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The creed explained ; or, An exposition of Catholic doctrine : according to the creeds of faith and the constitutions and definitions of the church

CONTENTS. THE CREED EXPLAINED. Introductory Treatise on Faith. CHAPTER I. Faith, its Definition and Division. 1. Faith, its various meanings. — 2. Its definition as a supernatural virtue. — 3. The virtue of faith resides in the intellect. — 4. It is the first of Supernatural virtues, but not the first grace. — 5. The division of faith. — 6. The difference between divine faith and divine-Catholic faith 1 — 4 CHAPTER II. The Object and Motive or Faith. 1. — The primary object of faith. — 2. The formal object of faith, or the motive of faith. — 3. The material object of faith. — 4. The Decree of the Vatican Council as to the object of faith. — 5. The Summary of the truths that are the object of divine-Catholic faith. — 6. Propositions and conclusions deduced from revealed truths. — 7. The rule by which we may know whether such conclusions belong to the object of faith or not 6 — 9 CHAPTER III. The Certitude and Obscurity of Faith. 1. The two-fold certitude of faith. — 2. God cannot reveal anything false — 3. What is false cannot be the object of faith. — 4. The subjective certitude of faith. — 5. The assent of faith more certain and firm than the assent of science. — 6. Obscurity of f

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