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Michael Müller. The Catholic Dogma
The Catholic Dogma
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Necessary to be Read [every dogma admits of no interpretation contrary to that which it has received from the beginning.]
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II. The Infallible and Only True Guide to Heaven
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV. Bishop Coxe's Dishonesty
CHAPTER V. Introduction: Refutation of the False Assertions of Reverends S. O. Cronin and Young
CHAPTER V. Part I. There is No Salvation Out of the Roman Catholic Church for those who die without being united to her
§ 1. S. O. Begins to Comment ON THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [He claims that preaching EENS to protestants is misrepresenting the doctrine]
§ 2. S. O. CONTINUES TO SPEAK EX CATHEDRA
§ 3. S. O. EXAMINES AND EXPLAINS THE QUESTION AND ANSWER [Difference between Catholic faith (divine faith) and Protestant faith (human faith)
§ 4. WHAT CATHOLIC FAITH IS
§ 5. WHAT PROTESTANT BELIEF IN CHRIST IS
§ 6. MORE FALSE ORACLES OF S. O
§ 7. S. O. DECLARES TRUTH TO BE RANT AND ABUSE. HE CONTINUES TO QUOTE FROM “EXPLANATION:"
§. 8. S. O. CONTINUES TO DECLARE FALSE WHAT IS TRUE
§ 9. S. O. DECLARES WHOLLY UNTRUE WHAT HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND [Protestantism is not Christian at all]
§ 10. S. O. AVOWS THAT OUR CONCLUSION IS CORRECT, BUT TELLS MORE D—D LIES [Preaching EENS to non-Catholics is not wanting them to be damned]
§ 11. S. O. DECLARES THAT THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THE ETERNAL JUDGE ON THE LAST DAY WILL FALL ONLY UPON BAD CATHOLICS–FROM HIS OWN ARGUMENT IT IS PROVED THAT PROTESTANTS TOO ARE INCLUDED IN THAT SENTENCE
§ 12. S. O. DECLARES THE HONEST LIFE OF PROTESTANTS A STANDING REPROACH TO BAD CATHOLICS
§ 13. S. O. 's PHARISAICAL LANGUAGE [Preaching Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus plainly is charitable]
CHAPTER V. Part II. Of Those Heretics who are not guilty of the sin of Heresy
§ 1. NATURAL LAW (According to St. Thomas Aquinas)
§ 2. THE WRITTEN LAW
§ 3. THE NEW LAW OR THE LAW OF GRACE
§ 4. CONSCIENCE IN GENERAL
§ 5. KINDS OF CONSCIENCE. 1. The right or true conscience
2. The certain conscience
3. There is also the timorous or tender conscience,
4. The doubtful conscience
5. The lax conscience
6. The perplexed conscience
7. The scrupulous conscience
8. The erroneous or false conscience
§ 6. HAVING EXPLAINED WHAT CONSCIENCE IS, AND THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSCIENCE, WE CAN NOW EASILY SHOW WHO ARE NOT GUILTY OF THE SIN OF HERESY [Formal Heretics and Materal Heretics--both outside the Church]
§ 7. INVINCIBLE OR INCULPABLE IGNORANCE NEITHER SAVES NOR DAMNS A PERSON
8. HOW ALMIGHTY GOD LEADS TO SALVATION THOSE WHO ARE INCULPABLY IGNORANT OF THE TRUTHS OF SALVATION
§ 9. THOSE WHO SINCERELY SEEK THE TRUE RELIGION
§ 10. S. O. on Confession
§ 11. S. O. POINTS OUT THE ROAD TO HEAVEN FOR HEATHENS AND PROTESTANTS OF EVERY DENOMINATION
§ 12. S. O GIVES US CREDIT FOR OUR CORRECT DOCTRINE BY QUOTING FROM OUR FAMILIAR EXPLAINATION THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:—
§ 13. S. O. AS CATECHIST
§ 14. LIBERALISM CONDEMNED BY THE CHURCH [S.O. is in favor of Liberalism; False assertions of Liberal Catholics]
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Michael Muller
Religious Treaties (Extra Ecclesiam Nullus Omnino Salvatur)
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Not to free your neighbor from religious errors, says Pope Leo, when it is in your power to do so, is to show to be in error yourself, and "therefore," says Pope Gregory, "he whose duty it is to correct his neighbor when he is in fault, and yet omits to make the correction, makes himself guilty of the faults of his neighbor." "Indeed," says Pope Innocent III. of those whose duty it is to keep the deposit of faith pure and undefiled, "not to oppose erroneous doctrine is to approve of it, and not to defend at all true doctrine is to suppress it."
"Nothing can be more striking than the words of Holy Scripture on this subject. ‘There is a way,' says the wise man, ‘that seemeth right to a man, but the ends thereof lead to death.' (Prov. xiv. 10.) What can be more plain than this, to show that a man may act according to what he thinks the light of reason and conscience, persuaded he is doing right, and yet, in fact, he is only running on in the way to perdition! And dot not all those who are seduced by false prophets, and false teachers, think they are in the right way? Is it not under the pretext of acting according to conscience that they are seduced? and yet the mouth of truth itself has declared, that 'if the blind lead the blind; both shall fall into the pit.' (Mat. xv. 14.) In order to show us to what excess of wickedness man may go under the pretence of following his conscience, the same Eternal Truth says to his apostles, ' the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God a service;' (John xvi. 2.) but observe what he adds, - 'And these things will they do because they have not known the Father nor me.' (Ib. 3.) Which shows that, if one has not the true knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ, which can be obtained only through true faith in the Church, there is no enormity of which he is not capable while thinking he is acting according to reason and conscience. Had we only the light of reason to direct us, we would be justified in following it; but as God has given us an external guide in his holy Church, to assist and correct our blinded reason by the light of faith; our reason alone, unassisted by this guide, can never be sufficient for salvation.
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