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The Faith of Our Fathers

Gibbons, James

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Chapters

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00 - Preface and Introduction (14:40)
01 - Chapter 1 - The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc. (7:12)
02 - Chapter 2 - The Unity of the Church (20:44)
03 - Chapter 3 - The Holiness of the Church (23:09)
04 - Chapter 4 - Catholicity (16:14)
05 - Chapter 5 - Apostolicity (25:14)
06 - Chapter 6 - Perpetuity of the Church (24:27)
07 - Chapter 7 - Infallible Authority of the Church (21:06)
08 - Chapter 8 -The Church and the Bible (32:29)
09 - Chapter 9 - The Primacy of Peter (22:54)
10 - Chapter 10 - The Supremacy of the Popes (22:07)
11 - Chapter 11 - Infallibility of the Popes (26:48)
12 - Chapter 12 - Temporal Power of the Popes (26:23)
13 - Chapter 13 - The Invocation of Saints (20:46)
14 - Chapter 14, Part 1: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is It Lawful to Honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as a Saint (47:50)
15 - Chapter 14, Part 2: The Blessed Virgin Mary - Is it Lawful to Invoke Her? Is it Lawful to Imitate Her as a Model (16:09)
16 - Chapter 15 - Sacred Images (24:29)
17 - Chapter 16 - Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead (28:26)
18 - Chapter 17 - Civil and Religious Liberty (41:39)
19 - Chapter 18 - Charges of Religious Persecution (30:40)
20 - Chapter 19 - Grace-The Sacraments-Original Sin-Baptism-Its Neccesity-Its Effects-Manner of Baptizing (20:18)
21 - Chapter 20 - The Sacrament of Confirmation (11:14)
22 - Chapter 21 - The Holy Eucharist (23:17)
23 - Chapter 22 - Communion Under One Kind (13:15)
24 - Chapter 23 - The Sacrifice of the Mass (24:21)
25 - Chapter 24 - The Use of Religious Ceremonies Dictated by Right Reason (12:08)
26 - Chapter 25 - Ceremonials of the Mass (19:19)
27 - Chapter 26, Part 1 - The Sacrament of Penance: The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance (57:51)
28 - Chapter 26, Part 2 - The Sacrament of Penance: On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant Countries (10:48)
29 - Chapter 27 - Indulgences (17:13)
30 - Chapter 28 - Extreme Unction (5:56)
31 - Chapter 29 - The Priesthood (23:23)
32 - Chapter 30 - Celibacy of the Clergy (16:13)
33 - Chapter 31 - Matrimony (20:03)

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