expression of its character a unity, visible head. Essential of papal and epis- copal authority. Objections to it on the ground that it i inconsistent with our Lord's teaching. In reality a serice of the community in His name. CHAPTER IV Through the Church to Christ The genesis of Catholic faith. Three cardinal points: God, Christ, the Church. The existence of God discerm. ible by natural reason, but His love to be learnt only from revelation. Full faith in God attained by faith in Christ. How is faith in Christ attained? The apostles attained it preparatorily by. His personal teaching, fulfllingly by the pentecostal gift of the Holy Spirit. So we also: prepara- torily by the teaching of His living, apostolic Church, fulfllingly by the operation of His grace. Not from lifeless records, but from the living witness of a living organism sustained and animated by Him, from immediate contact with Christ living in His Church. Christianity more than a system of thought: a living stream of divine life lowing out fromn Christ and bearing His truth and His life, pure and uncontaminated, down the centuries. ANALYTICAL CONTENTS CLArTER V The Foundation of the Church in the Light of the Teaching of Jesus Church, Was the Church founded by Christ Himself, or is it the creation of His disciples? The objection, that our Lord's attitude towards Jewish religion and ecclesiastical author- ity is inconsistent with His foundation of a scientifically untenable. The obiections of the escha- tological school. Examination of our Lord's teaching con- cerning the coming of the Kingdom and concerning the end of the world. Chronological misconceptions of some of His disciples. The plain teaching of His parables. The foundation of the Church in the direct line of His thought: a Church in gradual process towards perfection and ever ordinated towards a supernatural and other- worldly goal. 99 CHAPTER VI The Church and Peter Special position of St. Peter among the twelve attested not only by the history of the primitive community, but by the witness of St. Paul. Unsatisfactory theories ad- vanced in explanation of this pre-eminence. The all. suficient explanation to be found in Matthew XVI. 13-19. This passage no Roman forgery or anti-Pauline in- terpolation. Significance of its details, especially of Si- mon's new name with its immediate and universal success. Certain that he was given a special authority by Christ Himself. But does this appertain to his successors? The di- vine intentions of our Lord, the witness of history. The Church based on Peter the only guardian of genuine faith in Christ and the only hope for our civilisation. lALYTICAL CoNTENh CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (i) the of doctrine, The three-fold The meaning Church; Church Church the Militant, the Suffering and the doc. trine of Purgatory, the Church Triumphant. The life of the saints in heaven one of ininite variehy and fruitfulness. They co-operate effectively with the Head in the organic life of the Body of Christ. Variety of type and of glory. The special privilege and incomparable tity of Mary the Mother of God. Sanc 133 CHAPTER VII The Communion of Saints (iü) Three vital movements within the Communion of Saints. (1) The communion of the Church Triumphant and Militant: veneration of the saints, their intercession for us and application of their merits to us, the doctrine of indulgences. (2) Communion of the Church Suffering and Militant: prayerS and masses for the dead. (3) Commun- ion of the members of the Church Militant among them- selves: in the priesthood of Christ, in prayer, in faith (and the influence of this communion on the development of doctrine ), in love. 159 CHAPTER IX The Catholicity of the Church The catholicity of the Church follows from her essential nature, and is based not only on the express injunction of Our Lord but on the universal spirit which is manifest in His teaching. Falsity of the view which maintains that He had mo unrrsl aim, The Church of her nature interna- tronal and supranational, llcr cxtcrmal catholicity bscd uon heT mternal catholicity which is manifcsted in two wa3; m a complcte acccptance of the full revelation of Knphire and tradition, and in a complcte acceptance and derstandıng of human nature. Reverencing the body and dcfecndng human rcason, she pIovides for the whole man. Finally, she treasures all genuine values wherever they are to be found. 177 CHAPTER X The Church Necessary for Salvation Exclusivencss of the Church inevitable and a primitive conviction crystallized in St. Cyprian's sentence: Outside the Church no salvation. Necessity of this exclusivencss to protect her being. The sentence not aimed at non- Catholic individuals, nor an unqualiied denunciation of non-Catholic communions. Church's belief in the validity of non-Catholic baptism and schismatical orders. Her be- lief also in non-Catholic piety and even sanctity. Pagans and the baptism of desire. No bounds to the operation of the grace of Christ. True meaning of the sentence, from the theological standpoint and the psychological. Persecu- tion of heretics not to be attributed to the Church as such, but to the political temper and mental outlook of an age, and now forbidden by the canon law. Bona-fide non. Catholic a member of the soul of the Church. The invisi- ble union of all true Christians must some day be a visible union. 195 CHAPTER XI The Sacramental Action of the Church Purpose of the Church the sanctiication of men. This the work of grace, and therefore her chief duty the sacra- ANALYTCAt COTE 4 Man not purely passive, b Mi justification co must operate with gce. His at the sane product the and sanctification, his time the new charity, He has to grow continually supematurat in grace, sental mediation of gnice. man he may still fall from grace. This sible for the malady of scrupulosity. "The seven sacrament the Catholic a eal and immediate Eive experience of God's action. Deep influence Catholic in piety of the doctrine not Tespon Mass, of the Real Presence, of the practice of Confession Sll with which the Church employs these sacramental realities, especially in associating them with the regular course of human life. Extends her sanctifying action to the whole framework of human life and pursues a constant effort to bring God down to men. 213 CHAPTER XII The Educative Action of the Church The Church has to raise mnen to God by her teaching and moral discipline. Fundamental means to this end is her divine authority. Relation of authority to the individ- ual conscience. Possibility of serious conflict. Paramount rights of conscience, in and through which authority must work. Second great means the other-worldliness of her teaching. Produces a special Catholic temper, detachment from the world and asceticism, yet no denial of natural values. True meaning of asceticism. Celibacy and the mo- nastic life. The comprehensive ideal of the Church the man of perfect love. Effects of her work on her children. CHAPTER XIII ANAL.YTICAL CONTENTS medieval Inquisition, the persecution of witches, corrup- tion in head and members. In the second place there is the conflict betwveen authority and human liberty, and be- tween the claims of pcrsonality and the claims of the com- munity. Thirdly there is the conflict between piety and formalism. These difficulties ind their solution in Catho- lic eschatology. The Church of this world necessarily im- perfect, yet the gates of hell will not prevail against it and truth will always ultimately triumph. The Church too has to struggle for the crown. God permits so much weakness out of His very goodness. Love of the Catholic for his Church. 249 FOOTNOTES Catholicism in Its Actuality The reality at variance with the ideal. In the first place man cannot adequately conceive and represent God, and the divine must necessarily suffer in its incarnation