Faith, Hope, and Charity: The Substance of a Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the Catholic Chapel at Bradford, in the County of York, on Wednesday, July 27, 1825

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Defence Committee of the British Catholic Association, 1836 - 24 páginas
 

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Página 5 - Whatsoever you shall bind upon earth shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth shall be loosed also in heaven;' and, ' whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained...
Página 5 - And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, it shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Página 1 - ... that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child ; but when I became a man, I put away the things of a child. We now see through a glass in a dark manner ; but then face to face.
Página 2 - ... God, the most perfect, the most amiable, the only adorable being, the first of benefactors, the best of friends, the most tender and loving of parents. It teaches us to love God above all things, to prefer his law and will before every consideration, to make them the rule, guide, and criterion of our thoughts, our words, and our conduct. It prepares us at any moment to sacrifice whatever we value most in life, rather than violate the allegiance we owe to our sovereign Lord. It teaches us to worship...
Página 8 - ... satisfaction. Without such a resolution, no Catholic Priest in the world could, or would, consider himself authorized to give absolution to any penitent, and if he did presume to give it, his religion teaches, as an article of faith, that his absolution could be of no avail in the sight of God, but to add to the guilt both of the giver and the receiver.
Página 11 - This strange misrepresentation, though a thousand times proved to be groundless, is as often repeated. The Catholic priest claims no authority or jurisdiction over the dead. All he can do is to apply to the mercy of God in their behalf; but, like other men, he must ever remain uncertain respecting the efficacy of his prayers. He has, indeed, one advantage peculiar to the priesthood.
Página 5 - I shall then merely add, in the words of St. Paul, in conformity with the repeated decisions of the Catholic Church, and in unison with the voice of every Catholic in the world, anathema to the man who worships an image as God, or gives to it divine honours0, or believes it to possess any portion of divine power or virtue, or places his trust in it, or prays to it, or believes it to be any thing more than a lifeless, c Dr.
Página 8 - The sinner must, moreover, submit to make such atonement to his offended God, by prayer, by fasting, by works of self-denial, and the like, as may be required of him ; and if he has injured any neighbour in his good name, his property, or his person, he must, to the utmost of his ability, resolve to make full and ample satisfaction. Without such a resolution, no Catholic priest in the world could or would consider himself authorized to give absolution to any penitent ;' and if he did presume to give...
Página 8 - But, in addition to this, the Catholic Church requires that the sinner should confess his guilt to the minister of religion, in order that the latter may ascertain whether his penitent possesses the requisite dispositions, and that he may be enabled to prescribe the necessary reparation for the past and precautions against future transgressions. Unless a sinner is ready to make this full and undisguised acknowledgment of his offences, however painful, however humbling it may be: the Catholic Church...
Página 23 - And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner.

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