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JMC : The Reason Why / by Bernard J. Otten, S.J.

Index

Act, creative, 20, 21; of faith, 116, 117; of reflection, 14; of production, 21.
Actions, common to man, animals, and mineral substances, 6; index of a being's nature and origin, 5; proper to man, 7; source of, 11.
Activity, intellectual, implied in progress, 11; in rational language, 11; in religion, 12.
Adoration, of Christ, see Worship; essence of divine worship, 61.
Apologists, Christian, on divinity of Christ, 258-261.
Apostles, Doctrine of the twelve, see Didache; sent by Christ, 296-298; infallible teachers, 299-300.
Arians, teaching of concerning Christ, 252.
Atheism, charge of against Christians, 258.
Athenagoras, on divinity of Christ, 250, 251.
Augustine, St., on authority as a source of knowledge, 109; on introduction of Christian religion, 195, 196.
Authenticity, of the Gospels, 166-171.
Authority, in education, 109; in faith, 113; of God, 42, 80, 99.
Barnabas, epistle of, 169.
Barry, Dr. W., on tradition of Scripture, 169.
Batiffol, Mgr., on primitive Catholicism, 189, 190.
Bede, Ven., on conversion of England, 2.
Bertrin, Georges, on miracles of Lourdes, 148.
Beza, Theo., on Protestant dissensions, 313.
Calvin, on Protestant dissensions, 313.
Carter, Dr. S. T., and the Nassau Presbytery, 316.
Catholic Church, the only true, 326, 327; necessary for all, 325, 326; unity of, in principle, 320-321; in fact, 321-323; in claim, 323, 324.
Celsus, accusations of against Christians, 259-261.
Cerinthus, heresy of, 206.
Channing, on the imitableness of Christ's character, 200.
Christ, approved by signs and wonders, 164; assumption of authority of, 211-221; charity of, 235-238; divinity of, 199-268; humility of, 240-242; religious submission of, 238-240; Son of God, 221-229; teaching of, 293-295; ultimate standard of holiness, 216-221.
Christianity, conservation of, 194, 195; fundamental doctrines of, 199, 200; a moral miracle, 185-196; preparation for, 187; propagation of, i86-190; a supernatural religion, 269-277.
Church, founded by Christ, 292-296; one only, 3oo; still exists, 307; unity of as distinguishing mark, 308; see Catholic and Protestant.
Cicero, on the consensus of nations as a proof of the existence of God, 55.
Clement, of Rome, St., on the Gospels, 169; on divinity of Christ, 250; of Alexandria, St., on divinity of Christ, 251.
Creation, concept of, 34; consequence of, 39, 99, 122; first effect of, 39; of man's soul, 32, 36; of man's body, 36; of matter, 37, 38; possibility of, 35.
Consistory of Berlin, on unity of faith, 318.
Coupe, C., on the Church, 316, 317.
Creature, meaning of, 20, 21; dependence of on Creator, 40; see Dependence; is man a, 19-39.
Credentials, of Christianity, 163-184; example of, 142; miracles and prophecies as, 145, 146; of revelation, 141.
Credibility, motives of, 113, 114, 117, 118.
Critics, Higher, on Christ's divinity, 202, 203; on Christ's human perfection, 234, 235; on Christ in the early Church, 203, 246; on the Gospels, 168, 180, 181.
Dependence, consequence of, 42, 43; of man on God, 39, 40, 41, 42; of man's actions on God, So, 81.
Deposit of faith, 295.
Destiny, man's, 3, 4.
Didache, on the Gospels, 169; on Christian worship, 255.
Difference, specific, indicated by a being's proper activity, 5, 6.
Divines, English, on unity of faith, 316, 317.
Divinity of Christ, in the early Church, 247-268; proved from baptismal symbols, 248-250; from Christ's perfect character, 234-245; from Christian worship, 254-257; from Church's attitude towards heretics, 252-254; from St. John, 204-207; from miracles, 232, 233; from the Synoptics, 207-231; from teaching of Church's representative men, 250-253.
Dorner, on divinity of Christ in the Synoptics, 208.
Ethical Culture societies, 89, 90.
Euplius, martyrdom of, bears witness to divinity of Christ, 263-265.
