OF

THE CATHOLIC RELIGION,

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF THE REV.
JOSEPH DEHARBE, S.J.,

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BY THE

REV. JOHN FANDER;

PRECEDED BY SHORT HISTORY OF RELIGION

FROM THE

CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

With Questions for Examination.

REVISED, WITH ADDITIONS, BY AN AMERICAN ECCLESIASTIC.

ELEVENTH AMERICAN EDITION.

NEW YORK:

THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION SOCIETY CO..

9 BARCLAY STREET.

1880.

John Card Molestay

Archbühop of New work

NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 19, 1876.

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COPYRIGHTED BY L. KEHOK. 1876.

CONTENTS.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE,

PREFACE TO AMERICAN EDITION,

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND MARKS,

HISTORY OF RELIGION.

I. HISTORY BEFORE CHRIST.

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On God, and His Attributes or Perfections,

On the Three Divine Persons,

On the Creation and Government of the World,

On the Angels,

On our First Parents and their Fall,

SECOND ARTICLE,

Jesus Christ the promised Messias,

Jesus Christ, true God,

THIRD ARTICLE,

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On the Church and the Form of her Government,

On the End of the Church, and on her Qualities re-

sulting from this End,

(1.) On the Infallibility of the Church,

(2.) On Salvation in the true Church of Christ

alone,

On the Communion of Saints,

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ON THE VIOLATION OF THE COMMANDMENTS, OR ON SIN,

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