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Contents

Preface by Michael R. Heinlein

Introduction by Scott P. Richert

Introduction by Archbishop John Francis Noll

Part I

God’s Church and her teachings

Getting acquainted

Instruction 1

The fundamentals of the Christian Faith

Instruction 2

The Fall of Man and original sin

Instruction 3

God’s plan to save man after the Fall

Instruction 4

The principal events in Christ’s life

Instruction 5

Proof that Christ was truly God

Instruction 6

Jackson receives a correct concept of God’s Church

Instruction 7

The relation of the Bible to the Church

Instruction 8

The Church of Christ was to be “one fold under one shepherd”

Instruction 9

The true Church must be infallible

Instruction 10

The “Bible only” theory has proved a failure

Instruction 11

If the Catholic Church cannot decide, none can

Instruction 12

Heaven a reward for definite service of God

Instruction 13

Hell, not a pleasant prospect, but most reasonable

Instruction 14

Purgatory, the plainest of the Church’s teachings

Part II

The Commandments of God Precepts of the Church

Instruction 15

Actual sin

Instruction 16

Does the first commandment forbid the making of images?

Instruction 17

What the first commandment enjoins — Catholic devotion to saints explained

Instruction 18

What the second commandment forbids and enjoins

Instruction 19

Instruction on the third commandment

Instruction 20

Requirements of the fourth commandment

Instruction 21

The fifth commandment forbids more than murder

Instruction 22

Sixth and ninth commandments deal with the violation of holy purity

Instruction 23

The seventh and tenth commandments are concerned about justice and honesty

Instruction 24

What the eighth commandment forbids, fully explained

Instruction 25

How Sundays and holy days should be kept

Instruction 26

Jackson instructed on the laws of fasting

Instruction 27

The support of religion

Instruction 28

Some marriage regulations — mixed marriages

Part III

The means of grace or God-given helps for man’s satisfaction

Instruction 29

Sanctifying grace

Instruction 30

The Mystical Body of Christ

Instruction 31

Baptism

Instruction 32

The sacrament that makes a Christian soldier

Instruction 33

The Holy Eucharist the Church’s greatest possession

Instruction 34

The Mass the only form of true worship

Instruction 35

The wonder is that all Catholics are not frequent communicants

Instruction 36

The priest at the altar

Instruction 37

How to participate in the Mass

Instruction 38

The Sacrament of Penance and reason

Instruction 39

Scripture proof for the Sacrament of Penance

Instruction 40

Contrition and Confession

Instruction 41

An instruction on indulgences

Instruction 42

Extreme Unction, a sacrament for those in danger of death

Instruction 43

Holy orders necessary for continuation of Christ’s work in the world

Instruction 44

Christian marriage one of the seven sacraments

Instruction 45

The purpose of sacramentals

Instruction 46

The necessity and benefits of prayer

Instruction 47

The beauties of the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary

Part IV

Approved devotions and religious associations

Instruction 48

The Rosary

Instruction 49

The Way of the Cross

Instruction 50

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Instruction 51

The Confraternity of the Scapular

Instruction 52

The Apostleship of Prayer

Instruction 53

Retreats, Missions, Novenas

Appendix I

Some Scripture texts overlooked by many religions

Appendix II

Dates of origin of the principal churches in the United States

Appendix III

Common prayers

Appendix IV

On the Ordinary Form of the Mass

Notes

Archbishop John francis Noll