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Title: Christendom anno Domini MDCCCCI ... A presentation of Christian conditions and activities in every country of the world at the beginning of the twentieth century, by more than sixty competent contributors
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Grant, William Daniel, 1853- ed
Subjects: Church history -- 20th century Christianity Missions
Publisher: New York : C. Holt
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ent of the Eucharist; The seven Sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ for the salvation of man-kind ; that is to say, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, ExtremeUnction, Order, Matrimony ; Purgatorj-, the Resurrection of the dead. Everlasting life; The Primacy, not only of honor but also of jurisdiction, of the RomanPontiff, successor of St. Peter. Prince of the Apostles, Vicar of Jesus Christ; The veneration of the saints, and of their images; The authority of the Apostolic and Ecclesiastical Traditions, and of theHoly Scriptures, which we must interpret and understand only in the sensewhich our holy mother the Catholic Church has hold, and does hold ; And everything else that has been define<l and declared by the sacred Canons,.and by the General Councils, and particularly by the holy Council of Trent,and dclivorpd, defined, and declared by the General Council of the Vatican, es-pecially concerning the Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, and his infallibleteaching authority. 176
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HIS HOLINESS, POPE LEO XIII. The common welfare urgently demands a return to Him from whom we shouldnever have gone astray : to Him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life—and thison the part not only of individuals but of society as a whole.—Z^o XIII.s Message tothe Twe?itteth Century. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY. 177 With a sincere iieart, therefoi-e, and with unfeigned faith, I detest andabjure every error, heresy, and sect opposed to the said Holy, Catholic, andApostolic Roman Church. So help me God, and these His holy Gospels,which I touch with my hand.—Mass-Book for Non-Catholics, pp. 71, 72.—Ed.) * * * In order to fully appreciate the doctrinal life of the Roman Cath-olic Church to-day, it is necessary to comprehend certain funda-mental principles. While the revelation of Christian truth wasclosed with the ascension of Christ into Heaven, still there has beena development in the doctrinal system. The many truths and pre-cepts which He gave us that are now recorded in the

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