TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction xiii Prayer before and after Catechism - xxix CATECHISM — COURSE FIRST. Chapter I. — Teaching of Religion — Catechism 31 II. — Teaching of Religion — Scripture and Tradition 33 III. — Knowledge of God — God considered in himself 36 IV. — God considered In his works — First day of Creation 38 V. — Second day of Creation 39 VI. — Third day of Creation 41 VII. — Third and Fourth days of Creation 43 VIII. — Fourth day of Creation, concluded 45 IX. — Fifth day of Creation 47 X. — End of the Fifth and beginning of the Sixth da of Creation 48 XI. — End of the Sixth day of Creation 50 XII. — Knowledge of Man — Man considered in himself 52 XIII. — Man considered in his relations to creatures 54 XIV. — Man considered in his relations to God 55 XV. — Knowledge of the Angels 57 XVI. — The Fall of Man 59 XVII. — Justice reconciled in the punishment of original sin 61 XVIII. — Necessity of faith in the mystery of the Redemption — History of Job 63 XIX. — Knowledge of Religion, it's great grace - 65 XX. — What is Religion? 67 XXI. — The Messiah promised and prefigured — Adam and Abel, first and second figures of the Messiah 69 XXII. — Noah the third figure (A.C. 2348) 71 XXIII. — Melchisedech, fourth figure (A.C. 2247-1921) 73 XXIV. — Isaac, the fifth figure (A.C. 1871-1836) 75 XXV. — Jacob, sixth figure (A. C. 1739) 76 XXVI. — Joseph, seventh figure (A.C. 1729-1689) 78 XXVII. — The Paschal Lamb, eighth figure (A.C. 491) 79 XXVIII. — The Manna, ninth figure (A.C. 1491) 81 XXIX. — The Sacrifice and Brazen Serpent, tenth and eleventh figures (A.C. 1451) 82 XXX. — Moses, twelfth figure (A.C. 1451) 84 XXXI. — Joshua, thirteenth figure (A.C. 1450-1426) 85 XXXII. — Gideon, fourteenth figure (A.C. 1405) 87 XXXIII — Samson, fifteenth figure (A.C. 1245-1117) 89 XXXIV. — Seventh promise of the Messiah (A.C. 1116-1048) 91 XXXV. — David, sixteenth figure (A.C. 1022-1015) 92 XXXVI. — Solomon, seventeenth figure (A.C. 1015-982) 94 XXXVII. — Jonas, eighteenth figure (A.C. 975-822) 96 XXXVIII. — Messiah foretold. Prophecies of David (A.C. 1000) 98 XXXIX. — Prophecies of Isaias (A.C. 720) 100 XL. — Prophecies of Osee, Michaes, Joel, and Jeremias (A.C. 600) 102 XLI. — Prophecy of Ezechiel (A.C. 582) 104 XLII. — Prophecies of Daniel (A.C. 551 538) 105 XLIII. — Prophecies of Aggeus, Zacharias, and Malachias (A.C. 638-454) 107 XLIV. — Summary and Application of the promises, figures, and prophecies 110 XLV. — Preparation for the Messiah — Monarchy of the Assyrians and Persians (A.C. 900-460) - 113 XLVI. — History of Judith (A.C. 810) 116 XLVII. — History of Tobias (A. C. 611) 118 XLVIII. — History of Esther (A.C. 460) 119 XLIX. — Monarchy of the Greeks and Romans (A.C. 836-170) 121 L. — History of the Machabees (A.C. 170) 123 LI. — Unity of Religion and the Church 125 LII. — Influence of Religion 127 COURSE SECOND. Chapter I. — State of the world at the coming of the Messiah 130 II — Birth of the Messiah 182 III. — Hidden Life of our Lord Jesus Christ 134 IV. — Public Life of our Lord First year - 136 V. — First year 138 VI. — First year 140 VII. — Second year 142 VIII. — Second year 144 IX. — Third year 146 X. — Third year 149 XI. — Third year 151 XII. — Passion of our Lord 163 XIII. — Passion of our Lord, continued 155 XIV. — The Burial and Resurrection of our Lord 159 XV. — The Glorious Life of our Lord 161 XVI. — Our Lord the Restorer of the world 163 XVII. — Our