Evangelists, see Gospel.
Evolution, as a fact, 26; of human life, 27; of man's body, 25; of orders, 25; of species, 24; scientists on, 31; as a theory, 24, 25.
Evolutionists, fundamental mistake of, 30, 31.
Faith, act of, 116, 117; an act of the intellect, 113, 118-120; compared with scientific knowledge, 113, 114; divine and human, 107-111; nature of, 112; obscurity of, 111; Protestant view of, 116; reasonableness of, 106; unity of, 300, 301.
Fechner, on knowledge conditioned by faith, 111.
Gnostics, teaching of concerning Christ, 206.
God, concurrence of with secondary causes, 81, 82, 153; exemplar of all created perfections, 50; infinitely perfect, 51-53; intimately present to all creatures, 74; man's dependence on, 39-44; not a blind force, 48; object of worship, 64; personality of, 40, 50.
Gospels, authenticity of 166-171; authors of, 167; fundamental teaching of, 183, 199, 200; not interpolated, 177-180; truthful, 172-177.
Greeks, conversion of, 188.
Gruender, H., on free will and psychology without a soul, 15.
Harnack, on the Gospels, 170; on miracles, 181; on interpretation, 182.
Heresy, as an obstacle to the spread and conservation of Christianity, 191, 192.
Heretics, their use of the Gospels, 171.
Hermas, Shepherd of, references to the Gospels, 169.
Hettinger, Dr. F., on divine worship, 62; on authenticity of the Gospels, 168.
Hippolyte, St., on divinity of Christ, 251.
Huxley, on limitation of human knowledge, 112; on the laws of nature, 152.
Hypothesis, Nebular, 27.
Ignatius of Antioch, St., on divinity of Christ, 250; on the Gospels, 169; on worship of Christ, 257.
Indifferentism, chief obstacle to conversion, 328-332; Christ on, 298-302; meaning of, 282, 283; opposed to revelation, 296-305; to right reason, 284-290; prevalence of, 278-281; St. Paul on, 302-305.
Instinct, in animals, 29; relation of to intelligence, 13.
Intellect, in man, 11, 28; not in animals, 29, 30; training of, 92.
Irenaeus, St., on divinity of Christ, 251; on the Gospels, 269; on the baptismal symbol, 248.
Jews, conversion of, 188; persecution by, 190.
Johnson, Dr. E., on nutrition, 35.
Josephus, testimony of to Christ, 175.
Justin, St., on charge of Atheism, 259; on divinity of Christ, 250; on the Gospels, 170; on the symbol, 248; on worship of Christ, 255.
Knowledge, conditioned by faith, 108-111; influence of on morality, 92-95.
Lacordaire, on personal God, 51.
Language, rational, sign of intellectuality, 9.
Law, moral, demands of, 61; meaning of, 84; inseparable from religion, 84, 90-93.
Laws of nature, definition of, 151, 152; exception to, 153; God's cooperation with, 153-156; not unalterable, 160.
Rousseau, J. J., on Christ's divinity, 201; on the Gospels, 175; on miracles, 147; on religion and morality, 87.
Ruinart, acta martyrum, 265.
Rule, of faith, Catholic, 320; Protestant, 311.
Ryle, Dr., on the English Church, 316.
Sanction of moral law, 85-88.
School, public, and moral training, 91.
Sects, in relation to the Church of Christ, 194.
Sermon on the Mount, 209, 210.
Talmud, Jewish, in reference to Christ, 175.
Tatian, Gospel Harmony, 171.
Tertullian, on baptismal symbol, 248; on rapid spread of Christianity, 189; on testimony of nature to religion, 55; on worship of Christ, 259.
Valentinus, on the Gospels, 171.
Vaughan, Mgr., on life after death, 35.
Votaw, on the Sermon on the Mount, 210, 211.
Wasmann, E., on instinct and intelligence, 13.
Will, free, fact of, 15; not found in animals, 29; postulates a spiritual soul, 16.
Worship, duty of, 58, 59, 64; external, 63, 66-72; in early Church, 254-264; internal, 63, 65; law of, 61; private, 63; public, 63, 72-74; relation of to morality, 61.
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