Choose a topic from Vol 1:

Book 1 Introductory Pages

God

• God's existence known by reason
• Nature of God
• Providence of God and Problem of Evil

Man

• Nature of man
• Existence and nature of the soul
• Immortality of the soul
• Destiny of the soul
• Freewill of man

Religion

• Nature of religion
• Necessity of religion

The Religion of the Bible

• Natural religion
• Revealed religion
• Mysteries of religion
• Miracles
• Value of the Gospels
• Inspiration of the Bible
• Old Testament difficulties
• New Testament difficulties

The Christian Faith

• The religion of the Jews
• Truth of Christianity
• Nature and necessity of faith

A Definite Christian Faith

• Conflicting Churches
• Are all one Church?
• Is one religion as good as another?
• The fallacy of indifference

The Failure of Protestantism

• Protestantism erroneous
• Luther
• Anglicanism
• Greek Orthodox Church
• Wesley
• Baptists
• Adventists
• Salvation Army
• Witnesses of Jehovah
• Christian Science
• Theosophy
• Spiritualism
• Catholic intolerance

The Truth of Catholicism

• Nature of the Church
• The true Church
• Hierarchy of the Church
• The Pope
• Temporal power
• Infallibility
• Unity
• Holiness
• Catholicity
• Apostolicity
• Indefectibility
• Outside the Church no salvation

The Catholic Church and the Bible

• Not opposed to the Bible
• The reading of the Bible
• Protestants and the Bible
• Bible Only a false principle
• The necessity of Tradition
• The authority of the Catholic Church

The Church and Her Dogmas

• Dogmatic truth
• Development of dogma
• Dogma and reason
• Rationalism
• The Holy Trinity
• Creation
• Angels
• Devils
• Man
• Sin
• Christ
• Mary
• Grace and salvation
• The Sacraments
• Baptism
• Confirmation
• Confession
• Holy Eucharist
• The Sacrifice of the Mass
• Holy Communion
• Priesthood
• Matrimony
• Divorce
• Extreme Unction
• Judgment
• The Millenium
• Hell
• Purgatory
• Prayer for the Dead
• Indulgences
• Heaven
• The resurrection of the body
• The general Judgment
• The End of the World

The Church in Her Moral Teachings

• Veracity
• Mental restriction
• Charity
• Ecclesiastical censures
• Liberty
• Index of Prohibited Books
• Persecution
• The Inquisition
• Jesuits
• Catholic Intolerance
• Protestant services
• Freemasonry
• Cremation
• Gambling
• Prohibition of drink
• Sunday Observance
• Fasting
• Celibacy
• Convent life
• Mixed Marriages
• Birth control

The Church in Her Worship

• Holy Water
• Genuflection
• Sign of the Cross
• Images
• Liturgical ceremonial
• Spiritual Healing
• The use of Latin
• Devotion to Mary
• The Rosary
• The Angelus
• Devotion to the Saints
• The worship of relics

The Church and Social Welfare

• Poverty of Catholics
• Catholic and Protestant countries
• The Church and education
• The Social Problem
• The Church and Capitalism
• The Church and the Worker
• Socialism