Lord the new Adam 166 XVIII. — First and second articles of the Creed 168 XIX. — Third, fourth, and fifth articles of the Creed 171 XX. — Purgatory 173 XXI. — Sixth and seventh articles of the Creed 175 XXII. — Eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh articles of the Creed 177 XXIII. — Twelfth article of the Creed — Sign of the Cross 179 XXIV. — Hope and Charity - 181 XXV. — Charity — The Decalogue - 183 XXVI. — First Commandment - 185 XXVII. — First Commandment continued — Second Commandment 188 XXVII. — Second Commandment continued — Third commandment 190 XXVIII. — Fourth Commandment 192 XXX. — Fifth, sixth, and ninth Commandments 195 XXXI. — Seventh and tenth Commandments 197 XXXII. — Eighth Commandment - 199 XXXIII. - The Sacraments - 201 XXXIV. — Of Baptism - 203 XXXV. — Baptism continued 205 XXXVI. — Of Confirmation - 207 XXXVII. — The Eucharist - 209 XXXVIII. — The Eucharist, continued - 211 XXXIX. — Penance - 213 XL. — Penance, continued - 216 XLI. — Penance, continued - 218 XLII. — Indulgence — The Jubilee - 220 XLIII. — Extreme Unction - 221 XLIV. — Sacrament of Holy Orders - 223 XLV. — Sacrament of Holy Orders, continued 226 XLVI. — Sacrament of Matrimony - 228 XLVII. — Grace and Prayer - 230 XLVIII. — End of our Union with Christ 233 XLIX. — End of our Union with Christ, continued 235 L. — Obstacles to our Union with our Lord - 237 LI. — The Church - 238 LII. — The Church, continued 241 COURSE THIRD. Chapter I. — Christianity established — First preaching of the Apostles — First Century - 244 II. — Lives of SS. Peter and Paul - 246 III. — Life of St. Paul, continued - 249 IV. — Lives of the other Apostles - 250 V. — Manners of the Pagans - 253 VI. — Manners of the Christians- 255 VII. — Manners of the Christians, continued 256 VIII. — Manners of the Christians, continued - 258 IX. — First century - 260 X. — First and second Persecutions - 262 XI. — Third and fourth Persecutions — Second Century 264 XII. — Fifth and sixth Persecutions - 266 XIII. — Sixth Persecution - 268 XIV. — Seventh Persecution — Third Century - 270 XV. — Eighth and ninth Persecutions - 272 XVI. — Tenth Persecution — Third and fourth Centuries 274 XVII. — Tenth Persecution, continued — Fourth Century 275 XVIII. — Tenth Persecution, continued - 277 XIX. — Tenth Persecution, continued 278 XX. — Divinity of Religion - 280 XXI. — Arius — St. Athanasius — Fourth Century 282 XXII. — St. Hilary — St. Martin — St. Gregory Nazianzen — St. Basil - 284 XXIII. — St. Hilarion, St. Ambrose, St Augustin — Second General Council — Fourth and fifth centuries - 286 XXIV. — St Chrysostom, St. Jerome, St. Arsenius. — Third and fourth General Councils — Fifth Century, continued - 288 XXV. — St. Patrick, St. Clotilda, St Benedict — Fifth General Council — Fifth and sixth Centuries 290 XXVI. — St. Austin, and St. John the Almoner — Sixth and seventh centuries 292 XXVII. — St. John the Almoner, continued — The true Cross restored — Seventh Century - 293 XXVIII. — St. Sophromus — Sixtn General Connell — St. Willibrod — Seventh and eighth Centuries 295 XXIX. — St. Boniface — Martyrdom of the Religious of Leirns and of St. Stephen — Eighth Century 297 XXX. — St. John Damascen — Seventh General Council — Eighth and ninth Centuries 298 XXXI. — Eighth General Council — Conversion of the Russians and Normans — Ninth and tenth Centuries 300 XXXII. — St. Gerard, St. Odon, St. Adelaide — Conversion of the Poles — Tenth Century 302 XXXIII. — St. Bruno, St. William, St. Gregory VII. — Eleventh century 303 XXXIV. — Founding of the great St. Bernard — Eleventh Century 304 XXXV. — Conversion of the Hungarians — Eleventh Century, continued 307 XXXVI. — Founding of several Religions Orders — Eleventh and twelfth Centuries 309 XXXVII. — Twelfth Century, continued 311 XXXVIII. — Council of Lateran — Conversion of the Rugians Twelfth and thirteenth Centuries - 312 XXXIX. — Establishment of the Mendicant Orders — Thirteenth Century, continued 314 XL. — General Councils of Lateran and Lyons — Thirteenth Century, continued 315 XLI. — Founding of the Celtic Friars — Fourteenth Century 317 XLII. — General Council of Vienna — Fourteenth Century 318 XLIII. — Council of Constance - Fifteenth Century - 320 XLIV. — Council of Florence — Discovery of America — Fifteenth Century, continued 321 XLV. — Combat of the Church with Protestantism — Sixteenth Century 322 XLVI. — Brothers of St. John of God and the Jesuits — Sixteenth Century, continued 324 XLVII. — Council of Trent — The Ursulines — End of the Sixteenth Century 326 XLVIII. — Missions to America and the Levant — Seventeenth Century 327 XLIX. — Martyrs of Japan — Seventeenth Century, continued 329 L. — Founding of the Brothers of the Christian Schools — Missions in China and America — Eighteenth Century 330 LI. — Many Apologists of Religion — Eighteenth Century, continued 331 LII. — The Clergy of France — Martyrs of the Revolution-End of the Eighteenth Century - 333 COURSE FOURTH. Chapter I. — Christianity visible — Necessity and advantages of exterior worship - 335 II. — Origin of Ceremonies - 336 III. — Of Churches - 337 IV. — Churches, continued 339 V. — Of Blessings and Cemeteries - 341 VI. — Of Festivals, their object and beauty 342 VII. — The Sunday — The Office 343 VIII. — The Office, continued - 345 IX. — Office, continued - 346 X. — Office, concluded — Use of Latin — The Chant 348 XI. — Of Sacrifice in general, and Mass in particular - 349 XII. — Of the Vestments of the Priest - 351 XIII. — Ornaments of Bishops — Colour of Ornaments - 352 XIV. — Sacred Vessels and Holy Water - 354 XV. — Procession and the first part of the Mass - 356 XVI. — Use of Incense, and the second part of the Mass - 357 XVII. — Second Part of the Mass, continued 358 XVIII. — Second and third part of the Mass - 360 XIX. — Third Part of the Mass - 361 XX. — Third and fourth part of the Mass - 363 XXI. — Fourth part of the Mass, continued 364 XXII. — Fifth part of the Mass - 365 XXIII. — Sixth part of the Mass - 367 XXIV. — Days of the week and month - 368 XXV. — Advent - 369 XXVI. — Feast of the Immaculate Conception - 371 XXVII. — Ember days and Vigils - 372 XXVIII. — Christmas - 373 XXIX. — Feast of the Circumcision - 375 XXX. — Epiphany - 376 XXXI. — Purification - 377 XXXII. — Lent - 379 XXXIII. — Ash Wednesday — Liturgy of Lent 3&0 XXXIV. — Last fifteen days of Lent - 381 XXXV. — Palm Sunday — Holy Thursday - 383 XXXVI. — Good Friday - 384 XXXVII. — Holy Saturday - 386 XXXVIII. — Easter 387 XXXIX. — The Annunciation - 388 XL. — Month of Mary — Scapular — Rosary - 390 XLI. — Rogations — Procession of St Maik - 391 XLII. — The Ascension - 392 XLIII. — Pentecost - 393 XLIV. — Feast of the Holy Trinity - 394 XLV. — Corpus Christi - 396 XLVI. — Feast of the Sacred Heart - 397 XLVII. — Visitation — Assumption - 398 Digitized by Google.

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